Alcohol
Short term effect of alcohol use?
vomiting, headache, lack of coordination, mood swings, etc (OR any answer approved by Mrs. C)
The addictive chemical in tobacco products
Nicotine
Another name for Marijuana
weed, pot, blunt, mary jane, dope etc
What is the legal drinking age?
21
What organ is damaged when alcohol is abused?
Liver
Long term consequence of smoking cigarettes
Lung/cancer, heart disease, stroke, addiciton
The main chemical in marijuana
THC
What does a depressant do to your body?
Slows it down
3 types of alcohol discussed in our lessons
Beer, wine and liqour
What may cause a young person to begin vaping?
Peer pressure, flavors, curiosity, the way it is advertised, influenced to do so.
Give a definition for inhalants.
Volatile substance or chemical found in household products that is breathed in.
What does a stimulant do to your body?
Speeds it up.
Name a road test that may be completed if someone is pulled over and suspected to be intoxicated.
Walk the line, breathalyzer, coordination tests
There are two vaping brands in particular very common with teens, name 1.
Puff bar or Juul
Name 2 items that could be used as an inhalant.
glue, lighter fluid, cleaning fluids, and paint, gasoline, shoe polish.
Someone who is addicted to alcohol is called what?
Alcoholic
What could cause someone's body to process alcohol differently than another person?
Size, gender, weight, food in stomach to help with processing.
Name 2 drugs someone could vape?
Tobacco and Marijuana
Marijuana and Inhalants belong in what drug category.
Psychoactive/Hallucinogen
What is it called when an individuals blood alcohol level (the percentage of alcohol circulating in the bloodstream) rises to a dangerous point in which the individual loses consciousness and goes into a coma and in the worst cases, the drinker dies?
Alcohol poisoning