Medicine
All medicines are drugs but not all drugs are medicines.
True or False
True
Vaping is inhaling _____ created by heating the chemical in the vaping device and unlike traditional cigarettes, when we vape, we are inhaling _____ into our lungs?
We inhale vapor when we vape and this vapor contains microscopic metal fragments that will then sit in out lungs.
______ is the disease of not being able to stop using alcohol.
Alcoholism
Drug dependency only affects the drug user, not their family, friends or community?
True or False
False, drug dependency affects everyone
Caffeine, Nicotine & Alcohol are drugs because they affect your mind and body. Is caffeine a stimulant or depressant? How about nicotine? How about alcohol?
Caffeine - Stimulant
Nicotine - Stimulant
Alcohol - Depressant
An unwanted reaction to a drug is a ______ and give three examples
Side Effects
Examples will Vary
A gummy substance in tobacco smoke that kills lung cells is _____.
Tar
When people drink alcohol where is it first absorbed?
Blood Stream and then the blood carries it to the other organs in the body.
Marijuana is most directly linked to what cancer?
Lung cancer because you typically smoke marijuana
Many young people will begin abusing drugs and alcohol because of ___ _______.
Peer Pressure
Someone taking twice as much medication as they should by mistake is an example of ...
Drug Abuse or Drug Misuse
Drug Misuse
Explain the difference between second hand and third hand smoke.
Secondhand smoke is smoke from other peoples smoking.
Third hand smoke is the smell and residue that is left over once the smoke has disappeared.
Overtime both can make you very sick.
The number one danger of binge drinking alcohol is WHAT problem?
Alcohol poisoning
What method of drug abuse is the quickest and most dangerous to the body?
A. IV Drug Use
B. Smoking the Drug
C. Snorting the Drug
IV Drug Use
What is the number one killer of teenagers?
Car accidents involving alcohol.
- Car accidents make up over 50% of all accident-related deaths in teens.
- 40% of alcohol-related fatal car crashes involve teens.
All prescription medications are safe, so you do not have to worry about becoming addicted to them.
True or False
False, many prescription drugs are dangerous and taken improperly, you can become addicted to them.
Does nicotine make the blood vessels smaller or bigger? Thus cutting down the flow of oxygen to the body, making your heart and blood pressure increase or decrease?
Your blood vessels will become smaller and your heart and blood pressure increases
What is the main cause of a hangover and what is the only thing that will sober a person?
Dehydration & Time
What is the difference between tolerance and overdose in regards to drug use.
Tolerance is when you need more of a drug in order to feel the effects and overdose is taking too large of an amount of drugs causing illness or death.
What is the legal age to purchase, consume or possess tobacco and alcohol in MA and NH?
21 years old
What is the medicine that you can buy without a doctors order is called and give an example?
What is the medicine that you need a doctor's order to buy is called and give an example?
Without - Over-the-Counter (Tylenol, Advil, Tums...)
With - Prescription (Antibiotic, Vaccines...)
Examples will Vary
There are many types of cancer caused by tobacco. The main type is lung cancer. List the other 2 main types related to tobacco use.
Mouth / Throat Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Blood alcohol content is the amount of what in the body?
Blood alcohol content is the the amount of alcohol in your blood.
This is the unpleasant and sometimes physically painful reaction to stopping the use of drugs.
Withdraw
How can being under the influence of drugs or alcohol cause you to get hurt or get various illnesses/diseases from others?
You may make poor choices when you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. These poor choices can have effects you did not think about, or know could happen.