What is Marijuana?
The main ingredient in marijuana:
What is THC?
Three ways people an use heroin:
What is smoking, snorting, and injection?
What are the number of drinks to define binge drinking in men and women (two different numbers)?
For women: 4 or more drinks on a single occasion.
For men: 5 or more drinks on a single occasion.
Why do smokers of electronic cigarettes refer to themselves as "vapers"?
E-cigs produce vapor, not smoke, and users have coined themselves as vapers instead of smokers.
Long term steroid use can lead to what type of behavior?
What is "roid" rage?
What does marijuana do to your sports performance?
THC diminishes athletic performance and puts you at risk for serious injury. THC affects parts of the brain that controls timing, movement, and coordination.
An opioid drug made from morphine:
What is heroin?
Youth who begin drinking before age 15 are how many times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse later in life than those who start drinking at or after age 21?
Six times more likely
How do e-cigs work?
They provide nicotine through an aerosol. Puffing on the mouthpiece of the cartridge activates a battery powered device. A heater then converts liquid solution into aerosol that is inhaled.
What are at least two ways your body is affected when you use cocaine?
What is constricted blood vessels and dilated pupils, restlessness, hypertension, tachycardia, hyperthermia, nausea, decreased appetite, and insomnia?
How does using marijuana on a regular basis negatively affect your lungs?
You develop a chronic cough, excess phlegm, and bronchitis because of the toxic mix of gases and particles in marijuana smoke.
What is at least one short term effect of using heroin after the initial "rush" or feeling of euphoria?
Dry mouth, flushing of the skin, heavy feeling in hands and feet, clouded mental functioning, going back and forth between conscious and semi-conscious
Common alcoholic beverages that have 5% alcohol content, 12% alcohol content, and 40% alcohol content:
What is beer, wine, and whiskey?
What might happen if you light an e-cig with a match?
The lithium battery in the e-cig could explode if exposed to extreme heat.
What is affected when you abuse drugs?
relationships, health, legal ramifications, finances, mental health, education, and families
What skills that you need to drive are negatively impacted when you smoke marijuana and then decide to drive?
Alertness, concentration, coordination, judgement, and reaction time.
When a person overdoses on heroin and their breathing slows or stops, leading to a decrease in the amount of oxygen to the brain:
What is hypoxia?
Excessive drinking in women may disrupt the menstrual cycle and increases the risk of:
What is infertility?
The liquid that fills an e-cig cartridge is made of the same chemical used in what type of machines?
What are fog machines?
What health risks does a person expose themselves to when they share needles when injecting any type of drug?
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B
Why is marijuana addictive?
THC stimulates brain cells to release the chemical dopamine which creates a feeling of pleasure, and is one of the main reasons people use it over and over, leading to addiction.
Medication used to treat a heroin overdose:
What is naloxone (narcan)?
Excessive drinking in men can interfere with testicular function and male hormone production resulting in:
What is impotence and infertility?
The amount of time it takes for nicotine to reach the brain:
What drug are more than 100,000 babies born addicted to in the US because their mothers used this drug during pregnancy?
What is cocaine?