Marijuana
A rolled cannabis cigarette hand-made with rolling papers.
What is a joint?
A chemical containing nitrogen that is heavily addictive and exposes people to the extremely harmful effects of tobacco dependency.
What is nicotine?
The most commonly used addictive substance in the United States causing approximately 88,000 deaths each year.
What is alcohol?
A powerful synthetic opioid prescription drug that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
What is fentanyl?
A powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the Central Nervous System.
What is methamphetamine?
A cigar that has been hollowed out and filled with cannabis, rolled with the tobacco leaf "wrapper".
What is a blunt?
A narrow cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking, containing nicotine.
What is a cigarette?
A chronic disease characterized by uncontrolled drinking and preoccupation with alcohol.
What is Alcohol Use Disorder?
A class of drugs naturally found in the opium poppy plant.
What are opioids?
A form of the drug that looks like glass fragments or shiny, bluish-white rocks; chemically similar to amphetamine, a drug used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.
What is crystal methamphetamine?
A non-psychoactive compound that can be extracted from hemp or from marijuana often sold in the form of gels, gummies, oils, supplements, and extracts.
What is CBD?
A rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked.
What is a cigar?
A neurotransmitter found naturally in the human body that plays a part in controlling the movements a person makes as well as their emotional responses, also released by consuming alcohol.
What is dopamine?
Extreme happiness, drowsiness, nausea, confusion, constipation, sedation, breathing problems, and unconsciousness.
What are the effects of fentanyl?
Smoking, swallowing a pill, snorting, or injecting the powder that has been dissolved into water/alcohol.
What are the ways of taking meth?
The main psychoactive compound in marijuana that gives the high sensation.
What is THC?
The practice of tasting the smoke produced by burning a substance, most commonly tobacco, in a pipe.
What is pipe smoking?
The name for the physical and emotional symptoms that occur when a heavy drinker suddenly stops or significantly reduces their alcohol intake.
What is Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome?
Breathing can slow or stop, which can decrease the amount of oxygen that reaches the brain, a condition called hypoxia. This can lead to a coma and permanent brain damage, and even death.
What is an overdose on fentanyl?
Increased wakefulness and physical activity, decreased appetite, faster breathing, rapid and/or irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure and body temperature.
What are the short-term effects of methamphetamine?
Substances that slow down the normal function of the Central Nervous System (e.g. marijuana).
What are depressants?
Includes dizziness and lightheadedness, irregular and disturbed sleep, bad dreams and nightmares, and possible blood restriction.
What are the side effects of nicotine in the brain?
A pattern of alcohol consumption that involves drinking a lot in a short period of time.
What is binge drinking?
Muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goosebumps, uncontrollable leg movements, and severe cravings.
What are fentanyl withdrawal symptoms?
Extreme weight loss, addiction, severe dental problems ("meth mouth"), anxiety, changes in brain structure and function, confusion, memory loss, hallucinations, and more.
What are the long-term effects of methamphetamine?