Tobacco
Name 3 different types of tobacco products.
What is cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, dipping tobacco, and dissolvable tobacco?
Name 2 things that might happen to you if you drink too much.
What is get sick, lose friends, get in trouble with parents or the law, or get in trouble at school.
When someone says they are sniffing, snorting, bagging, or huffing, what are they doing?
They are using inhalants to get high by sniffing or snorting fumes by some means.
Which over-the-counter medicines are most often used to get high?
Cold and cough medicines used at a much higher dose than recommended.
True or False: Molly is short for molecule and is considered MDMA in its pure form.
TRUE: Molly is the powder or crystal form of MDMA, which is the chemical used in Ecstasy (ecstasy typically contains other ingredients such as caffeine or meth, while molly does not)
Name at least two effects that smoking has on a person that does not relate to their health problems.
What is making your fingers and/or teeth yellow, clothes and hair smell bad, and breath smell really bad?
What does binge drinking mean?
Heavy use of alcohol over a short period of time.
(5 or more drinks in a row by men OR 4 or more drinks in a row by women in a short period of time.)
What are two "street names" for marijuana?
Pot, weed, grass, dope, reefer, Mary Jane, Devil's lettuce
True or False: Mixing OTC cold medicine with soda makes it less dangerous.
FALSE: it can still be very dangerous and can cause vomiting, brain damage, seizures, strokes, and even death.
True or False: opioids are used for medical purposes as RX medication and for non-medical purposes?
TRUE: Opioids can be prescribed for extreme pain, but are also used for non-medical purposes to help people feel relaxed and get "high."
Heroin is the most dangerous opioid which is why it is never used a s a medication.
What is the main active chemical ingredient found in tobacco products?
What is Nicotine? (one of over 4,000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Over 250 of the chemicals may cause cancer.)
True or False
It is okay for parents to let youth drink alcohol when they are at home.
FALSE
The legal drinking age is 21, regardless of whether or not your parents are home.
True or False: Sniffing common household products can starve the body of oxygen, cause breathing to stop, and cause death.
TRUE: most inhalants cause a rapid high similar to alcohol intoxication. Inhalants can cause oxygen to be displaced in the lungs, and then in the central nervous system which causes breathing to stop.
True or False: Oxycontin and Ibuprofen are prescription drugs that are often abused.
FALSE: Oxycontin and VICODIN are prescription drugs that are often abused.
What drug claims to enhance or improve an athlete's performance?
Steroids. Abuse of steroids can cause liver tumors, HBP, severe acne, and some permanent serious health problems, as well as stunting teenagers' growth.
What is third-hand smoke?
What is the nicotine residue left on surfaces from tobacco smoke? (it can be more harmful than 2nd hand smoke because the carcinogens never leave.)
Which of the following can cause a person to get drunk?
a. eyeball shots
b. rectal shots
c. candy soaked in alcohol
d. all of the above
D. All of the above can get a person drunk, as well as cause permanent damage to sensitive body parts.
Name at least 2 common household items that might be used as inhalants.
Cooking spray, spray paint, whipped cream dispensers, hair spray, sharpies, paint thinner.
Why is mixing medications together or mixing them with alcohol dangerous?
It can cause very serious drug interactions. Most medications will list things to avoid on the label while taking the medicine.
Which drug is made in labs in homes, car trunks, or super labs?
Methamphetamine is made from fairly common ingredients, most of which are very harmful to the human body and are very unstable while being cooked together.
True or False.
4 out of 10 middle school youth currently smoke tobacco products.
What is False?
Only 1 out of 10 8th graders currently use tobacco products.
True or False
4 out of 10 eighth graders drink alcohol.
False
Only 1 out of 10 eighth graders drink alcohol.
What is the main active chemical in marijuana?
THC is the main active chemical in marijuana.
How many eighth graders are using OTC medications to get high?
Approximately one out of every 50 eighth graders are using OTC cough and cold medicine as a way of getting high.
Name a hallucinogen and what side effects may occur from taking one.
Common hallucinogens include LSD, mushrooms, PCP, etc. They distort the way you see real life. Users may see, feel, and hear things that don't actually exist.