Marijuana
Marijuana as no effects on how you sleep.
True or False
False, while using marijuana may be associated with falling asleep more quickly, it also reduces the amount of time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. REM sleep is most associated with restful sleep.
Alcohol Addiction Can Impact Cognitive Function.
True or False?
True, drinking alcohol, and especially alcohol abuse, can interfere with brain function. Specifically, it interferes with memory, motor function, and judgment. These effects are worse for teenagers and for people with chronic, long-term addiction.
Smoking only harms, the lungs, mouth and throat.
True or False
False smoking causes; Cancer, Heart disease and stroke, lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Type 2 Diabetes, Harmful reproductive health effects. Other diseases, including certain eye diseases and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
Coca-Cola once had cocaine as one of its ingredients.
True or false
True, at the end of the 19th century, cocaine was being utilized as a novel beverage rapidly spreading across the United States. More than 1.9 billion cans of that beverage are sold each day. Today’s recipe does not contain cocaine, but it is still unhealthy for you.
Whippits stared being used as a drug in the 80s.
True or False
Fales, Dr. Horace Wells pioneered the use of nitrous oxide as a pain reliever in 1844. He administered the drug to 12-15 of his dental patients with great success. Soon after, nitrous oxide was hailed as an exciting new pain medication.
Marijuana contains --- substances, called cannabinoids. Is the number higher or lower than 75?
It's more than a 100. The two most well know are CBD which is the component of marijuana that is often used for medicinal purposes. THC is the psychoactive part of marijuana that causes users to feel high.
Drinking --- of drinks would be consider binge drinking.
How many drinks do you think it is?
If you drink five or more drinks in one occasion that would be consider binge drinking.
The number of Americans with disease caused by smoking is 10 million.
Is the number higher or lower?
More than 16 million Americans live with a disease caused by smoking. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease, death, and disability in the United States.
How many times does someone need to use cocaine to risk getting addicted? Is the number higher or lower than five?
Lower, someone can get addicted to it after using it once. Cocaine’s impact on dopamine can also reinforce drug-taking behavior making it more likely to keep using after one use.
Fentanyl is an opioid -- times more potent than heroin.
Is the number higher or lower than 25
It's 50. Opioids are pain killers that people sometimes use recreationally for their euphoria and relaxation effects. Fentanyl has medical uses, primarily to control severe pain after surgery and in advanced-stage cancer treatment. Outside of medical settings, fentanyl appears as a white powder. It is also used to cut drugs, meaning it’s mixed with other substances to make the quantity of the secondary substance stretch.
Using both Alcohol and Marijuana is riskier than using either substance by itself.
True or False?
True, it's risker, the effects of each one can overlap. These can include unsafe driving, social consequences, physical health problems, and greater risk of substance misuse.
Your Genetics, Environment, and Other Factors Can Lead to Alcohol Addiction
True or False?
True, many factors can make you vulnerable to alcohol addiction. For example, alcohol addiction tends to run in families. On the surface, that implies AUD is genetic. But this could also be an environmental issue, because childhood trauma increases your risk of addiction.
Secondhand smoke exposure contributes to over --- deaths among nonsmoking people.
Is the number higher or lower than 10,000.
The real number is 40,000, secondhand smoke can cause coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk for respiratory infections, ear infections, asthma attacks, and sudden infant death syndrome
Drug dealers mix cocaine with substances such as corn starch, talcum powder, sugar or other drugs such as amphetamines in order to increase profits.
True of false
True, sometimes the effects of those other substances can cause people to have long term health issues or even overdose (which could cause death)
Xylazine is a drug that people use to in the club to make the music sound better?
True or False
False, Xylazine (also called "tranq" or "tranq dope") is a non-opioid sedative or tranquilizer. Although not a controlled substance in the United States, xylazine is not approved for use in people. It can cause Sedation, Difficulty breathing, Dangerously low blood pressure, Slowed heart rate, Wounds that can become infected, Severe withdrawal symptoms and death.
Marijuana strength has increased significantly since the 1960s. How much stronger is it now. Give a %
THC content had risen to 17-28% and can be even higher (up to 95%) in concentrated products. The increased potency has been associated with increased risk of addiction and worsening mental health problems.
Getting a DUI can be very expensive. Can it total up to more or less than $10,000?
Vapes are risk reduction products that can help people cut down on tobacco use
True or false
False there is no evidence to demonstrate that vapes are less harmful than conventional tobacco products. Vape aerosol contains other toxicants found at higher levels than in tobacco smoke, such as glycidol, pyridine, dimethyl trisulfide, acetoin and methylglyoxal.
Some of the short-term effects of Cocaine are Nausea; hallucinations and irritability; intense euphoria; anxiety and paranoia.
True or false
True, cocaine is a stimulate and when used opens the receptors in the brain which can caused the effects listed to occur.
Fentanyl Works slowly in the Body
True or False
False, Fentanyl binds to opioid receptors in the brain within minutes, producing pain relief and euphoria. Because it is lipid-soluble, fentanyl enters the brain faster than many other opioids, which contributes to its high overdose risk.
When someone stops using marijuana, they may experience negative physical and psychological effects. Name two symptoms.
Excessive alcohol use can lead to: Names three symptoms.
Once in your blood, chemicals from smoke travel throughout your body. This damages your: names two things that are affected
Bones, nicotine decreases the absorption of calcium, causing you to have thinner, brittle bones.
Eyes. The chemicals in smoke can lead to macular degeneration, cataracts and vision loss.
Hormones. Nicotine can cause hormone changes that can affect your fertility.
Immune system. Smoking causes constant inflammation and weakens your immune system. This makes you more likely to get sick.
Long-term effects Cocaine can alter one's life: Name three long term effects?
Permanent damage to blood vessels of heart and brain; high blood pressure, leading to heart attacks, strokes and death; malnutrition, weight loss; auditory and tactile hallucinations; confused exhaustion; increased frequency of risky behavior; delirium or psychosis; severe depression; addiction (even after just one use).
Abusing whippits can prevent your body from producing enough active vitamin B12. This deficiency from whippit abuse may result in a variety of health problems, most notably: name three ways that affects you.