7th grade- Legal and Illegal drugs

_______ are medicines you can buy without a prescription from your doctor.

• Prescription medicine

• Over-the-counter medicines

• Opiods

Drug products which may have greater side effects and therefore need to be prescribed by a physician.

• Advil

• Over-the-counter medicine

• Prescription Medicine

__________is the chemical compound in the medicine that works to relieve symptoms. Always 1st item on the label

• Warnings

• The active ingredient

• the sleeping ingredient

• Directions

Drugs that speed up the body's functions

• Psychedelic

• Hallucinagen

• Stimulant

• Depressant

Some examples of a stimulant are

• Alcohol

• Cocaine

• Crack

• Methamphetamine

Caffeine is considered a stimulant

• True

• False

Strong Drugs that relieve pain

• Narcotics

• Water

• Alcohol

• Cocaine

Heroin is a LEGAL narcotic

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Heroin is illegal, but it is considered a narcotic

• ________ and ________ are both examples of LEGAL narcotics

• • Hydrocodone, Morphine

• Water, sugar

• Alcohol, Marijuana

• Cocaine, Meth

Illegal drugs that cause the user’s brain to create or distort images and to see and hear things that are not real.

• Heroin

• Marijuana

• Hallucinogens

• Stimulants