1. Health Unit
Drug Abuse Vocabulary 7.2

2. You will Need 10 Index Cards

3. 1. compulsive
Uncontrolled or
excessive behaviors

4. 2. Risk Factor
A factor directly related to the risk a person will use/abuse substances

5. The act of making up one’s mind. 3. Decisions
Nemo Peer Pressure and Decisions – Stop at 1:05

6. Dealing with peer pressure so you can make Good Decisions

7. The outcomes or effects of a particular action or choice
4. consequences
The outcomes or effects of a particular action or choice

8. Tending to act on sudden urges or wants
5. Impulsive
Tending to act on sudden urges or wants

9. Drugs that are mind altering
6. Psychoactive Drugs
Drugs that are mind altering

10. Caffeine – Psychoactive Drugs Continued
Did you know caffeine is an addictive psychoactive drug?
Stop Video at 2:40

11. 7. Tobacco
Tobacco is the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing.

12. 8. Smoking
Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of  burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. 

13. Dangers of Smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exXPHRRGv3o
Stop Video at 45 seconds

14. 9. Alcohol
a colorless flammable liquid that in one form is the substance in liquors (as beer, wine, or whiskey) that can make a person drunk.

15. 10. Drugs
A drug is any chemical that affects the human body or mind when it is swallowed, breathed in, or consumed in another way.
It is illegal to take drugs in any way/form not recommended by a physician.

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