How it all Started
During the last week of this month, people all over the country celebrate living a healthy lifestyle. What is this week called?
What is Red Ribbon Week?
Drugs that are given to you by a medical professional are called _____________.
What are prescription drugs?
This drug is most commonly abused by adolescents.
What is alcohol? (Marijuana is a CLOSE second)
In 2019, there were nearly 5,000 _______ from drug overdoses for individuals ages 15-24.
During this month we celebrate Red Ribbon Week.
What is October?
This category of drugs make people feel relaxed, sleepy, and uncoordinated.
People with _________ use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences.
What is addiction?
In 2019 in the U.S., nearly 30 people died everyday in car crashes as a result from this drug.
What is alcohol? (car crashes)
The first Red Ribbon Week celebration took place in what state?
What is California?
These increase the nervous system's activities making you feel alert, energetic, nervous, and/or anxious.
What are stimulants?
When a person needs more of the same drug just to feel normal.
What is tolerance?
There are over 4,000 chemicals in _________ and at least 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer.
What is tobacco?
This man inspired the first Red Ribbon Week Celebration. He was a DEA agent killed during a drug bust.
Who is Kiki Camarena?
Opioids are a class of drugs that contain this substance.
What is heroin?
The neurotransmitter in the brain commonly affect by drugs.
What is dopamine?
Recent studies measuring the long term effects of this drug show that long term use of ________ result in lower IQ scoring for both adults and teens.
What is cannabis/marijuana?
This woman, who was the First Lady of the United States at the time, helped start Red Ribbon Week.
Who is Nancy Reagan?
The US Drug Enforcement Agency has classified drugs, depending upon the drug’s acceptable medical use and the drug’s dependency potential, into this number of classes.
What are 5 class schedules?
Individuals with ________ are more likely to use and abuse drugs.
From 2015-2019, deaths from drug overdoses increased dramatically. _____ showed the largest increase
Synthetic opioids/fentanyl