Addiction
Addiction is treatable, People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences.
Blood alcohol content
Blood Alcohol Content, or BAC, refers to the percentage of alcohol in a person's bloodstream, and can be measured within 30-70 minutes after drinking.
Cannabis
marijuana
Carcinogen
any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
Dependence
the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
Depressant
Medicine/Medical. having the quality of depressing or lowering the vital activities; sedative.
Detoxification
a set of interventions aimed at managing acute intoxication and withdrawal
Drug
a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being. Not all people use it because of those reason
Hallucinogen
a substance that produces hallucinations.
hallucinations:a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.the sensation caused by a hallucinatory condition, or the object or scene visualized.
Inhalant
a medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled.
Intoxication
drunkenness.
Naloxone/Narcan
To revere a overdose
Nicotine
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
Opiate
are a class of drugs
Overdose
when you take a toxic (poisonous) amount of a drug or medicine. It is important to remember that not all overdoses are fatal or life threatening
Potency
the amount of drug (usually expressed in milligrams) needed to produce an effect
Prescription drug
- Prescribed by a doctor
- Bought at a pharmacy
- Prescribed for and intended to be used by one person
Psychedelic drug
Psychedelic drugs can temporarily alter a person’s mood, thoughts, and perceptions.
Recovery
Your healing from an injury or recovering from addiction
Relapse
You get clean from drugs then you go back to them.
Sedative
a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect.
Stimulant
reverse the effects of fatigue on both mental and physical tasks.
Tobacco
a plant, an addictive drug with both stimulant and depressant effects
Tolerance
The ability or willingness to tolerate something
Withdrawal
a physiological response to the sudden quitting or slowing of use of a substance to which the body has grown dependent on.