Across
- 2. A drug given therapeutically to prevent or treat the effects of a disease or condition, or otherwise enhance mental or physical well-being
- 3. drug derived from opium or opium-like compounds; used to reduce pain and can alter mood and behavior
- 6. substance that affects the central nervous system and speeds up physical and mental activity
- 7. condition of mental and physical discomfort produced when a person stops using or abusing a substance to which he or she is addicted
- 9. substance that affects the central nervous system and slows down physical and mental activity; can be used to treat anxiety, tension and high blood pressure
- 10. use of an excessive amount of a substance, resulting in adverse reactions ranging from mania (mental and physical hyperactivity) and hysteria to coma and death
- 13. Products/Substances such as marijuana and hashish that are derived from the Cannabis sativa plant; can produce feelings of elation, distorted perceptions of time and space, and impaired motor coordination and judgement
- 14. compulsive need to use a substance; stopping use would cause the user to suffer mental, physical and emotional distress
Down
- 1. desire or need to continually use a substance
- 4. substance that affects mood, sensation, thinking, emotion and self-awareness; alters perception of time and space; and produces hallucinations or delusions
- 5. Misuse/The use of a substance for unintended purposes or for intended purposes but in improper amounts or doses
- 8. condition in which the effects of a substance on the body decrease as the result of continued use
- 11. Effect/The outcome created when two or more drugs are combined; the effects of each may enhance those of the other
- 12. substance, such as a medication, that a person inhales to counteract or prevent a specific condition; also a substance inhaled to produce mood-altering effects
- 15. substance, other than food, intended to affect the functions of the body