Smoking
What is an addictive drug found in tobacco products?
Nicotine
What is the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for driving?
0.08%
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
Long-term use of this depressant can damage the liver and lead to conditions such as cirrhosis.
Alcohol
What are the main types of substances or products that people commonly smoke?
Vapes, cigarettes, cigars, and marijuana.
What organ is responsible for filtering toxins and can become damaged from long-term heavy drinking.
The liver
Injecting drugs with shared needles increases the risk of what diseases?
HIV and hepatitis
Smoking can lead to a heart attack because...
It constricts your blood vessels
This commonly smoked or vaped substance can impair short-term memory, coordination, and judgment, especially in young users.
Marijuana
Drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short period can lead to this dangerous and potentially deadly condition.
What is alcohol poisoning?
This medication can reverse an opioid overdose if given in time and is now widely available to the public.
Naloxone (Narcan)
A disease that hardens the air sacs in your lungs
Emphysema
Using e-cigarettes or vapes exposes the lungs to harmful chemicals that can cause this type of lung injury.
Popcorn lung
Drinking during pregnancy can cause this lifelong condition in babies.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Howe much fentanyl is lethal?
Just 2mg – or three grains of salt – of fentanyl is enough to cause a fatal overdose.
Source: Fentanyl Awareness | DEA.gov
What drug can increase heart rate for up to three hours after use, which may raise the risk of heart problems?
Marijuana
A single puff of tobacco contains over ____ chemicals
4,000
In 2023, ____ people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in the United States
12,429
Drug overdoses caused roughly ________ deaths in the United States in 2023.
107,000.
Extra info: 81,000 of those deaths were fentanyl related.
Source: https://www.justthinktwice.gov/
Abusing prescription painkillers in this category can slow breathing and lead to overdose or death.
Opioids