Understanding Drugs

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. The most commonly used illicit drug (9)
  2. 7. The power or capacity of an organism to ___ unfavorable environmental conditions (9)
  3. 8. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a ___ school and that is (8)
  4. 9. Being unable to stop using something harmful (9)
  5. 11. A psychoactive drug that induces ___ or altered sensory experiences (12)
  6. 13. Cruel or inhumane treatment (5)
  7. 15. Return to an original state (8)

Down

  1. 1. A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process (9)
  2. 2. The act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand (6)
  3. 3. To administer a ___ to (4)
  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. 10. Involving or causing ___ or risk (9)
  7. 12. Liquid in drinks like beer and wine that adults sometimes have (7)
  8. 14. The end of life (5)