These words are from the MTN ASAP Quiz Competition for secondary schools. Does a secondary school student know more about substance abuse than you? Take this quiz and find out!

A psychological situation in which a person’s functionality is dependent on the consumption of a psychoactive substance.

A period during which a person feels ill because they’ve stopped taking a drug or a substance that they are addicted to.

An altered state of consciousness a person experiences because they’ve taken a powerful illegal drug.

A strong need that someone feels to regularly take an illegal or harmful drug.

Drugs that produce analgesia (pain relief), narcosis (state of stupor or sleep), and addiction (physical dependence on the drug).

A condition in which a person’s body or brain no longer responds to a prescription or recreational drug in the same way it once did.

The process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on drugs.

The organization responsible for enforcing drug laws in Nigeria.

The most abused drug in the world

You've probably taken it a lot, but didn't realize that it's a drug

A drug, often used in cough mixtures, which was banned in Nigeria due to abuse.

The organization responsible for the approval of drug production and administration in Nigeria

A psychoactive drug, also known as Marijuana.

A highly addictive substance, often found in tobacco cigarettes.

The degree to which a chemical substance can cause damage an organism

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