front 1 Addiction | back 1 Addiction is treatable, People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences. |
front 2 Blood alcohol content | back 2 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. |
front 3 Cannabis | back 3 marijuana |
front 4 Carcinogen | back 4 any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer. |
front 5 Dependence | back 5 the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like. |
front 6 Depressant | back 6 Medicine/Medical. having the quality of depressing or lowering the vital activities; sedative. |
front 7 Detoxification | back 7 a set of interventions aimed at managing acute intoxication and withdrawal |
front 8 Drug | back 8 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 |
front 9 Hallucinogen | back 9 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. |
front 10 Inhalant | back 10 a medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled. |
front 11 Intoxication | back 11 drunkenness. |
front 12 Naloxone/Narcan | back 12 To revere a overdose |
front 13 Nicotine | back 13 a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide. |
front 14 Opiate | back 14 are a class of drugs |
front 15 Overdose | back 15 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 |
front 16 Potency | back 16 the amount of drug (usually expressed in milligrams) needed to produce an effect |
front 17 Prescription drug | back 17
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front 18 Psychedelic drug | back 18 Psychedelic drugs can temporarily alter a person’s mood, thoughts, and perceptions. |
front 19 Recovery | back 19 Your healing from an injury or recovering from addiction |
front 20 Relapse | back 20 You get clean from drugs then you go back to them. |
front 21 Sedative | back 21 a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect. |
front 22 Stimulant | back 22 reverse the effects of fatigue on both mental and physical tasks. |
front 23 Tobacco | back 23 a plant, an addictive drug with both stimulant and depressant effects |
front 24 Tolerance | back 24 The ability or willingness to tolerate something |
front 25 Withdrawal | back 25 a physiological response to the sudden quitting or slowing of use of a substance to which the body has grown dependent on. |