Across
- 2. capacity to endure pain or hardship
- 3. Drinking: the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time.
- 5. a drug that causes distortion of a person's thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.
- 8. man-made version of chemicals, known as hormones, that are made naturally in the human body:
- 9. a black substance, sticky when hot, used especially for making roads
- 12. Drug: a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences.
- 14. the process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance.
- 15. Monoxide: a colorless, practically odorless, and tasteless gas or liquid
- 19. the physiological and psychological state of being unaffected by the presence of an intoxicant.
- 20. Poisoning: when there's too much alcohol in your blood, and it causes parts of your brain to shut down.
- 22. the condition of having physical or mental control markedly diminished by the effects of alcohol or drugs
- 23. a broad class of drugs that increase the activity of the central nervous system
- 24. Abuse: the habitual misuse of alcohol.
- 25. driving while intoxicated
- 27. is the body's physical inability to stop drinking and the presence of alcohol cravings.
- 28. Drug: a substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness, has limited or no medical use
- 30. a man-made version of chemicals, known as hormones, that are made naturally in the human body.
- 31. people use it to smoke.
Down
- 1. are human-made substances created in a laboratory
- 4. Abuse: excessive use of a drug in a way that is detrimental to self, society, or both.
- 6. a clear, colourless liquid with a characteristic pleasant odour and burning taste.
- 7. driving under the influence:
- 8. the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.
- 10. a substance, organism or agent capable of causing cancer.
- 11. Dependence: when your body becomes used to a substance and has trouble functioning without it.
- 13. reduce arousal and stimulation.
- 16. when you take a toxic (poisonous) amount of a drug or medicine.
- 17. Drug Use: is one that is illegal to have
- 18. Dependence: a mental cycle where one is “dependent on a psychoactive substance for the reinforcement it provides.”
- 21. Blood Alcohol Content
- 24. the most serious form of problem drinking at a level that causes harm to your health
- 26. volatile substances that produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psychoactive, or mind-altering, effect
- 29. Alcohol Syndrome: a group of conditions that can occur in a person who was exposed to alcohol before birth.