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Choose the correct definition.

Chemical that affects the nervous system and results in altered consciousness

A. marijuana

B. psychoactive drug

C. hallucinogens

D. addiction

Answer: psychoactive drug

Perceptions that have no direct external cause

A. LSD

B. withdrawal

C. hallucinogens

D. tolerance

Answer: hallucinogens

Drugs that lead to a loss of contact with reality

A. tolerance

B. psychoactive drug

C. addiction

D. hallucinogens

Answer: hallucinogens

Psychedelic drug that produces distortions of perception

A. LSD

B. marijuana

C. addiction

D. hallucinations

Answer: LSD

Impaired control over your drug use with a compulsive need to continue use

A. addiction

B. tolerance

C. withdrawal

D. hallucinations

Answer: addiction

Higher doses of a drug are required to produce the same effect

A. addiction

B. tolerance

C. withdrawal

D. psychoactive

Answer: tolerance

A group of symptoms that a person experiences when, after a period of regular use, the quantity of the drug substance in the brain is reduced.

A. hallucinogens

B. psychoactive

C. marijuana

D. withdrawal

Answer: withdrawal

Dried leaves and flowers of hemp that produce an altered state of consciousness when smoked or ingested.

A. hallucinogens

B. psychoactive

C. marijuana

D. LSD

Answer: marijuana


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