Addiction

the state of being compulsively committed to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically

Blood alcohol content

the percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream: under the laws of most U.S. states

Cannabis

a plant of the genus Cannabis

Carcinogen

any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.

Dependence

the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.

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.

Drug

Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention,

Hallucinogen

1. a substance that produces hallucinations.

Inhalant

a medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled.

Intoxication

inebriation; drunkenness

Naloxone/Narcan

an opioid antagonist, C19H21NO4, used to reverse the acute respiratory depression that occurs with opioid overdose.

Nicotine

a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, 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

OD

Potency

the state or quality of being potent

Prescription drug

a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.

Psychedelic Drug

of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception,

Recovery

the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away.

Relapse

to fall or slip back into a former state, practice,

Sedative

tending to calm or soothe.

Stimulant

Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part

Tobacco

any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family,

Tolerance

a fair, respectful, and permissive attitude or policy toward people whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins,

Withdrawal

Pharmacology. the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug.