Alcohol
What organ metabolizes (processes) alcohol when it is consumed?
What disease can happen to this organ from long-term alcohol use?
The Liver
Liver Cirrhosis (Permanent Scarring Of The Liver)
What is at least one form of tobacco (how it is used)?
1. Cigarettes
2. Cigars
3. Pipes
4. Chewing/Smokeless Tobacco
What type of drug is Nicotine: Stimulant or Depressant?
Nicotine Is A Stimulant
Marijuana can be smoked in pipes and bongs but it also can be found in __________?
Foods: Cookies & Brownies
Drinks: Juices & Teas
Gummy Edibles
What is the biggest risk of opioid use?
What is the deadliest opioid that is often laced in street drugs, like marijuana and heroin?
Overdose & Death
Fentanyl
How old do you have to be to legally consume, purchase, and possess alcohol in Illinois?
21 Years Old
What are at least two long-term physical health consequences of using tobacco?
1. Lung Cancer
2. Throat Cancer
3. Emphysema
4. Chronic Bronchitis
5. Mouth Cancer (Chewing Tobacco)
6. Gum Disease (Chewing Tobacco)
Why are teens more likely to become addicted to drug substances, including nicotine?
The teen brain is still developing until the age of 25/26, so teens are more likely to become addicted to drug substances the earlier that they begin using them.
What is the difference between an Over-The-Counter (OTC) and Prescription medication?
Over-The-Counter Medicine: medicine that can be purchased at a store without permission from a doctor
Prescription Medicine: medicine that requires written permission from a doctor or other licensed healthcare provider to take and is given out by a pharmacist
What chemical in the brain is released when taking drug substances and makes the drug user want more and more, eventually becoming addicted?
Dopamine
What is the term for drinking too much alcohol in a short amount of time?
Binge Drinking
Binge Drinking refers to consuming 5 or more drinks for men, or 4 or more drinks for women, within about a 2-hour period.
What is Second Hand Smoke?
Second Hand Smoke = the smoke from someone's tobacco product that is blown off and inhaled by someone else around them.
What are at least two ways that the vaping industry targets youth?
1. Use bright colors and toy-like packaging
2. Make vaping look fun and exciting in ads
3. Recruit social media influencers to promote vape products
4. Offer 7,000 to 15,000 "tasty" vape flavors
5. Lower prices on vapes
What is at least one example of medicine misuse?
1. When a person uses another person's prescribed medication
2. When a person does not read nor follow the directions on the medicine label/package
3. When a person mixes medicines together without asking their doctor first
4. When a person takes a medicine other than what it is used for
5. When a person stops antibiotics early (must take all of them or the bacterial infection can come back!)
What is peer pressure and perceived norms?
Peer Pressure is the pressure felt from others to engage in a risky behavior.
Peer pressure is often given into due to perceived norms, which are the beliefs that people have (like the belief that more teens are doing drugs than they actually are) based on their behaviors and environment.
What is the legal consequence for drinking alcohol and/or having over 0.08% of blood alcohol content (BAC) in your system while driving a vehicle?
DUI (Driving Under The Influence)
License Suspension (Taken Away)
True or False: Second Hand Smoke can increase a person's risk of lung cancer by 30%?
True!
Even if you do not smoke, frequently being around a smoker's secondhand smoke can increase the risk of lung cancer.
How can vaping negatively affect mental and emotional health?
Vaping increases the risk of anxiety and depression and can lead to memory and learning problems.
What are the 3 "R's" of medicine use?
1. Medicines must be taken by the RIGHT PERSON
2. Medicines must be taken at the RIGHT TIME
3. Medicines must be taken in the RIGHT AMOUNT
Describe at least three consequences of drug substance use: physical, mental/emotional, social, school/work, financial, legal, future.
How many years can drug substances take off of your lifespan?
Answers will vary!
Long-term drug substance use can decrease at least 10 years from your lifespan.
What type of drug is alcohol: Stimulant or Depressant?
Alcohol Is A Depressant
Alcohol slows down your brain and body functions (breathing, speech, reflexes, reaction time, balance, coordination, judgement, decisions, memory, learning).
What do drug substances, including tobacco, do to the immune system over time? What does this increase the risk of?
Drug substances damage the immune system over time, which increases a person's risk of getting sick with infectious illness and getting diagnosed with a chronic disease, such as heart disease and cancer.
What is the addictive ingredient in marijuana that can also be added to vapes?
THC
What type of infections do antibiotics treat, and what can happen if someone takes antibiotics when they do not truly need them?
Antibiotics are prescribed by a doctor to treat BACTERIAL infections.
Taking antibiotics to treat viral infections will lead to antibiotic resistance, which means that the bacteria in your body becomes resistant (refuses) the antibiotic and will not respond to it when you need it to (the next time you have a bacterial infection).
Define The Following Terms:
Experimentation
Addiction
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Experimentation: the user tries the drug for the first time
Addiction: the user continues to use the drug even when it causes problems in their life
Tolerance: the more the user uses the drug, the user needs more of a drug to feel the same effects of it
Withdrawal: the user tries to stop the drug, which becomes very unpleasant and painful for them