What is one of the main ingredients that draws people to energy drinks?
What is Taurine
* Taurine illness's range from high blood pressure to strokes, seizures, and heart disease.
100
16 States practice legal distribution of marijuana name two
What is AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, HI, ME, MI, MT, NV, NJ, OR, RI, VM, WA
*All states have their own policies on their distribution on medical marijuana.
100
What is the legal BAC for adults?
What is 0.08
100
What is prescription drug abuse defined as?
What is when someone takes a medication that was prescribed for someone else or takes their own prescription in a manner or dosage other than what was prescribed.
100
What is the most commonly purchased energy drink?
What is Red Bull starting ($2.19 for 16 oz)
200
What is the most used psychoactive substance?
What is caffeine
* You can feel the effects of caffeine in your system within a few minutes of ingesting it, and it stays in your system for many hours-it has a half-life of four to six hours in your body.
200
What are two possible side effects of quitting marijuana cold turkey?
What is Irritability, Sleeplessness, Anxiety, Drug Craving, and decreased appetite.
200
What is a sign your body is telling you that you have drank more than your body can metabolize?
What is Nausea and or vomiting
200
Most people abusing precription pills or over the counter drugs claim to get them from which souce?
What is relatives or people close to them who have personally been prescribed the medication.
200
Which country has the highest amount of active Injecting Drug Users? (IDUs)
What is South East Asia at 4.53 million 2. 3.72 million Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. 3. 2.27 million in the United States
300
What is considered to be to many cups of coffee per day?
What is four cups or more
* High levels of caffeine can increase dependence and withdrawal symptoms can occur and include muscle pain, cravings, fatigue, and headaches.
300
What class of drug is marijuana (hint is a number)?
What is 1
*Sharing the same spot as meth, marijuana is a class one drug meaning it holds potential for abuse, addiction and can act as a gateway drug for other stimulants.
300
Which state has the highest rate of alcoholism/alcohol abuse??
What is Utah
300
Painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin are known as what type of drug?
What are Opiates
*powerful medications used to help with pain, but they need to be taken under close supervision of a doctor.
300
What city consumers the most alcohol per capita (It's not bozeman) ?
What is Milwaukee followed by 2. Minneapolis, MN 3. Columbus, Ohio 4. Chicago, IL. 5. Boston, MA.
400
Although caffeine dosage in sodas is regulated the caffeine amounts used in energy drinks are not regulated by whom?
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
*Some energy drinks,like cocaine, contain huge amounts of caffeine some at least 280 mg in a 8.4 ounce serving compared to about 100 mg in 6 ounces of coffee
400
How long can THC traces be found in a urine test?
What is one week
* The body in attempt to rid itself of the foreign chemical transforms the THC into metabolites.
400
According to the Center for Disease Control on average what is the amount of times someone has driven without being caught?? (come within 20)
What is 80 times
400
Roughly how many people in the United States abuse prescription drugs? (Hint:percentage)
What is 20 percent
*Experts don't know exactly why this type of drug abuse is increasing. The availability of drugs is probably one reason. Doctors are prescribing more drugs for more health problems than ever before. Online pharmacies make it easy to get prescription drugs without a prescription, even for youngsters.
400
What is considered the holy city with a rough population roughly around an 800 people?
What is the Vatican
500
Which hormone is affected by caffeine and stress resulting in negative health affects?
What is cortisol
*Cortisol is involved in the following function: regulation of blood pressure, insulin release, immune function, and inflammatory response.
500
Between the years of 1998-2008 the potency of marijuana has raised by what percentage?
What is 103%
500
What is considered binge drinking for men in a single occasion?
What is 5 or more drinks
500
In 2000, nearly how many people being admitted to the hospital emergency rooms for drug overdoses happened because of misused prescription drugs? (come within a 100,000 or give a percentage)