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Because it is natural and comes from a plant, marijuana is safe to use.
What is False. It has effects with brain development.
100
What is one way to prevent someone from drinking too much?
What is suggest another activity to do, such as eat, dance, go bowling, or any other activity.
100
What are 3 alternatives to drinking after Prom?
What is hanging out with friends, going to a restaurant, seeing a movie, going to post prom, going bowling, and going home.
100
What percent of youth ages 15 and younger nationally, reported that they have not had a drink of alcohol in their life? 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
What is 60-70%. Actual is 65%
100
What percentage of La Follette students (grades 9-12) reported that they have not drank in the past month? 10-20% 30-40% 50-60%
What is 50-60%. Actual is 53%
200
T/F: At LHS, more students don't drink alcohol frequently (1 time or more a month), than do drink alcohol frequently.
What is True.
200
Marijuana can affect learning and memory by acting on this part of the brain.
What is the Hippocampus.
200
What are some signs that someone may need help with AOD issues.
What is person misses daily duties, spends a lot of time looking for alcohol and other drugs, not as involved as they used to be and they go through withdrawals if they are not using.
200
How many youth ages 12-20 have not participated in binge drinking? 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
What is 80-90% Actual is 86%
200
In the past month, what percentage of LHS students have not participated in binge drinking (5 or more drinks)? 30-40% 70-80% 80-90% 50-60%
What is 70-80%. Actual is 75%
300
True or False, alcohol use can affect brain development well into your twenties.
What is true.
300
The risk of using cocaine has been estimated to be more than 10, 40, 80 or 100 times greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it
What is 100
300
There is a group available to LHS students to discuss the difficulties of having a friend or loved one with alcohol or drug abuse problems.
What is True. It meets on Tuesdays during lunch in room A20.
300
What percent of youth ages 12-18 have not used marijuana in the past year? 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
What is 87%
300
What percentage of LHS students have never tried marijuana? 20-30% 10-20% 50-60% 60-70%
What is 60-70%. Actual is 66%
400
Buzzed driving isn't drunk driving.
What is False.
400
Some drugs affect the brain because their chemical structures are similar to the brain’s neurotransmitters
What is True.
400
Who can you go to at LHS if you believe your friends have problems abusing alcohol or other drugs?
What is the Student Support Services Office and group on Tuesdays during lunch in room A20.
400
What percent of people never use marijuana? 10-20% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60%
What is 50-60% Actual is 56 percent.
400
The amount of students who have drank alcohol in the past 12 months has increased at LHS since 2009.
What is False.
500
Drinking coffee and eating greasy foods can sober me up faster.
What is False. What goes in your body after alcohol cannot effect how fast you sober up.
500
It is really okay to mix stimulants with antidepressants or over the counter cough medicine
What is FALSE (it may cause high blood pressure or irregular heart beat).
500
Where can you go in the community to get help for you or your friends that may have problems with alcohol and other drugs? Please give one answer
What is UW Health - Adolescent Alcohol/Drug Assessment Intervention Program, CONNECTIONS Counseling, Gateway, Meriter Newstart, Rosecrance or Hazelden.
500
Approximately one in how many people who use marijuana become addicted?
What is one in eleven
500
What is the most reported age group for when current MMSD students had their first drink of alcohol (more than a few sips). 11-12 13-14 15-16 17 or older
What is 15-16
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