How can alcohol impair someone ability to drive a car?
What is delayed reaction, clumsiness, less ability to focus or concentrate, difficulty in processing information, impaired judgement.
True or false: Edible marijuana products take a shorter amount of time for users to feel the effects compared to smoking marijuana.
Bonus: Why can this cause issues for users?
What is false.
Users may be unsure how much THC they have consumed and take more due to the delayed effects.
Name three types of nicotine products.
What is cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, vapes, pipe tobacco, zyns?
What does BAC stand for?
Bonus: what does it measure?
What is blood alcohol content.
The ratio of blood to alcohol in a persons system.
What is the legal BAC limit drivers must be below in order to operate a vehicle?
What is .08
Define the term tolerance in terms of alcohol and marijuana use
Bonus: Why is increasing tolerance a problem?
What is the need for increasing amounts of the substance before feeling the effects.
Its a sign of growing addition, or habitual use.
What is one way that nicotine products have been marketed to attract youth.
What is inciting flavors, bright packaging, celebrities in commercials or paid ads ?
What is the psycho component present in marijuana?
What is "THC"?
what is the biggest risk of using marijuana and alcohol when you are an adolescent?
What is "the effects on developing brains"
True or False: Under federal law it is still illegal to use, grow or possess marijuana
What is true.
Which essential body organ suffers the most life threatening damage from alcohol?
What is the liver?
What is the main chemical present in alcohol?
What is Ethanol?
The legal age limit in New York City to purchase marijuana for recreational use?
What is 21 years old.
True or False: Alcohol is a stimulant.
What is "False"?
How long does it take alcohol to affect the brain?
What is 90 seconds?
List 3 long term effects of marijuana on an individuals health:
What is damage to lungs, cancers, heart problems, brain development, mental health problems, addiction.
The name of the substance in tobacco products which makes them so addictive.
What is nicotine?
True or False: alcohol affects every person exactly the same.
What is "False"?
Describe what happens to the brain that causes someone to become addicted.
What is the more someone uses a drug, the more they require the drug to actually "feel good". The brain begins producing less and less of the feel good chemicals on it's own, so it begins to require the drug in order for someone to feel happy and function properly.