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What is a drug that prevents or cures an illness or eases its

symptoms?

Medicine

What is a medicine that can be obtained legally only with a doctor’s written permission?

Prescription Medicine

Who is the person at the drug store that is trained to prepare and dispense

medicines?

• Pharmacist

What is the name of medicines that you can buy without the doctor’s

permission?

Over the counter medicine

or

OTC

What is a reaction to medicine other than the

one intended?

Side effect

Name 2 of the 4 positive effects of medicine

Prevent Disease

Relieve Pain

Kill Germs

Treat Conditions & Diseases

Name an OTC pain reliever

Tylenol, Ibprofin, motrin, aleve, aspirin, etc

What medicines kill disease-causing bacteria?

Antibiotics

What is a substance other than food that changes

the structure or function of the body or mind?

Drugs

What is it called to intentionally use drugs in a way that is unhealthy or

illegal?

Drug abuse

What is the body’s need for larger and larger amounts of a drug to

produce the same effect?

Tolerance

What is it called if a person is taking more of a

drug than the body can tolerate or handle?

Overdose

What category of drugs speeds up the body’s

functions?

Stimulants

Name a stimulant

Caffeine, coffee, pop, cocaine, crystal meth, amphetamine

What category of drugs slows down the body’s

functions and reactions, including heart and

breathing rates?

Depressant

What drug is from the Cannabis Sativa plant?

Marijuana

What category are illegal drugs that are found

mostly in nightclubs or at all-night dance parties

called raves?

Club drugs

What category of drugs get rid of pain and dull the

senses?

Narcotics

What category of drugs distorts moods, thoughts,

and mind?

Hallucinogens

What category of drugs are vapors of chemicals

that are sniffed or inhaled to get “high”

Inhallants

What category of drugs are either human

hormones or similar to hormones found in the

body?

Steroids

What are the names of the sac in the lungs where

drugs pass through before the bloodstream?

Alveoli

Name the injection that is injected directly into the

vein

A. Skin Popping

B. Intramuscular Injection

C. Mainlining

Mainlining

After drugs are swallowed, where are the drugs

absorbed before the small intestine?

Stomach

After the alveoli and before the bloodstream,

where does smoked drugs go?

Capillaries

Before inhaled drugs enter the bloodstream, the

chemicals travel through what region?

• Nasal Passage

What is the term used to describe being allowed to

by the law?

Legal

What category of drugs gives a false sense of

energy, well-being, confidence, and power?

Stimulants

What category of drugs gives a person a false

sense of well-being through reduced anxiety

and relaxation?

Depressant

From the book, which drug can cause eyes to get bloodshot and can negatively effect the reproductive organs?

Marijuana