Marijuana
Marijuana use is most common among which age group?
Teenagers
What plant does Meth come from?
None. Meth is a man-made substance.
How old must you be to legally smoke cigarettes in the US?
21
How old must you be to legally purchase an E-Cigarette?
18
Alcohol is processed in which organ?
The liver
How many states have legalized recreational marijuana?
10
Meth can make someone alert and energized, but when it wears off, what happens to the user?
The user will experience a significant "crash", which leaves them feeling tired, hungry, and anxious, etc.
Smoking cigarettes can cause cancer in which part(s) of your body?
Anywhere in your body.
When a pregnant woman ingests nicotine, what effect will it have on the baby?
Growth and brain development problems
Alcohol is a _____, which means it slows down activity in the brain.
Depressant
What mind altering chemical is contained in Marijuana?
THC
Meth increases the amount of natural chemical _____ in the brain.
Dopamine
How many chemicals are contained in the average cigarette?
Around 7,000
E-Cigarettes produce _____ by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine, flavoring, and other chemicals.
An aerosol
What is the intoxicating ingredient in alcohol called?
Ethanol/ Ethyl Alcohol
What were the first 2 US states to legalize marijuana?
Colorado and Washington
Meth is very chemically similar to which drug?
Amphetamine
On average, smoking will cut __ years from your life expectancy.
13 (increases to 16 if you have HIV)
When were E-Cigarettes invented?
2003
What effect does alcohol have on the diameter of blood vessels in your body?
Alcohol causes blood vessels to dilate/widen.
What plant does Marijuana come from?
Cannabis Sativa or Cannabis Indica
People who inject meth are at increased risk of contracting which infectious diseases?
HIV and Hepatitis B and C
Cigarette smoke is a major source of ______. This chemical is a major cause of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Benzene
Nicotine in an E-Cigarette is usually dissolved in a compound such as ____ or ____.
Glycol or Glycerin
What is the highest ever recorded blood alcohol concentration in history?
1.480%. This was recorded after a Polish man got into a car accident. He later died, not from alcohol poisoning, but from his injuries acquired in the car crash.