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  • Herbal cigarette

    Any cigarette made from plant materials other than tobacco.  

  • Health code

    A standard set by the state for a factor that affects health, such as water quality, sanitation in restaurants, and sewage treatment facilities.  

  • Gender roles

    The behaviors and attitudes that are socially accepted as either masculine or feminine.  

  • Friendship

    A give-and-take relationship based on mutual trust, acceptance, and common interests or values.  

  • Free-floating anger

    The frustration and hostility that sometimes result when people feel unable to improve their lives.  

  • Foster family

    A family in which an adult or couple provides care and a temporary home for children whose biological parents are unable to care for them. Parents who take care of children whose own parents are unable to do so.  

  • Fortified

    Term used to describe a food that has had nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, or proteins, added to it, which it does not normally contain.  

  • Flash flood

    A flood that occurs suddenly, without warning, after a heavy rainfall or snow melt.  

  • Enabler

    A person who unintentionally protects an addict from the consequences of his or her behavior.  

  • Emotional neglect

    The situation in which parents fail to give their child love and emotional support.  

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