Medicine & Drugs

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A psychoactive drug that induces ___ or altered sensory experiences (12)
  2. 7. A medicine used to relieve pain (9)
  3. 9. A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability (3)
  4. 10. A powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid (3)
  5. 11. To use recreational ___ (4)
  6. 12. A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person (10)
  7. 13. A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite (11)
  8. 14. A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process (9)
  9. 15. A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity (plural) (13)
  10. 16. The power or capacity of an organism to ___ unfavorable environmental conditions (9)

Down

  1. 1. Affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes (12)
  2. 2. The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance (12)
  3. 3. An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function (9)
  4. 4. A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist (12)
  5. 6. A retraction of a previously held position (10)
  6. 8. Being unable to stop using something harmful (9)