Types of Substances
Any substance other than food or water that changes the way your body functions.
What is a drug?
Using a substance to the point that it alters a person’s judgment and decision making, leading to dangerous behaviors.
What is substance abuse?
This is the main ingredient in cigarettes, cigars, and dip. It is a leaf that has the drug nicotine in it. You have to be 21 years old to buy it.
What is tobacco?
This takes place when friends or people your own age try to get you to do something.
What is Peer Pressure.
Chris Herren was a college basketball player who had just signed w/ the NBA. His career and his life were ruined because of this.
What is cocaine?
Substances that have a high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
What are controlled substances or illegal drugs?
It can take your brain up to three weeks to recover to full function after using this substance only one time.
What is marijuana?
The chemical in cigarettes that reduces the amount of oxygen available to your body and makes it hard for you to exercise or be good at sports.
What is carbon monoxide?
This group will have a great influence on how you grow up. They help to raise you and influence you to make good decisions.
What are your parents,family,guardians, and US (Kidz Konnect)!!!!!
This limits your ability to breath properly due to the damage done to the lungs. Kids who do this can not keep up w/ kids who do not because they cannot get enough oxygen.
What is smoking or smoke?
Substances that are prescribed by a doctor to safely treat one's medical condition; but when taken when such symptoms aren’t present, they affect the brain in ways very similar to illegal drugs.
What are prescription drugs?
Teens abuse this OTC substance to get high. It causes weakness, numbness, nausea or vomiting, increased heart rate and blood pressure and brain damage.
What is cough/cold medicine?
This extremely addictive drug in tobacco is a strong stimulant, but after getting a "boost" it quickly fades and the abuser seeks out the drug again.
What is nicotine?
These can be ruined by drug abuse because drugs take away your drive to accomplish things.
What are your goals?
When someone who is addicted to drugs stops taking that drug, they go through this, which involves pain, shakes, vomiting, and severe headaches.
What is withdrawal?
Substances that are sold from a drug store directly to a person without a prescription; can be abused if taken for another purpose than intended.
What are over-the-counter (OTC) drugs?
Abuse of a substance to the point where your body or brain needs the drug to function properly.
What is addiction?
Smoking has short term consequences. It makes it harder to breathe and makes you more likely to get sick. Smoking also has _______________, such as Lung-disease, heart-disease and many types of cancer.
What are long-term consequences of smoking?
Sports, drama, & music are examples of these which help to keep you busy and prevent abuse.
What are hobbies?
This can happen to you if you are caught w/ drugs. If it does happen to you, it stays on your record and can make it impossible to get into College, private high schools, or even get the job that you want.
What is getting arrested?
Substances that have an age requirement for consumption that are not prohibited by drug laws; examples are tobacco & alcohol.
What are legal drugs?
Psychological addiction is when your brain thinks that it needs a substance to function properly. However this type of addiction is when your BODY is so used to the drug that it needs it to function properly.
What is Physical Addiction?
This type of tobacco is not smoked but it still causes deadly cancer of the mouth, throat and gums.
What is chewing tobacco or dip?
Name 3 different things you could say to refuse someone asking you to try drinking.
What is No!, I have a game tomorrow, I don't want to, my mom is coming to get me, I have to go, etc. etc.
Though withdrawing from all drugs is extremely painful and sickening, for someone addicted to this substance withdrawal could cause death.
What is alcohol,meth?