Drugs & Kids
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, & thinking of consequences are all examples of this useful skill or tool.
a) coping skills
b) mood skills
c) therapy skills
d) recovery apoplexy
e) sobriety hacking
Answer: a) coping skills
What is your favorite coping strategy?
When mixed with alcohol, this drug creates a fast heart rate, problems with thinking, problems with talking, and driving.
a) benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium, and other)
b) THC, Cannabis, Marijuana
c) bath salts
d) bath sugars
Answer: b) THC, Cannabis, Marijuana
If you have mixed alcohol with other drugs, what was the craziest thing that happened (if you can talk about it)?
Withdrawal from this "drug" can cause fever, hallucinations, seizures, and severe confusion.
a) Captain Crunch Cereal
b) THC, Marijuana, cannabis
c) nicotine
d) alcohol
e) LSD
Answer: d) alcohol
Do you see yourself as an alcoholic?
Each year in the US, nearly 85,000 people die from this LEGAL drug, making it the third leading preventable cause of death in our country.
a) excessive aspirin use
b) excessive alcohol use
c) excessive Pepto Bismol use
d) excessive birth control use
Answer: b) excessive alcohol use
Do you have a family member with alcohol issues?
What problems did it cause?
What is assertiveness?
a) to cuss someone out if they make you mad
b) to assert your right to be shallow and petty
c) to allow people to take advantage of you
d) to confidently & politely stand up for yourself
Answer: d) to confidently & politely stand up for yourself
Is it easy or challenging for you to be assertive?
How will your life become different when you are more assertive?
What is the most used illegal drug in middle school?
a) aspirin
b) marijuana
c) oatmeal
d) heroin
e) Xanax
Answer: b) 12-step support groups
there are more than 1000 AA meetings per week in the Phoenix Metro area.
When you were in 5th grade, how did you think about marijuana?
When mixed with alcohol, there is a greater risk of overdose & sudden death than either drug alone.
a) LSD
b) cough medication
c) cocaine
d) aspirin
e) jelly beans
Answer: c) cocaine
If you have used coke with alcohol, how did you react?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause anxiety, muscle aches, increased tearing, insomnia, runny nose, sweating, yawning, and pain.
a) Frosted Flakes Cereal
b) THC, Marijuana, cannabis
c) Opiates - (heroin, morphine, oxycontin)
d) cigarettes
Answer: c) Opiates - (heroin, morphene, oxycontin)
What do you THINK about when you consider opiate withdrawal?What is the annual cost of the abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs in the United States, including costs related to crime, lost work productivity, and healthcare?
a) $6 b) about $16 million c) about $297 million
d) about $1.5 billion e) about $600 billion
Answer: e) about $600 billion
What has been the annual cost to your family?
Who of the following are NOT famous alcoholics?
a) Mike Pence
b) Vincent Van Gogh
c) Eminem
d) Alexander the Great
e) Ulysses S Grant
f) Ben Affleck
Answer: a) Mike Pence
Eminem is currently sober. Affleck is sometimes sober. The closest that Mike Pence gets to alcohol happens every Friday when he has pizza with an O'Doul's non-alcoholic beer, according to his wife.
Have you ever been concerned about alcoholism in a relative or a friend?
Identify a medication that can help a heroin addict with their recovery?
a) methadone
b) aspirin
c) cocaine
d) naltrexone
e) gummy bears
Answer: Either A or D
a) Methadone
d) Naltrexone
Do you know an opiate addict? If so, how would you describe the impact of opiates on their life?
Which drugs slow both heart rate & breathing and can be fatal when mixed with alcohol.
a) aspirin, ibuprofen, and Motrin
b) opiates, Xanax, and Benadryl
c) 3-cheese lasagna
d) bedwetting medication
e) penicillin
Answer: b) opiates, Xanax, and Benadryl
How did you experience alcohol & opiates?
Withdrawal from this drug can cause fever, hallucinations, seizures, and confusion.
a) Macaroni and cheese
b) THC, Marijuana, cannabis
c) cocaine
d) nicotine - cigarettes - vaping
e) Vick's Vaporub
Answer: c) cocaine
Cocaine is a strong stimulant recreational drug that is snorted, inhaled as smoke, or dissolved and injected into a vein.
Have you thought about coke withdrawal as dangerous?
Drug use changes the brains of what percentage of people who use them in ways that makes it harder to quit?
a) less than 9%
b) about 27%
c) about 48%
d) more than 90%
Answer: more than 90%
Drug use and abuse changes the "reward circuitry" of the brain that easily triggers the brain to want more of the drug.
After just one use, this drug can be found in the brain for three to six weeks.
a) iodine
b) THC - marijuana
c) aspirin
d) cocaine
e) flatulence medication
b) THC - marijuana
Do you think that flower marijuana or wax is apt to stay is the brain for a longer period of time?
What does it do to brains?
What is it called when someone meets with a counselor or therapist to work on problems?
a) neurotherapy
b) biofeedback
c) counseling
d) hedonism
e) chemotherapy
Answer: c) counseling
How have your feelings about counseling changed, if at all since you've become involved in it?
Is group, family or individual counseling most useful to you? why?
When combined with alcohol, these drugs appear to prompt impulsive violent behavior.
a) placebo
b) anabolic steroids
c) metabolic steroids
d) sugar
e) garlic butter infused aspirin
Answer: c) Anabolic Steroids
If you've had problems with anger or violence, what situation prompted their use?
Withdrawal from this drug can cause headaches, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, and sadness. concentrating.
a) Caffeine - coffee, cola drinks,
b) green beans
c) cocaine
d) alcohol
Answer: a) Caffeine - coffee
Have you ever gotten so "amped" on coffee or cola drinks? How did you feel? Could you get to sleep?
What age group of more than 13,000 people is CURRENTLY struggling with addiction?
a) newborn babies
b) 8-11 year-olds
c) post-menopausal women
d) cat herders in the state of Wyoming
e) seniors aged 95 and above
Answer: a) newborn babies
Babies can be addicted at birth due to their mother's addictions.
What emotion does that stir up in you?
What is the name of the family of drugs containing chemicals related to an amphetamine-like stimulant found naturally in the Khat plant. Users experience paranoia, agitation & hallucinations. Violence and death have been reported.
a) aspirin b) bath salts c) LSD d) LDS e) THC
Answer: b) bath salts
What does it mean to be "salted?"
What is NOT a reason that kids use for trying drugs?
a) peer pressure
b) wanting to fit in
c) cope with emotional problems
d) influence by rock stars or celebrities
e) having too much money that they need to spend
e) having too much money that they need to spend
What influenced your view of drugs when you were younger?
Which occupation has the highest rate of alcoholism?
a) hair stylists
b) teachers
c) miners
d) deli workers
e) Uber drivers
Answer: c) miners
Physicians, bartenders, restaurant workers, construction workers and lawyers also have high rates of alcoholism.
Does your status in your employment or as a student impact your drinking?
Withdrawal from this drug can cause headaches, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, falling heart rate, fatigue, drowsiness, insomnia, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and anxiety.
a) tea b) cola drinks c) THC-marijuana
d) nicotine e) THC f) spaghetti
Answer: d) nicotine
Either from smoking, vaping, or chewing, it is one of the most common addictions in the world.
If you smoke cigarettes or vape, what aspect of it's use do you really enjoy?
This is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.
a) heroin
b) tobacco use
c) car accidents
d) bedwetting
e) artificial sweeteners
Answer: b) tobacco use
No tobacco use is "safe," but do you think that smoking cigarettes, vaping, or chew is safer? Why?
Identify a drug that was an approved anesthetic, but discontinued in 1965 because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its effects.
a)RxP b)marijuana c)Idoknow d)PCP e)ether
Answer: d) PCP
If you've ever taken PCP, how did your respond?
If you have not tried PCP, why have you avoided it?