Tobacco
Alcohol
Substances and the Body
Marijuana
Miscellaneous
100
What is the colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
What is Nicotine.
100
What classification of drug is alcohol?
What is a Depressant
100
_______ happens when a toxic amount of a drug, or combination of drugs overwhelms the body.
What is an overdose (OD).
100
Regular marijuana use has been linked to depression, _________, and a loss of drive or motivation, which means a loss of interest even in previously enjoyable activities.
What is anxiety.
100
True or False: Mixing of any drugs can be dangerous and can cause unwanted symptoms. (Drugs that the doctor or pharmacist does not know a person is using).
What is True.
200
Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions or diseases
What is Cancer, Emphysema, Chronic Bornchitis, Asthma
200
What is the acceptable BAC for a person who is under the age of 21?
What is ZERO... no detectable amount of alcohol. There is zero tolerance for anyone under the age of 21.
200
All forms of marijuana are mind altering (psychoactive). In other words, they change how the _______ works.
What is the brain.
200
Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same breathing and _______ problems that tobacco smokers do, such as a daily cough and a greater risk of lung infections like pneumonia.
What is lung. As with tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke has a toxic mixture of gases and tiny particles that can harm the lungs.
200
Did you know that marijuana is the most common illegal drug involved in ______ ________. It is found in the blood of around 14 percent of drivers who die in accidents, often in combination with alcohol or other drugs. Marijuana affects a number of skills required for safe driving—alertness, concentration, coordination, and reaction time. Research even shows that it can lower your IQ if you smoke it regularly in your teen years. Also, longtime marijuana users themselves report being less satisfied with their lives, having memory and relationship problems, poorer mental and physical health, lower salaries, and less career success.
What is auto fatalities.
300
True or False... The smoker is more stressed than the non-smoker. Side effects of smoking cause constant nervousness. It's a myth that cigarettes calm you down.
What is TRUE
300
The potential unpleasant physical effects following the use of alcohol.
What is a hangover.
300
When the person no longer responds to the drug in the way they initially responded. Or, when a person needs a higher amount of the drug to achieve the response they initially achieved.
What is tolerance.
300
Repeated marijuana use can lead to ____________, which means that people have trouble controlling their drug use and often cannot stop even though they want to.
What is addiction. Research shows that about 9 percent or 1 in 11 of those who use marijuana will become addicted. This rate increases to 17 percent or about 1 in 6, in people who start in their teens, and goes up to 25 to 50 percent among daily users.
300
____ or ____ refers to a wide variety of chemical-coated herbal mixtures that have effects similar to marijuana and that are advertised as both a "safe" and "legal" alternative to that drug, which is not true.
What is K2/ Spice. Labels on K2/Spice products often claim that they contain "natural" mind-altering material taken from a variety of plants, chemical analysis show that their active ingredients are man-made compounds. Some chemicals in K2/Spice may produce more powerful and unpredictable effects, like extreme anxiety, paranoia, and hallucinations.
400
True of False... Smokers have brittle hair and are more likely to go bald and grey than non-smokers.
What is TRUE. The chemicals from the tobacco gather in the hair, and cause hairs to break off before they are fully grown.
400
List 3 negative short-term effects of alcohol use.
What is Depression Bad breath Blackouts Irritability Slurred speech Loss of coordination Impaired short term memory Loss of consciousness Slowed thinking Loss of balance
400
_________ is the group of symptoms that occur upon discontinuing or decreasing the intake of medications or drugs.
What is withdrawal.
400
Marijuana contains more than ____ chemicals, including THC.
What is 400.
400
The following are examples of symptoms produced by what drug? Loss of appetite Increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature Increased rate of breathing Dilated pupils Disturbed sleep patterns Nausea Hyperstimulation Bizarre, erratic, sometimes violent behavior Hallucinations, hyperexcitability, irritability Anxiety and paranoia Depression Panic and psychosis Convulsions, seizures and sudden death from high doses (even one time)
What is cocaine (stimulant).
500
According to the American Lung Association, there are approximately __ ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than _,000 chemicals. At least __ of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous.
What is 600 ingredients, 7,000 chemicals, and 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous.
500
What does BAC stand for and what does it mean?
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) and What is the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream
500
Most drugs of abuse directly or indirectly target the brain's reward system by flooding the circuit with _________.
What is dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter present in regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. When activated at normal levels, this system rewards our natural behaviors. Overstimulating the system with drugs, however, produces euphoric effects, which strongly reinforce the behavior of drug use, which teaches the user to repeat it.
500
THC, the main mind-altering ingredient found in the Cannabis plant is short for __________________.
What is Tetrahydrocannabinol. Actually it's delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
500
Did you know that teens who start drinking before age ___ years are 5 times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse later in life compared to those who begin drinking at or after the legal age of ___.
What is 15 and 21
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