Addiction
True or False
Addiction is a disease.
True
Caffeine
Legal
What classification is a drug considered when it speeds you up?
Stimulants
Nicknames: Mary Jane, ganja
Color: green/brown
Form: Plant/liquid THC/edibles
Type: Cannabis
Effect: Slowed thinking/reactions/impaired memory/impaired brain development
Weed
What type of drug is alcohol?
Depressant
True or False
Addiction is not treatable.
False! Addiction is treatable.
Nicotine
Legal
What classification is a drug considered when it slows you down?
Depressants
Nicknames: Blow/snow
Color: White
Form: Powder
Type: Stimulant
Effect: Increased heart rate, death
Cocaine
Define binge drinking
The consumption of alcohol in a short time period
True or False
Addiction is not similar to anything.
False. Addiction is similar to cancer or anxiety.
Heroin
Illegal
What classification is a drug considered when it reliefs pain?
Opioids
Nicknames: Acid
Color: White pill/ colorless liquid
Form: Pill, syringe
Type: Hallucinogen
Effect: Depression, flashbacks, psychosis
LSD
True or False
Drinking on an empty stomach does not influence BAC.
False
True or False
Addiction can affect multiple dimensions of health.
True
Marijuana
Legal
What classification is a drug considered when it can be breathed in through the nose or mouth?
Inhalants
Nicknames: Ice, crank, speed
Color: Clear/crystal
Form: Rock/hard
Type: Stimulant
Effect: Addiction, heart attack, stroke, death
Meth
What does BAC stand for?
Blood Alcohol Concentration
True or False
People who are addicted to a substance don't try to get increase amounts of the substance to get an effect.
False! People try to get increased amounts of the substance when their addicted.
Cocaine
Illegal
What classification is a drug considered when it is man made?
Synthetic
Nicknames: Smack
Color: White/black/brown
Form: Powder/tar like
Type: Opioid
Effect: Slowed breathing, numbness, death
Heroine
What does FAS stand for and what does it refer to?
Fetal alcohol syndrome, a group of serious birth defects caused by a woman’s consumption of alcohol while pregnant