Tobacco
Most adults smoke cigarettes. True or False
What is False
What is the legal drinking age?
What is 21
Most people your age smoke marijuana. True or False
What is False
What is a prescription drug?
Any drug that is prescribed by a doctor.
Define what a drug is.
A drug is any substance which when taken into the body, alters the body's function either physically and/or psychologically.
Name three tobacco products.
What is Cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and dip
Is alcohol a depressant or a stimulant.
What is a depressant.
What are 3 possible effects of abusing illegal street drugs.
-Addiction
-Death
-Cancer
-Mental illness
-Financial issues
-Legal problems
What is a common name for prescription drugs?
Medicine
At what age is it legal to consume marijuana in the state of Florida?
Never.
What is the name of the addictive substance found in cigarettes.
What is Nicotine
What organ is affected the most by alcohol.
What is the liver.
What is a stimulant?
Any substance that increases alertness and energy.
Children over 12 can take OTC medicine without a parent's permission if they read the label. True or False?
False
What are 3 reasons people may begin to abuse drugs?
-Peer pressure
-Availability of drugs
-Desire to look cool
-Curiosity
-Boredom
-Negative coping skill
-Media
Name five effects of tobacco use.
What is Cancer, heart disease, and emphysema, bad breath, yellow teeth, shortness of breath, and hacking cough
Name the three types of alcoholic beverages.
What is beer, wine, liquor.
What is drug tolerance?
Tolerance occurs when the person no longer responds to the drug in the way that person initially responded. Person needs to take larger amounts in order to achieve the same effects.
What does "OTC" stand for?
Over the Counter
Abuse of a substance to the point where your body or brain needs the drug to function properly.
What is addiction
What percentage of people aged 11-14 use tobacco?
What is 7%
TRICK QUESTION Who ordered the drink that contains the most alcohol? Person 1: 12 ounce bottle of beer Person 2: 5 once glass of wine Person 3: Mixed drink made with 1.5 ounces of liquor
What is all three drinks contain the same amount of alcohol. Each of these types of alcohol contains the same amount of alcohol per serving.
What is the difference between drug use and drug abuse?
What is drug use is when a person takes a prescription the way it is intended, no more no less. Drug abuse is when a person takes more than prescribed, takes someone else's prescription or takes illegal/street drugs.
Give 2 reasons why you should never take anyone's prescription drug.
-Everybody's body reacts to things differently
-Possible allergies
Define withdrawal.
Side effects that occur when someone abruptly stops taking a drug.