Alcohol
alcohol affects the brains ability to
What is learn?
At least two ways to increase brain health
What is exercise, eating healthy, practicing mindfulness, getting sleep, studying, avoiding too much "screen time"?
A stimulant found in vapes, cigarettes, and chewing tobacco.
What is nicotine?
Two legal consequences for a teenager caught with alcohol.
What are community service... pay a fine... be placed on probation... may lose drivers license or if drugs were involved, be placed in drug court.
New research shows that your brain is like a ______ that changes and gets stronger when you use it.
What is muscle?
Intoxication impairs a persons _______ and physical abilities.
This powerful stimulant used to be an ingredient in Coca Cola.
What is Cocaine?
A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body
What is a Neuron?
Alcohol disrupts the parts of the brain development responsible for memory and _____________.
What is problem solving / logic / judgement?
Teenagers who use marijuana weekly have double the risk for developing what two mental illnesses
Legal age to buy Tobacco Products
What is 21?
Alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and caffeine are _____ chemicals that can damage brain function.
Neurotoxic
This part of the brain suffers from the worst alcohol-related brain damage in teens.
Current research suggests that marijuana use harms the developing brain and should never be used while the brain is still developing (until ____ years old).
What is 25?
According to Pennsylvania's _______ Law, those under 21 who are convicted of driving under the influence face severe penalties including 12-18 month license suspension, up to 6 months in jail, and fines from $500-$5,000.
Zero Tolerance
In the article that we read last week, scientists found that the animals who socialized and played with toys had a brain that was _____ percent heavier than the animals that lived alone without toys.