General Substance use and abuse
Any substance other than food or drink that changes the way the body or mind works when taken.
What is a drug?
When a classmate, friend, or someone close in age tries to convince you to drink alcohol.
What is peer pressure?
A form of tobacco shaped in a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for smoking.
What is a cigarette?
People who engage in vaping are at a higher risk of starting to use these traditional tobacco products.
What are regular (tobacco) cigarettes?
This is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that causes a high.
What is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)?What is a drug?
Physical or emotional demands that occur at school or home, made worse with underage drinking.
What is stress?
Alcohol is created through this process that uses yeast or bacteria to change sugars in food.
What is a fermentation?
This highly addictive chemical is found in both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.
What is nicotine?
Experiencing headaches, feeling irritable, and having trouble sleeping are common signs of this when trying to stop vaping.
What is withdrawal?
Being around secondhand marijuana smoke or vapor can cause lung irritation and trigger flare-ups of this respiratory condition.
What is asthma?
Using a legal or illegal substance in an unhealthy or wrong way.
What is drug/substance abuse?
Consuming large amounts of alcohol in a short time can lead to this dangerous condition characterized by violent vomiting and potential loss of consciousness.
What is alcohol poisoning?
Smoking is a leading cause of these three major health problems.
What are cancer, lung disease, and heart disease?
E-cigarette and vaping companies' goal in marketing products to teenagers.
Who is a life-long user?
Unlike natural marijuana, this lab-created substance is sprayed onto herbs and marketed with similar effects but is largely unregulated.
What is synthetic marijuana (or "fake weed")?
Drugs that are accessible and easily obtainable, abused without prescription.
What are over-the-counter drugs?
Teens might drink due to this, wanting to experience something new.
What is curiosity (or to feel good, reduce stress, relax, fit in, or feel older)?
Unlike cigarettes, this type of tobacco is chewed, sniffed, or placed in the mouth.
What is smokeless tobacco?
The most common place young teens obtain their e-cigarette/vape pens.
Who are friends?
Experiencing a heightened sense of reality, increased hunger, sleepiness, anxious feelings, or paranoia are examples of these effects of marijuana.
What are short-term effects?
A disorder that adults ages 26 and older who began drinking before age 15 are 3.5 times more likely to report.
What is Alcohol Use Disorder?
Alcohol is classified as this type of drug, meaning it slows down the function of the central nervous system.
What is a depressant?
These battery-operated devices deliver nicotine and other harmful chemicals in a vapor and are often mistakenly thought to be safe.
What are e-cigarettes (or vaping devices)?
Created by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine, flavors, or other chemicals.
What is an aerosol or vape?
Developing this condition means someone can't stop using marijuana even when it leads to problems with health, social life, or school.
What is cannabis use disorder?