Drug Abuse

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. How fast something moves (5)
  2. 6. Excessive use of ___ (9)
  3. 7. Liquid in drinks like beer and wine that adults sometimes have (7)
  4. 8. Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red (4)
  5. 9. A long narrow opening (5)
  6. 12. A medicine used to relieve pain (plural) (11)
  7. 14. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion (7)

Down

  1. 1. Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (4)
  2. 2. A powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid (3)
  3. 3. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing (6)
  4. 5. An inability to sleep (8)
  5. 6. Dryness resulting from the removal of water (11)
  6. 10. A drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians (9)
  7. 11. Partial or total ___ of ___ (10)
  8. 13. A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability (3)