Cannabis
Alcohol
Substances
Tobacco
Terms
100
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
What is the active ingredient in cannabis?
100
One beer, one shot of liquor and one glass of wine all have this.
What is the same amount of alcohol? Note: Beer (5 % alcohol) has lower percentage of alcohol, but has more volume. Compare this to liquor (40 %) alcohol in only 1.5 oz.
100
This is the world's most popular drug.
What is caffeine? Note: Caffeine can be found in chocolate and colas, as well as tea, coffee and energy drinks.
100
A cancer causing agent found in cigarettes most often coughed up in the form of phlegm.
What is tar?
100
Any substance, other than food, that when taken, changes the way our minds and bodies function.
What is a drug? Note: Drugs change our body in terms of how we perceive the world (senses) around us, as well as change our involuntary functions (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, etc.)
200
THC causes people to see and hear things that are not real, commonly known as this.
What is hallucinating?
200
A person who drinks excessively (too much), without passing out, is considered to have developed this.
What is tolerance?
200
Paranoia, anxiety, hallucinations, chest pain, stroke and heart failure are effects of this drug.
What is Cocaine?
200
It is found in cigarettes and is extremely toxic and addictive.
What is nicotine?
200
Inhalent or solvent abuse is also known as this.
What is sniffing/huffing?
300
Fat cells is where the body stores this chemical.
What is Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)?
300
After drinking this will sober you up.
What is time?
300
This is the active ingredient in energy drinks.
What is caffeine? Energy drinks are often marketed to athletes; however they are not formulated for rapid hydration and are not recommended for use before, during or after exercise. Mixing energy drinks with alcohol is a recipe for disaster. The caffeine fools you into thinking you're not as drunk as you really are.
300
It only takes this amount of time for the effects of nicotine to be felt in the brain.
What is 10 seconds?
300
When a person feels ill/sick after he/she has stopped using a drug, that person is experiencing this.
What are withdrawal symptoms?
400
Cannabis can interfere with this process of your brain, making it dangerous to drive a motor vehicle.
What is motor coordination/concentration/reaction time? Note: Accept either answer.
400
Pregnant women should never use alcohol because it may cause this.
What is FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Also accept birth defects. Note: Discussed FASD results physical issues and brain development issues that cannot be fixed (e.g., resulting in learning and behavioural difficulties)
400
Taking this drug can result in increased body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.
What is Ecstasy? Note: Discuss that ecstasy is illegally manufactured and the ingredients can vary from one pill to the other.
400
Smoking causes this percentage of lung cancer.
What is 90?
400
Joe drinks twice a year, but when he drinks he becomes intoxicated. Joe displays this type of drinking.
What is binge drinking? Note: Discuss social drinking versus problem drinking.
500
People who use heavy amounts of cannabis can experience this?
What is psychosis? Note: People can experience hallucinations and become paranoid.
500
In NL this is the legal age to buy alcohol.
What is 19 years of age?
500
What can happen the first time a person tries cocaine.
What is addiction to the substance?
500
In 2008 this product had to be hidden in corner stores in NL.
What are tobacco products?
500
When someone seeks help to stop drinking/using drugs they are considered to be in this.
What is recovery/rehab? Note: Discuss how rehab is a physical place (e.g., hospital/treatment centre). Recovery is a change in behaviours (not using) and attitude (exploring how life areas have been affected by using, e.g., quit school, fights, etc.)
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