Alcohol
True or False: Drinking as a teen increases your risk of alcohol addiction as an adult.
What is True?
Starting before age 15 makes you 4–5 times more likely to develop alcohol use disorder.
This is the addictive drug that is found in almost every vape.
Nicotine.
What is the active chemical in marijuana that causes a high?
THC
This brain chemical, known as the "feel-good" chemical, is hijacked by almost every addictive drug.
What is dopamine?
This singer and former child star wrote the song “Sober” as a public apology after relapsing. She's been open about addiction, overdose, and choosing recovery.
Who is Demi Lovato?
What can you do to sober up?
The only thing that works to sober a person up is time. BAC drops at a rate of .015 every hour, regardless of height, weight or gender.
True or False: Vaping is just water vapor.
What is False?
When someone uses a vape, they’re not inhaling steam or water vapor — they’re inhaling an aerosol, which is a mix of ultra-fine particles and chemicals created when the vape liquid is heated. Here’s what that “cloud” might contain:
Aerosol particles are so small they can bypass your body’s natural defenses (like nose hairs or mucus) and go deep into your lungs.
These chemicals can cause inflammation, damage lung tissue, and increase the risk for respiratory illnesses.
Over time, this can lead to chronic bronchitis, asthma flare-ups, or worse — especially in teens whose lungs are still developing.
Q: True or False: You can overdose on weed.
What is True?
Not fatal like opioids, but: teens can have weed poisoning — extreme anxiety, hallucinations, fast heart rate, vomiting, or passing out.
This is the body’s control center and is often the first part affected by drugs.
What is the brain?
This artist, known for “All Girls Are the Same” and “Lucid Dreams,” openly rapped about heartbreak, addiction, and using drugs to cope. He died at age 21 from a fentanyl overdose
Who is Juice WRLD?
How long can it take for a teen's brain to recover fully from just one night of heavy drinking?
What is 2–3 days?
Learning, memory, and attention can be affected even after the “hangover” is gone.
What is the difference between tobacco and nicotine?
Tobacco contains a chemical called nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive substance.
Name two mental health issue linked to heavy cannabis use in adolescents.
anxiety, depression, or psychosis
This body system controls your mood, memory, and movement — and drugs can interfere with how it works.
What is the central nervous system?
The central nervous system (CNS) includes your brain and spinal cord. It’s like the control center of your entire body. It manages everything from how you move, to how you feel emotions, to how you remember things.
The CNS controls your mood by regulating chemicals like serotonin and dopamine that influence feelings of happiness, calm, or motivation.
It controls your memory through parts of the brain like the hippocampus, which helps you store and recall information.
It controls your movement by sending signals from the brain through the spinal cord to your muscles, allowing you to walk, talk, and do daily activities.
When drugs enter your system, they can interfere with how the CNS works. For example:
Some drugs cause the brain to release extra dopamine, creating feelings of pleasure but also messing with normal mood regulation.
Others slow down signals in the CNS, making you feel tired or uncoordinated.
Some drugs can cause memory problems or difficulty concentrating by affecting areas of the brain involved in learning.
Because the CNS is still developing in teens, substances can have an even bigger impact — which is why understanding this system is so important.
This singer is known for her haunting lyrics and soft voice. In songs like “Everything I Wanted” and “NDA,” she’s opened up about self-image, depression, and substance use in the industry.
Who is Billie Eilish?
What amount is considered "binge drinking"?
For women: 4 or more drinks during a single occasion.
For men: 5 or more drinks during a single occasion.
In the United States, a standard drink is defined as any beverage containing 0.6 fluid ounces or 14 grams of pure alcohol (also known as an alcoholic drink equivalent), which is found in:
https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm
This chemical in some vapes is also used to make popcorn taste buttery—but can cause a serious lung disease.
What is diacetyl?
This is the number of hours marijuana can affect your ability to drive, even if you don’t feel high anymore.
What is up to 24 hours?
Even after the "high" wears off, reaction time, attention, and decision-making stay impaired.
This is the name for damage to the liver caused by long-term heavy drinking.
What is cirrhosis?
This rapper, known for his emotional lyrics and mental health struggles, often spoke about depression and the pain of addiction in songs like “Jocelyn Flores” and “Sad!” before his death in 2018.
He encouraged fans to seek help and said, “The most important thing is that, when you wake up, you’re in your own skin.”
Who is XXXTentacion?
What does BAC stand for? What is the legal limit BAC for a DUI in the state of Ohio?
Blood Alcohol Content/Concentration.
The legal limit BAC for adults is .08. The legal limit for anyone under the age of 21 is .02.
If you test over 0.17, you are subject to additional mandatory DUI penalties.
On average, how many cigarettes would be in a Breeze Pro Disposable Vape?
📦 Breeze Pro Disposable Vape: (100-120 cigs or 5-6 packs of cigs)
Nicotine strength: 5% (50 mg/mL)
Puff count: ~2,000–2,500 puffs
Total nicotine: ~100–120 mg of nicotine (estimated)
🚬 One cigarette:
Contains about 10–12 mg of nicotine, but you typically absorb 1–2 mg per cigarette.
⚠️ So… how many cigarettes is that?
If we go by absorbed nicotine, a Breeze Pro = approximately:
🟡 100–120 puffs worth of nicotine absorbed = 100–120 cigarettes
👉 That’s 5 to 6 packs of cigarettes in one disposable vape.
On average, how many "joints" would be in a disposable THC vape?
Answer: 20-30 joints
THC content: ~70–95%
One full 1-gram vape cartridge contains around 700–950 mg of THC.
⚠️ That’s about 4 to 10+ times stronger per puff than smoking regular flower.
On average:
🟡 One vape cartridge (1 gram) = ~20–30 joints worth of THC
This brain region responsible for impulse control and decision-making is still developing in teens and is heavily impacted by drug use. AND at what age is your brain fully developed.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
age 25
This artist blended punk and hip-hop, and often sang about feeling numb, lonely, and wanting to escape emotional pain.
He spoke openly in interviews and music about using drugs to cope with mental health struggles — but also showed the danger of that path.
Lil Peep