Toxicology Vocab

drugs that mimic the natural hormone testosterone 

• Anabolic steroid

• Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

• Controlled Substances Act

• Breathalyzers

• Depressant

measurement of alcohol in the blood, concentration is dependent on body weight, quantity and rate of alcohol ingested

• Anabolic steroid

• Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

• Controlled Substances Act

• Breathalyzers

• Depressant

device used to measure alcohol concentration in exhaled breath from the lungs 

• Anabolic steroid

• Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

• Controlled Substances Act

• Breathalyzers

• Depressant

created in 1970 to regulate the manufacture, distribution, use, and possession of certain narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and anabolic steroids 

• Anabolic steroid

• Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

• Controlled Substances Act

• Breathalyzers

• Depressant

drug that decreases alertness, alcohol is an example 

• Anabolic steroid

• Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

• Controlled Substances Act

• Breathalyzers

• Depressant

increase alertness, attention, and energy, cocaine and meth is are examples 

• Impairment

• Hallucinogen

• Narcotic

• Stimulant

sleep inducing drug used to control pain, heroin, oxycodone, and codeine are examples

• Impairment

• Hallucinogen

• Narcotic

• Stimulant

is the weakening of a biological function

• Impairment

• Hallucinogen

• Narcotic

• Stimulant

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

drug that affects a person’s thinking and perceptions, LSD is an example 

• Impairment

• Hallucinogen

• Narcotic

• Stimulant

Toxicology

• decline of the body’s response to a drug after long continued usage 

• science that is concerned with nature, effects, and detection of controlled substances or poisons 

• Drugs and other substances that are under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) are divided into five schedules.

• defined as a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences. ^† It is considered a brain disorder, because it involves functional changes to brain circuits involved in reward, stress, and self-control.