Prescription Drugs
This type of pill is often prescribed for focus but can be misused to stay awake or study longer.
What is Adderall?
Another common name for cannabis.
What is marijuana (weed)?
This is the legal age for buying tobacco products in Illinois.
What is 21?
This simple technique involves slowly breathing in and out to calm your body.
What is deep breathing?
What time does group begin?
What is 3:30pm?
This pill is sometimes used for anxiety but can make you very sleepy and slow your breathing.
What is Xanax?
This is the main chemical in cannabis that causes a “high.”
What is THC?
This addictive chemical is found in cigarettes and most vapes.
What is nicotine?
Setting limits with others to protect your time, energy, and mental health is known as this.
What are boundaries (or setting boundaries)?
Name a group rule.
Any of the 3:
1. Be respectful
2. Candy / music for participation
3. No judgement
These medications are prescribed for pain but can be highly addictive.
What are painkillers (opioids)?
Cannabis can affect this ability, making driving unsafe.
What is reaction time (or coordination)?
This organ is most affected by smoking and vaping.
What are the lungs?
This technique uses your five senses to bring your attention back to the present moment.
What is grounding or self-soothing?
Spell either of the group facilitator's last names.
Przystal
Henhapl
Taking pills like Xanax or painkillers together—or mixing them with alcohol—can cause this life-threatening effect.
What is slowed or stopped breathing?
Some teens may feel this mental effect after using cannabis, especially in high doses.
What is anxiety or paranoia?
This toxic chemical, also used to preserve dead bodies, can be produced when vape liquids are heated.
What is formaldehyde?
Recognizing what situations or emotions lead to stress or unhealthy behaviors is called identifying this.
What are triggers?
The amount of sessions of SPARCS.
What is 16?
Misusing prescription pills over time can lead to this condition, where your body feels like it can’t function without the drug.
What is addiction?
Regular cannabis use during the teen years can affect this critical system that is still developing.
What is the brain?
1 in every __ deaths is caused by smoking.
What is 5?
This long-term coping approach involves regularly practicing awareness of the present moment and acceptance of thoughts without reacting to them.
What is mindfulness?
Not a question! Lead the group in a mindfulness exercise.
Yay!