Drug Facts You Need to Know:
Alcohol & Tobacco
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Alcohol
Product names: Beer, gin, vodka, bourbon, whiskey,
tequila, wine, brandy, coolers
Street names: Booze, Sauce, Brews, Brewskis, Hard Stuff,
Juice
Symptoms of Use: Slurred speech, impaired judgment and
motor skills, incoordination, tremors, drowsiness, agitation, nausea
and vomiting, respiratory ailments, depression
Potential Consequences: Impaired judgment resulting in
inappropriate sexual behavior, STDs including HIV/AIDS), injuries
and auto crashes. Can lead to inability to control drinking, high
tolerance levels, blackouts and memory loss, interference with personal
relationships, cirrhosis or the liver, vitamin deficiencies, damage
to heart and central nervous system, sexual impotence, weight gain
Route of administration: Ingested
Legal status: Illegal under age 21
Tobacco
Product names: Cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco
Street names: Cancer Sticks, Sticks, Bidis (flavored,
hand-rolled cigarettes), Cloves (60% tobacco/40% cloves), Chew,
Smoke, Bone, Butt, Coffin Nail
Symptoms of use: Smelly hair, clothes and breath;
yellowing of teeth; coughs; increased asthma attacks; shortness
of breath and poorer athletic performance. After only a few weeks’
users of spit tobacco can develop cracked lips, white spots, sores,
and bleeding mouth.
Potential consequences: Addiction; respiratory
problems such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis; heart and cardiovascular
disease; cancer of the lung, larynx, esophagus, bladder, pancreas,
kidney and mouth.
Routes of administration: Smoked or ingested orally
(chew or spit tobacco).
Medical use: None
Legal Status: Illegal for youth under 19 in Alabama,
Alaska, and Utah, Illegal for youth under 18 in all remaining states.
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