Chapter 12: Substance Abuse and Poisoning

Question 1

Absorption

Answer 1

The way in which a substance or poison enters the body.

4 routes are ingestion, inhalation, transdermal, and injection

Question 2

Dermal Poisons

Answer 2

Harmful substances that are absorbed through the skin

Question 3

Designer drugs

Answer 3

Drugs that are constructed by a chemist to produce unique and specific effects

Question 4

Ingested poison

Answer 4

Enters through mouth, absorbed in stomach/intestines

Question 5

Inhaled Poisons

Answer 5

Enters and absorbed through lungs

Question 6

Injected poisons

Answer 6

Injected lol

Question 7

Opioids

Answer 7

Drugs derived from opium

Question 8

Poison

Answer 8

Any substance that is injurious to health or dangerous to life

Question 9

Substance abuse

Answer 9

the intentional misuse of a substance that results in impairment or physical harm

Question 10

Toxicological event

Answer 10

Event in which a patient has been exposed to a harmful substance or an incident inwhcih the intentional or unintentional use of a substance endangers public safey

Question 11

Toxin

Answer 11

noxious or poisonous substance that is produced by an organism

Question 12

Withdrawal

Answer 12

Physical and mental readjustment that accompanies the discontinued use of an additive substance