Healthy Decisions
Someone in your age group
peer
Enrique "Kiki" Camarena
Keep it _____ and simple.
short
Mike Conley Jr. grew up in an affluent and safe neighborhood. True or False
False.
This High creates a superhighway in your brain and makes you feel that you are happy when in reality you aren't.
Artificial high
When you feel pushed o do something by someone in your age group
peer pressure
A symbol of communities commitment to raise awareness of the killing and destruction cause by drugs in America.
Red Ribbons
Make an _______ by focusing on an unrelated detail.
excuse
These things influenced Mike to make better choices.
Goals, thinking about his future, name for himself.
The things you enjoy like hanging out with friend, playing video games, playing soccer.
Natural highs
When you decide to make your own decisions you are being true to ______.
yourself
This is an example of a drug awareness activity that schools partiicpate in every year.
Red Ribbon Week
Be assertive and ________.
firm.
False. He offered excuses and stated he felt scared.
Continuous use of drugs will cause this.
Brain Damage.
A friend, classmate, an acquaintance, a cousin, or a stranger can all be this.
The goal of this celebration is for all youth and adults to live this type of life, ____ ______.
Drug Free
By doing this you will not have to hear the person presurre you again.
Walk away or leave.
Mike Conley Jr.'s natural high is this.
Playing Basketball
Social media, tv shows and movies make drug and alcohol abuse appear to be harmless. True or False
True.
We can be pressure to do something that can either _________ or _________ influence our decisions.
positively, negatively
Name one dress up day that CLASS had this week.
Hat Day, crazy socks, jersey, wear red..
Saying something back to the person pressuring you like " Do you really want to mess up your brain?", you are throwing this back on them.
pressure, negative consequence of choice.
Mike's friend was a better basketball player than him and would have gone on to become someone had he not chosen to do this.
Drugs.
What happens when your body becomes accustomed to artificial highs and intensifies, you need more of the substance in order to reach that "good feeling".
Addiction