Drugs and Alcohol

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules (7)
  2. 4. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid (7)
  3. 6. A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process (plural) (10)
  4. 7. Illusory perception (plural) (14)
  5. 11. Feeling of deep sadness that lasts a long time (10)
  6. 12. The end of life (5)
  7. 13. An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco (8)
  8. 15. Being unable to stop using something harmful (9)

Down

  1. 1. A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person (plural) (11)
  2. 3. The most commonly used illicit drug (8)
  3. 5. To use recreational ___ (4)
  4. 7. The main good female character in a work of fiction (7)
  5. 8. A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects (8)
  6. 9. The state of being unable to produce offspring (11)
  7. 10. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion (7)
  8. 14. The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something (plural) (4)