Drug Unit

3. turkey- term used to describe quitting a habit, such as smoking, all at once.
5. A drug that stimulates the central nervous system.
6. The physical process of the freeing the body of an addictive substance.
9. dependence- An addiction in which the body develops a chemical need for a drug.
10. A psychological or physical need for a drug or other substance.
11. the physical or psychological symptoms when someone stops using an addictive substance.
14. meds- A medicine than can be used safely only with a doctor’s written permission.
15. Meds- A medicine that you can buy without a doctor’s prescription.
17. drinking- The consumption of several alcoholic drinks in a very short period of time.
19. Living without alcohol.

1. A stimulant similar to amphetamine.
2. dependence- An addiction in which a person believes that he or she needs a drug in order to feel good or function normally.
4. A drug that prevents or cures illness or eases it’s symptoms.
7. physically and mentally impaired by the use of alcohol.
8. A preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that is injected into the body to cause the immune system to produce antibodies.
12. A progressive chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.
13. The body’s need for larger and larger doses of a drug.
16. A substance other than food that charges the structure or function of the body or mind.
17. the amount of alcohol in a person is bloodstream ( Blood Alcohol Concentration).
18. effect- A reaction to a medicine other than the one intended.