Substance Abuse Prevention Unit Vocabulary
- Illicit- not permitted, unlawful.
- Addiction- compulsive physical and psychological need for, and use of, a habit-forming substance.
- Risk Factors- traits that predict vulnerability toward drug use.
- Protective factors- traits that predict lower vulnerability toward drug use.
- Tolerance- when the person no longer responds to the drug in the way that they initially responded, a higher dose of the drug is needed achieve the same effect.
- Intoxicated- under the influence of a drug where physical and mental control is diminished.
- Prevention- to keep from happening or existing.
- Intervention- to come in or between by way of hindrance or modification.
- Withdrawals-physical symptoms which occur when someone stops using an addictive substance
Ex. 1 – Know/ThinkIKnow/Don’tKnow Chart + Words and Definitions
Ex. 2 – Paraphrase Definitions (Reword)
Ex. 3 – Pictures
Ex. 4 – Freeze Charade