Health Education

Question 1

A person who uses heavily and then can abruptly stop is considered to be abusing drugs.

Answer 1

Drug abuse

Question 2

It is also called substance dependence or dependence syndrome, is a condition where a person feels a strong need to take a drug.

Answer 2

Drug addiction

Question 3

It is usually smoked with tobacco and available in the form of resin, dried and chopped leaves.

Answer 3

Cannabis (marijuana, weed, grass, pot, weed)

Question 4

Most commonly found as a white crystal powder and is usually snorted but is occasionally made in a solution and injected.

Answer 4

Cocaine (charlie, coke, snow)

Question 5

Mainly comes in tablet form but can come in capsules or powder.

Answer 5

Ecstasy (xtc, Adam & Eve, doves, pill)

Question 6

Are rapidly absorbed through the lungs into the blood stream.

Answer 6

Solvents

Question 7

Is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.

Answer 7

Crystal Methamphetamine (also known as Shabu in the Philippines)

Question 8

Is an illness characterized by the habitual intake of alcohol. it is the most serious form of drinking problem, and describes a strong, often uncontrollable, desire to drink.

Answer 8

Alcoholism

Question 9

Is the world’s leading cause of preventable death and serious illness, killing an estimated 6 million people each year.

Answer 9

Tobacco use or cigarette smoking