Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Sedative-hypnotics
Synthetic depressants developed for medical use. Drug that depresses central nervous system activity, relieves anxiety, and induces sleep. Barbiturates, minor tranquilizers (e.g., diazepam and chlordiazepoxide), chloral hydrate, and many other drugs act as sedative-hypnotics.
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Second-hand smoke
Smoke that the smoker exhales.
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Roid rage
Violent behavior that is characteristic of long-term steroid use. Roid rage is uncontrollable, aggressive behavior and can be a side effect of anabolic steroid use.
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Refusal skills
Strategies and methods one can use to say no. A strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do. The skills needed to say no when others are pressuring a person do to something against his or her will.
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Nonsmokers’ bill of rights
A document that states that nonsmokers have three basic rights: to breathe clean air, to speak out, and to act.
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Nicotine-replacement therapy
Treatment in which a smoker is given small, slow, controlled doses of nicotine to try and reduce the smoker’s craving for nicotine. Forms of medicine that delivers small amounts of nicotine to the body to help a person quit using tobacco. A technique used to help individuals overcome their addiction to nicotine and the accompanying…
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Intoxicated
Being under the influence of a drug.
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Drug use
Taking a drug into your body.
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Drug dependent
People who are both physically and psychologically dependent on drugs.
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Driving while intoxicated
Driving when the BAC is 0.1 or higher. A crime defined as the operation of a motor vehicle after the use of any substance, including alcohol or illicit drugs, that may impair one’s judgment, cognition, coordination, reflexes, or ability to react appropriately in traffic. Most states rely on a standard test that includes both observable…
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