Health 10: Psychoactive Drugs

Improper use of a drug =

• Drug Abuse

• Drug Misuse

• Medication

• Psychoactive Drug

This refers to legal drugs that help the body fight injury, illness, and disease.

• Drug Misuse

• Drug Abuse

• Medication

• Pain Killers

_____ must be obtained through a written prescription from a physician and only at a pharmacy

• Over-the-Counter Drugs

• Prescription Drugs

• Heroin

• Marijuana

This refers to chemicals that affect the activity of brain cells to alter perception, thought, and mood, and possibly to create illusions in the mind of the user.

• Prescription Drugs

• Over-the-Counter Drugs

• Psychoactive Drugs

• Medication

What a drug does to your body =

• Drug's Effect

• Drug's Action

• Side Effect

• Intoxication

What you feel =

• Drug's Effect

• Drug's Action

• Side Effect

• Intoxication

This refers to unwanted, even dangerous, physical and mental effects caused by a drug.

• Drug's Effect

• Drug's Action

• Side Effects

• Intoxication

An overdose is _____.

• Unwanted physical and mental effects of a drug

• Getting high very quickly

• One too many pieces of candy

• Serious reaction to excessive amounts of a drug

When a person is _____, he or she cannot function normally without it.

• overdosing on a drug

• tolerant of a drug

• dependent on a drug

• administering a drug

This occurs when each drug’s effect is canceled out by the other or the action of each drug is reduced.

• Withdrawal Symptoms

• Antagonistic Interaction

• Synergistic Interaction

• Drug Dilution