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Drugs and Alcohol Unit Flashcards

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What is medicine

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Any drug used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort

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What are drugs

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Any substance that causes a change in a person’s physical or psychological state

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What are side effects

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Any effect that is caused by a drug and that is different from the drugs intended effect

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What is a prescription

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A written order from a doctor for a specific medicine

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What are Over the counter medicines

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Any medicine that can be bought without a prescription

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What are analgesics

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Medicines that relieve pain

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What does psychoactive mean

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Describes a drug or medicine that affects the brain and changes hoe a person perceives, thinks, or feels

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What is generic medicine

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A medicine made by a company other than the company that developed the original medicine

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What is an active ingredient

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The chemical component that gives a medicine its action

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What is drug interaction

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When a drug reacts with another drug, food, or dietary supplement such that the effect of one of the substances is greater or smaller

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Who approves drugs

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The FDA

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Why do I need to flow a prescription

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Medicine may not work or may be harmful

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What information does prescriptions have

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The dose
When to take it
How often
For how long

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Who should take prescriptions

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The persons name on the label ( NO ONE ELSE SHOULD TAKE IT!)

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Possible problems with medicines

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Allergic reactions
Side effectd
Drug interactions

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What is addiction

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A condition in which a person can no longer control his or her drug use

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What is drug tolerance

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A conditions in which a user needs more of a drug to feel the same effects felt when first using the drug

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What is physical dependence

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A state in which the body relies on a given drug in order to function

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What is psychological dependence

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A state of emotionally or mentally needing a drug in order to function

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What is withdrawal

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Uncomfortable physical and psychological symptoms produced when a physically dependent drug user stops using drugs

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What us perception

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The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses

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What is environmental tobacco smoke

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The combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and side stream smoke

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What is emphysema

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A respiratory disease in which air cannot move in and out of alveoli because they break down and lose their elasticity

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What is mainstream smoke

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Smoke that is inhaled through a cigarette and then exhaled by a cigarette smoker

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What is COPD

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A disease that is a combination if chronic bronchitis and obstructive emphysema

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Carbon monoxide does what

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Blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream

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Lungs-

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Main organs of gas exchange

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Pharynx-

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Throat

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Larynx

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Voice box

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Trachea-

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Attached to voice box
Windpipe
Carries air to the lungs

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Bronchus-

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Tube sends air to a lung

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Alveoli-

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Gas exchange

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Diaphragm-

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Separates chest cavity from the abdominal activity

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Mucus-

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Thick slimy fluid coats lining of organs and glands

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Path to Addiction is

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  1. Drug Use
  2. Tolerance
  3. Dependence
  4. Addiction
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Once an addict…

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Always an addict

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What is alcohol

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The drug in wine, beer, and liquor that causes intoxication

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What is BAC

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The amount of alcohol in a person’s blood, expressed as a percentage

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1 drink per…

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Hour

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Path to Alcoholism

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Problem drinking
Tolerance
Dependence
Alcoholism

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What is codependency

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When a family member/friend sacrifices his or her own needs to help the addict

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

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Physical and mental defects that affect a fetus that has been exposed to alcohol because of the mothers consumption of alcohol during pregnancy

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What is a designated Driver (DD)

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A person who chooses not to drink alcohol in a social setting so that he or she can safely drive himself or herself of others

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What is nicotine

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Highly addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products

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What is tar

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Substance in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of the airways and that contains many carcinogens

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What is an overdose

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The taking of too much of a drug which cause sickness, loss of consciousness, permanent damage, or even death

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Neonatal abstinence syndrome

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Drug withdrawal that occurs in newborn infants whose mothers were frequent drug users during pregnancy

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Date Rape Drug Prevention

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Dont drink
Dont accept drinks 
Never leave your drink unattended
Know where your going
Carry money with you
Cover your drink
Have a girl make your drink
Buddy system
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What drugs come from inhalants

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Everyday products

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Drugs that come from narcotics

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Opium
Codeine
Morphine
Methadone
Heroin
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Drugs that are in the stimulant category

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Meth
Amphetaminr
Caffeine
Nicotinr
Cocaine
Ritalin
Adderall
Concerta
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Drugs in the depressant category

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Tranquilizers
Alcohol
Rohypnol
DXM
Valuin
Xanax
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Designer drugs-

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Ecstasy
GHB
Ketamine
PCP
MDMA
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Hallucinogens-

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LSD
PCP
Psilocybin
Mescaline

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What are neurons?

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Receive and send signals

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What are dendrites?

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Branches from the cell body

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What are axons

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Long extension of the cell body

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What are synapse

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Point between a neuron sending and receiving

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What are neurotransmitters

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Move across the synaptic cleft

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Sensory nerves

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Carry signals from the sense organs toward the CNS

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Motor nerves

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Carry signals from brain/spinal cord to muscles and glands

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