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What are drugs?
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Drugs are chemical substances that cause change in a person's physical, psychological, and overall state.
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What is a prescription?
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Prescriptions are written orders from a doctor for a certain medicine or treatment.
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What is over-the-counter (OTC) medicine?
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OTC are drugs or medicines that can be bought without a prescription.
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What can happen if drugs are mixed together?
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It can cause unexpected effects.
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What is a drug allergy?
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A serious reaction to a medicine.
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The misuse of a drug ON PURPOSE is called...
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Drug abuse
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What is drug dependence?
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Its when a person relies on a drug to function properly.
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What is withdrawl?
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The physical process that occurs when a person who is addicted to drugs stops taking the drug.
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If a person who is addicted to drugs, looses their job, what would they do to get money to buy more drugs?
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They often steal the money.
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If a person has a mental or emotional need for a drug, they are...
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Psychologically dependent
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What is a stimulant?
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Any drug that increases or speeds up the body.
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What are two examples of stimulants?
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Cocaine and GHB
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What does synthetic mean?
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To be produced in a laboratory.
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What does repeated use of meth do to the body?
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It can causes high blood pressure
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What is a depressant?
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Depressants are drugs that cause the heart rate and breathing to slow down. Or any drug that slows the body.
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