How it's made
This drug can be made from a variety of plants, including hops, potatoes, corn, and sugar cane.
What is alcohol?
This drug can contribute to panic attacks, enhance physical performance, and increase stress in the body.
What is caffeine?
What substance typically causes these effects: relaxed inhibitions, increased heart rate, disorientation, nausea, loss of coordination, brain fog
Marijuana
True or False: You can only be charged with a DUI if you're under the influence of alcohol or marijuana
False: You can also get a DUI if you test positive for other illegal drugs
Which has a higher ABV: beer, wine, or whiskey?
whiskey
This drug is made from the coca plant.
What is cocaine?
During the Cold War, the CIA conducted studies using this drug to see if they could develop a way to use mind control over their enemies
LSD
Describe 3 negative effects of long-term alcohol use
While vaping nicotine is safer than smoking cigarettes, there are still negative effects. List TWO.
- lung damage from chemical in fluid & heated metal coil (popcorn lung)
- addiction to nicotine
- increased blood pressure and likelihood of heart attack
- exposure to lead = decreased IQ
- exposure to manganese = increased likelihood of Parkinson's disease
What are three symptoms of a hangover?
headache, lethargy, irritation, diarrhea, nausea & vomiting
This drug is made from opium poppy seeds.
What is heroin?
Coca-Cola used to have this drug in it when it was first invented.
cocaine
Explain THREE differences between CBD and THC (not on test in Q2 2025/26)
-legality
- psychoactive (no "high" with CBD)
- CBD has approved medical uses
This many ounces is considered 1 standard unit of alcohol for things like rum, vodka, tequila, whiskey (40% ABV).
1.5 ounces
Why is it important to know the ABV of an alcoholic drink?
ABV tells you what % of the drink is ethanol (the active ingredient that causes intoxication). The higher the ABV%, the stronger the drink will be (so you should consume less of it).
For example: drinking 12 oz of a 5% ABV beer would be considered ONE standard drink. Drinking 12oz of a 40% ABV rum would be 8 standard drinks
The process of making this drug can include ether, paint thinner, Freon, acetone, ammonia, iodine crystals, red phosphorous, drain cleaner, battery acid, and lithium taken from the inside of batteries.
What is methamphetimine?
What are the FOUR different short-term effects of Methamphetamine?
Hyperactivity, hallucinations, nausea, mania, increased aggression and irritability, decreased hunger, insomnia, confusion, and paranoia.
- Serotonin
- Oxytocin
- Adrenaline/ Norepinephrine
What are three consequences of receiving a DUI?
$10,000 fine, up to two years in jail, loss of driver's license, mandated counseling, employer notified
What is the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) at which you'll be charged with a DUI? (Assuming that you're over 21)
0.08%
This drug is made from a fungus that grows on rye and other grains.
What is LSD?
What are TWO common experiences that people have as a result of a 'bad trip' (while using hallucinogens)?
extreme anxiety or fear, frightening hallucinations (e.g. spiders crawling on the skin), panic, making you take risks (like running into the traffic or jumping off a balcony), feeling you are losing control or going mad, paranoia (feeling that other people want to harm you).
Describe what the brain of a habitual stimulant user will do when exposed to a trigger that is associated with using.
The trigger will cause the user's brain to begin to downregulate (lower dopamine levels and slow other body processes) in advance of getting the stimulant. It does this in order to maintain homeostasis.
Describe how regular use of a substance leads to tolerance and addiction.
- the brain wants to maintain homoestatsis so it "pre-adapts" in response to certain environmental cues that it has come to associate with use of a particular drug
- To counter this pre-adaptation, you need even more of the substance to get the same "high"
- If you are exposed to triggers and your brain "pre-adapts" in anticipation of getting the drug, but then you DON'T take the drug, you'll feel either unnaturally down or anxious -- which will make you crave the drug just to feel normal (This is physical dependence).
- For example: if you tend to use a depressant like alcohol every time you go to a party, your brain will start to "amp up" (increasing heart rate, sense of alertness/anxiety) when you start doing the things you usually do to prep for going out so it's ready to stay in homeostasis. If you decide NOT to drink this time, you'll be left feeling uncomfortably anxious.
What is binge drinking, and why is it worse for you than other forms of drinking?
5 or more units in 24hrs
Your liver is not able to keep up with the sudden high amount of alcohol, which causes more damage to it and other organs.