Addiction
the state of being compulsively committed to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
Blood alcohol content
Blood Alcohol Content, or BAC, refers to the percentage of alcohol in a person's bloodstream, and can be measured within 30-70 minutes after drinking.
Cannabis
- any of the various parts of the plant, especially the leaves and flowering tops of C. sativa , from which hashish, marijuana, bhang, and similar mildly euphorigenic and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared:
Dependence
the state of being psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug after a prolonged period of use.
Depressant
Medicine/Medical. having the quality of depressing or lowering the vital activities; sedative.
Detoxification
Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.
Hallucinogen
a substance that produces hallucinations.
Inhalant
any volatile substance, as nitrous oxide, butyl nitrite, toluene, gasoline, or paint thinner, capable of being inhaled, sometimes abused for its intoxicating effect.
Intoxication
overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
Naloxone/Narcan
an opioid antagonist, C 19 H 21 NO 4 , used to reverse the acute respiratory depression that occurs with opioid overdose.
Nicotine
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 1 0 H 1 4 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
Opiate
Biochemistry, Pharmacology. a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain:
Overdose
to have or experience an excessive amount or degree of something.
Potency
having or exercising great power or influence:
Prescription drug
a drug that gets prescribed for different reasons revolving around health
Psychedelic drug
psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary mental states and a perceived "expansion of consciousness".
Recovery
restoration or return to any former and better state or condition
Relapse
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.:
Stimulant
Physiology, Medicine/Medical. temporarily quickening some vital process or functional activity.
Tobacco
any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one of those species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.
Tolerance
the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, pollutant, or biological stressor, as in drug tolerance:
Withdrawal
Pharmacology. the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug.