Health questions, please help.?

Published May 16, 2010

What you may suggest when refusing drugs or alcohol

* alternative
* overdose
* tolerance
* stimulants

Drugs that speed up the body’s functions

* marijuana
* stimulants
* heroin
* methamphetamine

Scarring and destruction of liver tissue

* fetal alcohol syndrome
* tolerance
* overdose
* cirrhosis

Condition in which there is a need for greater amounts of a substance to achieve the same effect

* cirrhosis
* overdose
* tolerance
* alternative

A drug that comes from the hemp plant

* marijuana
* heroin
* methamphetamine
* cirrhosis

To overcome an addiction and return to a mostly normal life

* tolerance
* recovery
* alternative
* overdose

Taking a fatal amount of a drug

* overdose
* tolerance
* alternative
* fetal alcohol syndrome

A physical and mental need for a drug is called tolerance.

* True
* False

A person in drug rehabilitation lives at a facility with other recovering addicts.

* True
* False

Alcoholism can be cured.

* True
* False

Al-Anon and Alateen are community support groups to help the families of alcoholics.

* True
* False

Alcohol carries short-term and long-term risks.

* True
* False

A person’s body weight does not affect how alcohol may affect the person.

* True
* False

In the Unites States, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to drink alcohol.

* True
* False

Drug abuse affects all sides of a person’s health triangle.

* True
* False

Hallucinogens are drugs that relieve pain.

* True
* False

The best way to avoid being pressures to use illegal substances is to use refusal skills.

* True
* False