The Effects of Drug Use and Abuse

All drugs are bad.

• True
• False

What do we call a substance, other than food, that affects the way your body or mind work?

• OTC medicines
• Prescription medicines
• Side effects
• Drug

What type of medicine can only be bought with a doctor's order?

• Drugs
• Prescription medicine
• OTC medicine

What type of medicines can be bought without a prescription?

• Drugs
• Prescription medicine
• OTC medicine

____________ is taking a medicine for some reason other than treating an illness.

• Self- medication
• Medicine misuse
• Medicine abuse
• Addiction

Chemical substances that cause a change in a person's physical and psychological state. They can change the way you think, act, and feel and can be  natural or synthetic. 

• Medicine
• Drugs
• Water
• Hormones

The uncontrollable use of a drug is 

• Drug Addiction
• Drug Classification
• Drug Use
• Withdrawal

Medicine/Drug can be inhaled, or breathed in, as a mist or fine powder. People with asthma may use an inhaler. Cold or sinus medication can also be inhaled through the nose.

• Snorted
• Injection
• Inhalation
• Swallow/Ingestion

Examples of stimulants

• Crack & Heroin
• Spice & Marijuana
• caffeine, cocaine and nicotine

A depressant drug

• Alcohol
• Marijuana
• Heroin
• Cocaine