Tobacco
Alcohol
Marijuana
Prescription and Illegal Drugs
Drugs and Your Brain
100

Addiction, skin damage, cataracts, wrinkles, mouth cancer, throat cancer, heart disease, lung disease. 

What are the effects of Tobacco (Smoking, cigarettes)? 

100

True or False: A 12- ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, and a shot of liquor (1.5 ounces) all have the same amount of alcohol. 

What is True?

100

Harmful to lungs, altered motor skills, reduced IQ, addictive, harmful to cognitive development, trouble in school, etc.

What are the effects of marijuana? 

100

It is safe to use prescription drugs when:

A. You've checked out webMD and know what you are doing.

B. You've taken them before for another problem.

C. They are prescribed for you by a doctor for a current problem.

D. Your mom gave them to you from her prescription. 

E. All of the above. 

C
200

These contain nicotine- the addictive drug in tobacco cigarettes- and other chemicals that may be harmful. More teens use these than tobacco cigarettes. 

What are E-cigarettes?

200
Risky decisions, aggression, less coordination and physical control, foggy memory, decreased awareness, overdose, cancer

What are the affects of alcohol? 

200

Irritability, feeling anxious, feeling depressed, feeling restless, stomach pain, sweatiness, shakiness, fever, chills, headache

What are withdrawal symptoms of marijuana?

200

More people die from overdoses on this than from heroin and cocaine combined. 

What is prescription pain reliever (like Vicodin and  OxyContin)?

300

Most people who smoke started before this age. 

What is 18? 

300

About 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before this age become addicted to alcohol.

What is age 15?

300

People who begin using marijuana before this age are four to seven times more likely than adults to develop a problem with drugs.

What is age 18? 

300

This is in the same drug class as Vicoden/prescription pain medication. 

What is heroin?

300

Some drugs affect the brain because their chemical structures are similar to natural brain chemicals called:

A. Neurons

B. Axons

C. Neurotransmitters

D. Dendrites

C

400

This increases the risk of cancer, especially oral cancers. 

What is smokeless tobacco? 

400

Drinking before this age can affect how your brain develops.

What is age 25? 
400

Using marijuana before age 25 can have negative and long lasting effects on this. 

What is cognitive development (how well a person can think)?
400

This drug is a type of stimulant. Using it over and over can lead to a tolerance (meaning it takes more to create the same feeling as when they first started using). Using it over and over again can reduce a person's ability to feel good from normal activities.  

What is meth? 

400

This can reset the brain's pleasure meter, so that without the drug, fun stuff doesn't make you feel happy anymore. 

What is repeated use (of drugs)?

500

This number of Americans die from diseases associated with tobacco use each year.

What is (about) 480,000?

500

In the U.S., about 4,300 people under this age die each year from injuries caused by underage drinking, more than 35% in car crashes.

What is age 25?

500

Synthetic (fake) marijuana that is abused mainly by smoking. Effects are unpredictable and dangerous.

What is Spice?

500

This drug is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. Street dealers may also mix it with other drugs such as the stimulant amphetamine or the synthetic opioid fentanyl, making it even more dangerous.

What is cocaine?

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