Preventing Drug Abuse

Question 1

Medicines

Answer 1

Legal drugs that help the body fight injury,illness, or disease

Question 2

OTC

Answer 2

a medicine sold legally in pharmacies and other stores without a doctors prescription

Question 3

Prescription

Answer 3

A drug that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctors and can be purchased only at a pharmacy

Question 4

Illegal

Answer 4

A chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture,possess, buy or sell

Question 5

Proper use

Answer 5

Using per label instructions to treat an injury illness or disease.

Question 6

Misuse

Answer 6

Mistakenly taking more than is recommended to treat and injury, illness or disease

Question 7

Abuse

Answer 7

Deliberately taking more than is recommended or taking for purposes other than treating an injury illness or disease

Question 8

Side effects

Answer 8

An unwanted physical or mental effect caused by the drug

Question 9

Tolerance and dependence

Answer 9

When drug used repeatedly the body develops tolerance to it, where the user needs more for the original effect

Question 10

Withdrawal

Answer 10

If user becomes dependent and stops taking no drug they will experience negative side effects.

Question 11

Dopamine

Answer 11

A neurotransmitter the helps control the brains reward and pleasure centers

Question 12

Under normal conditions

Answer 12

Chemical dopamine travels between brain cells producing pleasurable sensations

Question 13

On drugs

Answer 13

Cells release extra dopamine, causing a stronger signal

Question 14

After repeated drug use

Answer 14

brain cells lose receptors for domaine becoming less able to process the chemical. The pleasure signals weaken

Question 15

Psychoactive drug

Answer 15

(Mood altering drug)- chemical taut affects brain activity

Question 16

Antagonism

Answer 16

Occurs when each drugs effect is canceled out or reduced by the other.

Question 17

Synergism

Answer 17

Occurs when drugs interact to produce greater effects than those that each drug would produce alone.

Question 18

Protective factors

Answer 18

Family strong family bond parental awareness
Social- strong bonds to school and community
Personal- goal oriented committed to success in molded in extra curriculars developments of sting morals

Question 19

Depressants

Answer 19

A psychoactive drug that slows brain and body reactions

Question 20

Stimulants

Answer 20

A drug that speeds up activities of the central nervous system

Question 21

Hallucinogens

Answer 21

A drug that distorts perception thought and mood

Question 22

Marijuana

Answer 22

The leaves stems and flowering tops of the hemp plant cannabis sativa can act as a depressant stimulant hallucinogen

Question 23

Club drugs

Answer 23

Differ in classification ( named from popularity at clubs/raves

Question 24

Inhalants

Answer 24

A breathable chemical vapor that produces mind altering effects

Question 25

Steriods

Answer 25

Synthetic drugs similar to the hormone testosterone