Alcohol, Tobacco and other drugs

What is a NOT a short term effect of tobacco use?

• The body craves more of the drug nicotine

• Breathing during physical activity becomes more difficult

• Users have bad breath, yellowed teeth, and smelly hair

• Tobacco user begins to crave food

What is the colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas found in cigarette smoke?

• Nitrogen Oxide

• Magnesium oxide

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

What is the amount of alcohol in a person's blood expressed as a percentage ?

• Intoxication

• Blood Alcohol Concentration

A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system

• Depressant

• Stimulant

A severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose is?

• Alcohol poisoning

• fermentation

• carcinogen

Drug that causes permanent loss of brain cells and can cause brain damage and cardiac arrest

• Marijuana

• Inhalants

• Steroids

• Codeine

Taking more than the recommended amount of a prescription drug can lead to serious health problems or even death from a(n) __________________________.

• addiction

• overdose

• intoxication

A thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns is?

• Stimulant

• Nicotine

• Tar

Drinking 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting

• alcoholism

• binge drinking

• intoxication