The Green House
____ is the primary psychoactive chemical found in cannabis.
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)
This beverage company originally included coco leaf extract (cocaine) in its formula until 1903.
What is Coca-Cola?
___ is where a student would go looking for resources related to alcohol and other drugs.
What is the Counseling Center?
12oz beer, 5oz wine, 1.5oz liquor are all this.
What is a standard drink?
Your brain is typically done developing by this age.
What is 25?
True or False:
Cannabis can be physically addictive.
True:
Roughly 1 in 10 users may develop Cannabis Use Disorder
A combination of being drunk and high.
What is 'zooted' or 'crossed'?
Students who seek medical assistance in an alcohol and/or substance abuse related emergency should not be concerned with the potential disciplinary consequences for themselves or the person in need.
What is The Good Samaritan Policy?
Synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and is currently a major driver of overdose deaths.
What is Fentanyl?
This area of your brain is responsible for problem solving, risk assessment, decision making and judgment, and is also the last area to fully develop.
What is your prefrontal cortex?
Inhaling vapor from concentrated cannabis wax or oil- significantly more potent and can lead to rapid tolerance increases, potential for fainting, intense psychoactive effects, or accidental burns.
What is 'dabs' or 'dabbing'?
In this TV show, blue was the signature color of Walter White's high-purity methamphetamine.
What is Breaking Bad?
This position helps keeps the airway open to prevent choking on vomit in the event of an overdose.
What is the Recovery Position?
True or False:
Zyn is actually harmless and a great way to stop smoking.
False:
Zyn is not an officially recognized method to quit smoking.
Zyn contains higher levels of nicotine, causes gum recession, and elevates blood pressure among other risks.
For substances to affect the brain, chemical messengers called neurotransmitters must bind to these.
What are receptors?
In 2012 these two states became the first to legalize recreational marijuana.
What are Colorado and Washington state?
This cult classic films features a famous scene involving an adrenaline shot to the heart after a heroin overdose.
We use ___ today to reverse an overdose.
What is Pulp Fiction, 1994?
What is Narcan?
An important strategy for managing your relationship to cannabis, in which a person periodically takes these for 21-31 days with the intent of restoring the brain's sensitivity to THC.
What is a tolerance break?
4 or more drinks in less than two hours for women.
5 or more drinks in less than two hours for men.
What is binge drinking?
Name 3 explanations as to how your brain can overdose on cannabis.
What are: pre-existing MH illness, THC Potency, consume too many edibles?
A group of high schoolers met at this time to search for a hidden crop. This code eventually spread through the Grateful Dead community and gained popularity before evolving into a symbol of cannabis culture.
What is 420?
Sweetly flavored alcoholic beverages (like Mike's Hard or Smirnoff Ice) that are often marketed toward younger drinkers.
What are 'alcopops'?
Drinking at a moderate pace (one drink every hour) to keep BAC low and having a glass of water between.
What is the Low Dose Effect?
Alcohol drops body temperature because these three things happen.
What is:
1. Blood vessels widen and rise to surface.
2. Expanded vessels allow for more blood flow.
3. Heat escapes from our body and our core temperature drops.
This area of your brain is largely responsible for memory.
What is the hippocampus?