front 1 Addiction | back 1 Being hooked to a drug and not being able to stop using it. |
front 2 Blood alcohol content | back 2 The percentage of alcohol in a person's bloodstream. |
front 3 Cannabis | back 3 A tall plant with a stiff upright stem, divided serrated leaves, and glandular hairs. It is used to produce hemp fiber and as a drug. |
front 4 Dependence | back 4 Requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support. |
front 5 Depressant | back 5 A drug that brings you down. |
front 6 Detoxification | back 6 The process of removing toxic substances or qualities. |
front 7 Hallucinogen | back 7 A drug that causes hallucinations, such as LSD. |
front 8 Inhalant | back 8 Substances that people inhale to get high. |
front 9 Intoxication | back 9 The condition of having physical or mental control markedly diminished by the effects of alcohol or drugs. |
front 10 Naloxone/Narcan | back 10 A medicine that can save someone from a heroin, fentanyl, or prescription opioid medicine overdose. |
front 11 Nicotine | back 11 A plant alkaloid, found in the tobacco plant, and central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that causes either ganglionic stimulation in low doses or ganglionic blockage in high doses. |
front 12 Opiate | back 12 A drug derived from or related to opium. |
front 13 Overdose | back 13 An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. |
front 14 Potency | back 14 The power of something to influence or make an impression. |
front 15 Prescription drug | back 15 A medicine that can only be made available to a patient on the written instruction of an authorised health professional. |
front 16 Psychedelic drug | back 16 A group of drugs that alter a person's perception of reality. |
front 17 Recovery | back 17 The process of overcoming a drug usage. |
front 18 Relapse | back 18 A deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement. |
front 19 Stimulant | back 19 A substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body. |
front 20 Tobacco | back 20 A preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing. |
front 21 Tolerance | back 21 The need of more and more drugs to reach the state of happiness felt the first time used. |
front 22 Withdrawal | back 22 The act of quiting the usage of a drug. |