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37 Cards in this Set
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What are the three gateway drugs?
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Tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana.
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What is the definition if a gateway drug?
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Drugs that are the first drug people are exposed to and experiment with it.
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What is tobacco?
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A plant containing the active drug nicotine. Tobacco comes from the tobacco plant. It is used in cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and smokeless tobacco.
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What is nicotine?
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A simulant drug that is found in tobacco.
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What is tar?
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A brown sticky substance found in cigarette smoke.
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What is carbon monoxide?
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A poisonous gas found in cigarette smoke.
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What are the effects of tobacco?
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Brain, lungs, and heart damage.
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What is the brain effect caused by tobacco.
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Reduction of oxygen to the brain.
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What is the lungs effect caused by tobacco?
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Damages alvioly(tiney air sacs)and cilia (fine hair that prevent dust and foriegn matter from getting into the lungs).
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What is the heart effect caused by tobacco?
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Increases heart rate, raises blood pressure.
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What is cancer?
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A desease in which bad cells attack and defeat good cells.
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What is chronic bronchitis?
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A condition in which air passages become swollen and painfull.
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What is emphysema?
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Air passages lose their ability to function.
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What is smokeless tobacco?
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Dried tobacco leave in the form of snuff or chewing tobacco.
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What is second hand smoke?
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Smoke from another person who is smoking.
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What is marijuana?
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A drug that is found in cannabis plant. The most active ingredient is THC.
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What are other names marijuana?
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Grass, weed, joint, reefer, and pot.
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How is marijuana taken into the body?
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It can be inhaled or swallowed.
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What are the uses for marijuana?
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It helps with cancer and AIDs patients controlling pain. It also helps with Glaucoma.
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What are the short term effects of marijuana?
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Red eyes, hungary felling, short term memory loss, less coordination, faster heart rate.
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What are the long term effects of marijuana?
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Lung damage, effects the immune system, and heart damage.
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What is alcohol?
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A depresant drug found in beverages such as beer, wine, and hard liquor.
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How much alcohol is in each drink?
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Beer-3-6 percent
Wine-9-12 percent Hard liquor-35-50 pecent |
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What is the equation for a drink?
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1 Drink=1-12 oz. beer=1-6 oz. glass of wine=1-1 1/2 oz. of hard liquor.
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What is blood alcohol level?
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The amount of alcohol that is present in the body.
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What is the legal amount of alcohol in PA?
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0.08 percent.
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What is proof?
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Twice the precentage of hard liquor.
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What are the factors that determine how alcohol will affect the body?
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Your body weight, the amount of alcohol consumed, your drinking history, and how much food is in your stomach.
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What is alcoholism?
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An addiction to alcohol.
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What is an alcoholic?
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A person who can't control his or her drinking.
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What is Cirrhosis?
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A desease where the tissues of the liver shrinks and hardens.
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What are the effects of alcohol?
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It slows down the central nervous system, changes your mood, it distorts your perception, impairs judgement, and slows your reaction time.
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What is intoxication?
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When a person has too much to drink.
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What are associations that deal with alcohol problems?
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AA, Alateen, and Al-Anon.
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What is AA?
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It stands for Alcoholics Anonymous. AA is a suppport group for alcoholics and others who have a drinking problem.
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What is Alateen?
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It is a support group for children of alcoholics.
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What is Al-Anon?
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A support group of families of alcoholics.
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