Substance Abuse Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. when a person believes they need a substance(harder to break)
  2. 5. Dependence on a substance or activity
  3. 6. The consumption of five or more drinks in a twohour period (males) and four or more drinks inthe same period of time (females) at least once or twice in a two week period of time
  4. 8. Alcohol abuse weakens the heart muscle, leading to this heart disease
  5. 11. Removing drugs from the body.
  6. 14. Addicted to alcohol and can't control how much they drink.
  7. 15. Not using any mood-altering drugs
Down
  1. 2. Drugs that cause visions and other sensory illusions.
  2. 3. This is the first stage of addiction.
  3. 4. This is a term to the feeling of discomfort, distress, and intense craving for a substance that occurs when use of the substance is stopped.
  4. 7. There are ____ stages of addition.
  5. 9. Underage use of this drug leads to about 5,000 deaths in the United States each year.
  6. 10. A person trained in medical therapy who knows what a medicine is supposed to do and what adverse effects can occur
  7. 12. A group of drugs derived from the opium poppy, that relieve pain and produce sleep.
  8. 13. This is the addictive drug found in tobacco products.