What is a Drug?
Types of Drugs
Risks of Using Drugs
Facts about Cigarettes
Health Effects of Cigarettes
100
List 3 legal drugs.
Tobacco, caffeine, alcohol, medicine...
100
What type of drug works on the mind and the senses and distorts reality?
Hallucinogens.
100
True or False. Everybody reacts the same way to the same drugs.
False.
100
Cigarettes are the only product that have been proven to be deadly if used how?
Exactly how they are intended.
100
List 5 body parts that are affected by smoking cigarettes.
Hair Brain Eyes Mouth Teeth Skin Lungs Others
200
Which method of getting a drug into the body has the quickest effects?
Injection.
200
What type of drugs are highly addictive painkillers that can produce a feeling of euphoria or well-being?
Narcotic Analgesics. (Narcotics).
200
What type of dependence develops when a person feels that he/she cannot function normally without the drug?
Psychological
200
On average, how many people a day die in NL because of smoking cigarettes?
4
200
What term refers to smoke that comes from the end of a lighted cigarette, pipe, or cigar?
Sidestream Smoke.
300
What is a drug?
Any substance other than food that can change a person’s sensations, feelings, thoughts, or physical functions when it is taken into the body.
300
In low doses these depressants produce a feeling of calmness and well-being. In high doses they can cause coma or death.
Sedatives.
300
What type of dependence develops when the body cells have become reliant on the drug and the body cannot function normally without it?
Physical
300
Smoking is the #1 cause of what type of death in Newfoundland and Labrador?
Preventable.
300
What term refers to smoke that is exhaled by a smoker?
Second-hand Smoke.
400
List 3 illegal drugs.
Cocaine, Crystal Meth., marijuana, crack cocaine, etc.
400
What type of drug speeds up central nervous system? These drugs produce feelings of euphoria, suppress the appetite and increase alertness and endurance.
Stimulants.
400
What are some syptoms of withdrawl?
Irritability Loss of appetite Inability to sleep Nausea Vomiting Abdominal Pain Convulsions
400
How many toxic chemicals does a cigarette contain?
4000
400
Which is more dangerous, sidestream or second-hand smoke? Why?
Sidestream. Not filtered.
500
What term refers to drugs made of unnatrual substances?
Man-made or factory-made.
500
What type of drugs help build muscles and muscle tissue? Athletes use them to improve performance.
Analbolic Steriods.
500
What are some things you could say or do to combat peer pressure?
Suggest other activities Switch subjects Say “not right now” Say you’re not in the mood Say “no” because it’s addictive and harmful Excuse yourself to go to the washroom or get a snack Leave
500
What chemical in cigarettes causes your brain to release a chemical called Dopamine?
Nicotine
500
List three reasons why people choose to smoke?
Curious – experimenting Peer Pressure Parents/friends smoke Looks cool Want to fit in.
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