STD's, Drugs, Smoking, Alcohol Flashcards
(112 cards)
1
Q
What does STD stand for?
A
Sexually Transmitted diseases
2
Q
What are infections spread from person to person through sexual contact?
A
STD’s/STI’s
3
Q
What is the vaccine that can prevent cervical cancer, genital sores and warts caused by HPV?
A
HPV vaccine
4
Q
What does HIV stand for?
A
Human immunodeficiency virus
5
Q
What is the virus that attacks the immune system?
A
HIV
6
Q
What is a test that screens for the presence of HIV antibodies in the blood?
A
EIA
7
Q
What is a test that tests for HIV antibodies, confirms EIA test?
A
Western blot
8
Q
T or F:
No STD’s are bacterial and can be treated with an antibiotic
A
False, Some
9
Q
T or F:
Some STD’s are viral and are incurable
A
True
10
Q
T or F:
Many of the most common STD’s are cosymptomatic
A
False, asymptomatic
11
Q
What is a common STD?
A
HPV virus
12
Q
What is the final stage of HIV?
A
Aids
13
Q
What looks for HIV antibodies?
A
EIA Test
14
Q
Is there a cure for HIV/Aids?
A
not yet
15
Q
Is HIV a pandemic and serious health problem for the future?
A
No, it’s a health problem today
16
Q
What is the best way to avoid STD’s?
A
Abstinence
17
Q
What clouds your decision making?
A
alcohol and drugs
18
Q
a substance that causes physical or psychological dependence
A
addictive drug
19
Q
addictive drug found in tobacco
A
nicotine
20
Q
a drug that increases the action of the CNS, heart and other organs
A
stimulant
21
Q
cancer causing substance
A
carcinogen
22
Q
thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns
A
tar
23
Q
colorless, odorless and poisonous gas
A
carbon monoxide
24
Q
thick, white, leather-looking spots on the inside of the mouth, may turn into oral cancer
A
leukoplakia
25
products that deliver small amounts of nicotine
nicotine substitutes
26
air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
27
smoke exhaled from the lungs of the smoker
mainstream smoke
28
smoke from the burning end of the cigarette, cigar, etc.
side stream smoke
29
How many heart disease deaths come from secondhand smoke?
46,000
30
What is secondhand smoke?
carcinogen
31
Is tobacco and nicotine dangerous?
yes
32
What percentage smokers started out as teens?
90%
33
Is nicotine a stimulant?
yes
34
What is found in all tobacco products, is very addictive?
Nicotine
35
What increases heart rate and raises blood pressure?
nicotine
36
How much carcinogens are in tobacco?
at least 50
37
What damages and paralyzes cilia?
Tar
38
What is absorbed into blood easier than oxygen robbing tissues/cells of oxygen?
carbon monoxide
39
T or F:
Cigarettes contain more nicotine than, tar and carbon monoxide than cigars
False, cigars contain more
40
What leads to cancers of mouth, throat and larynx?
Leukoplakia
41
What destroys alveoli?
emphysema
42
nicotine constricts blood vessels which cuts blood flow. Nicotine also contributes to arteriosclerosis which leads to arteries clogging
heart disease/stroke
43
T or F:
smoking is an effective way to lose weight
False
44
T or F:
smoking will not help you deal with stress
True
45
Irritability, difficulty breathing, anxiety, sleep disturbances and cravings are all symptoms of what?
withdrawal
46
What are some nicotine substances?
gums, patches, lozenges
47
What is more dangerous: side stream smoke or mainstream smoke?
side stream smoke
48
T or F:
left over residue on furniture, toys, etc. can have smoke on it
False, carcinogen on it
49
What are the risks to the fetus?
constricts fetus' blood vessels, increases carbon monoxide levels in fetus' blood
50
What are results in using nicotine?
impaired growth, increase in miscarriages, prenatal deaths. premature deliveries, low birth weight deformities
51
type of alcohol in alcoholic beverages
ethanol
52
drug that slows the central nervous system
depressant
53
state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol and their mental and physical control is significantly reduced
intoxication
54
condition where person believes that a drug is needed to feel good/function normally
psychological dependence
55
condition where person has a chemical need for a drug
physiological dependence
56
disease in which a person has a physical or psychological dependence on drinks that contain alcohol
alcoholism
57
amount of alcohol in a person's blood as expressed as a %
blood alcohol concentration
58
living without alcohol
sobriety
59
How many beers can slow reactions and confuse thinking?
1
60
What abuse leads to cirrhosis of the liver?
alcohol
61
What are factors of alcohol?
weight, how much, rate of consumption, gender, food in stomach, other drugs/meds
62
How much percentage of people who start drinking before the age of 15 will become alcoholics?
40%
63
How much percentage of people who wait until 20 become alcoholics?
20%
64
What is addictive, physically damaging and an entry drug?
alcohol
65
T or F:
using alcohol during your 20s can affect your brain development
False, teen years
66
T or F:
alcohol is a depressant
True
67
T or F:
Alcohol stays in the system until the kidney breaks it down into sugar
False, liver
68
T or F:
For teens the ability to learn and remember are decreased more than in adults
True
69
T or F:
When combined with drugs - decreased the effects of drugs/alcohol, damage to the liver
False, increased
70
When drinking alcohol what main organ is affected the most?
liver
71
How do you know if someone was binge drinking or got alcohol poisoning?
low body temp, after passed out the BAC will continue to go up
72
Is sleeping dangerous after binge drinking or alcohol poisoning?
YES
73
What percentage of sexually active teens use drugs or alcohol before sex?
25%
74
How many alcoholics become addicted before they were 21?
1/2
75
How many more times likely are teens who drink to become an alcoholic than someone who waits until they are 21?
4x
76
What are the recovery steps?
admission, detoxification, counseling, recovery
77
using chemical substances for non-medical purposes, overuse, using an illegal drug, or using a drug with alcohol
substance abuse
78
Illegal or legal:
selling prescription drugs to someone that it was not prescribed for: oxycontin, Vicodin, adder all, Xanax
Illegal
79
Illegal or legal:
Anyone under 21 drinking and driving
Illegal
80
T or F:
illegal drugs are controlled
False, aren't controlled
81
T or F:
drugs can lead to death
True
82
T or F:
overdose is never a fatal reaction to taking too much of a drug
False, sometimes
83
What are the stages of addiction?
tolerance, psychological dependence, physiological dependence, addiction
84
What leads to lung cancer, testicular cancer, and heart/lung damage?
Marijuana
85
short term pleasure from drug abuse
Euphoria
86
heavy users are more likely to develop what when using marijuana?
schizophrenia
87
Using how many more doses of marijuana triples your chance of getting schizophrenia before 18?
50
88
What doubles the risk of depression later in life?
More than 50 doses of marijuana before 18
89
What is addictive, more teens are in treatment centers for the addiction than for all other drugs combined?
marijuana
90
teens who use are 15x more likely to use cocaine
gateway drug
91
What contains more carcinogens than cigarettes? (drug)
marijuana
92
Effects can vary widely depending on amount of THC, use of other drugs and alcohol, individual body chemistry
marijuana
93
What are the long term effects of marijuana?
increases chance of testicular cancer
94
How many packs of cigarettes does it take to cause cancer chemicals in 5 joints?
1 pack of cigarettes
95
can kill the first time they are used
inhalants
96
Can cause shrinking of testicles, reduced sperm count, breast development (in males). Growth of facial hair and deepened voice (in females)
steroids
97
can kill the first time, highly addictive, very deadly when combined with alcohol and stimulant derived from coca plant
cocaine
98
severe crashes, made from battery acid drain cleaner, lantern fuel and antifreeze
meth
99
causes hypothermia which leads to muscle breakdown which leads to kidney failure
ecstasy
100
both are depressants
GHB/Rohypnol
101
affects self-control, used as "date rape" drug
GHB
102
tasteless/odorless: when mixed with alcohol can incapacitate its victim and causes amnesia. "date rape" drug
Rohypnol
103
prescription pain killers, when taken inappropriately can cause addiction because they impact the same part of the brain as Heroin.
Opiates
104
What percentage of pain killer addiction accounts of admittance into treatment clinics?
53%
105
T or F:
Withdraw is so calm for opiates, most people can't stop on their own.
False, severe
106
drugs used to relieve pain
Opiates
107
causes flashbacks
LSD
108
drug effects are felt years after initial use
LSD
109
overdoses can easily lead to death. Also known as angel dust
PCP
110
main ingredient in some cough syrups
DXM (lean)
111
drugs trigger the release of what?
dopamine
112
```
```
