A drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription.
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Social drug
Drugs that people take occasionally for enjoyment, especially when they are spending time socially with other people.
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Illegal drug
A drug that is prohibited to produce or use without a prescription.
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Drug abuse
Compulsive, excessive, and self-damaging use of habit-forming drugs or substances, leading to addiction or dependence, serious physiological injury and/or psychological harm, or death.
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Age restricted drug
A drug that is only available to people of certain ages.
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Mood altering drug
A drug that is capable of changing one's emotional state.
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Classification of drugs
Drugs are grouped by how they work, their chemical structures and the health conditions they treat (if any).
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Class A drugs
Drugs that are considered to be the most harmful and attract the most serious punishments and fines. Examples are heroin, ecstasy, LSD, cocaine and crack cocaine.
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Class B drugs
A category of controlled drugs which are less dangerous than Class A drugs, but more so than Class C. Examples are amphetamines and cannabis.
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Class C drugs
The least dangerous controlled drugs. Examples are anabolic steroids and tranquilisers.
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Tobacco
The leaves of the tobacco plant that have been dried and processed for people to roll up and smoke.
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Alcohol
A colorless flammable liquid that in one form is the substance in liquors (as beer, wine, or whiskey) that can make a person drunk.
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Caffeine
A chemical substance found in coffee, tea, and cocoa, which affects your brain and body and makes you more active.
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Cannabis
A drug, illegal in many countries, that is made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant.
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Solvent
A substance that can dissolve another substance, or in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution.
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Taxation
The process by which the government collects money from people to use for government purposes.
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Anti-social activity
Defined in law as behaviour which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to others.
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Social consequence
The impact of an event or action on a social environment.
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Addiction
The compulsive physiological need for and use of a habit-forming substance.
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Rehabilitation
The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
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Long-term solution
A solution that will be effective for a long time.
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Drink-driving
The crime of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood.
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Alcoholic
A person who is obsessed with alcohol and can't control how much they consume.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Drugs that people take occasionally for enjoyment, especially when they are spending time socially with other people.
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Social drug
Card 3
Front
A drug that is prohibited to produce or use without a prescription.
Back
Card 4
Front
Compulsive, excessive, and self-damaging use of habit-forming drugs or substances, leading to addiction or dependence, serious physiological injury and/or psychological harm, or death.
Back
Card 5
Front
A drug that is only available to people of certain ages.
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