Smoking
What is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the united states?
Smoking
What is the oldest and most commonly abused drug?
Alcohol
Many young people try drugs because of "peer pressure". What does this mean?
A person can die the 1st time, 10th time, or 100th time they misuse a product as an inhalant. True or False.
What does drug "dependence" mean?
When someone relies on drugs to make them think, feel, and act a certain way instead of using their own natural processes and resources.
Drinking causes changes in behavior. Name three changes that can occur.
Slurred speech, poor coordination, excessive sleeping, poor grades, isolation from family and friends, constant partying, and personality changes.
Name the three most common "gateway" drugs.
Alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco. In that order.
It is not as dangerous to use prescription drugs because a doctor prescribed them.
Yes. Especially if they regularly breathe in the cigarette smoke of others around them.
Name three diseases that are related to smoking.
Lung cancer, heart disease, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, lung infections, and emphysema.
Is Alcohol a depressant or stimulant?
A depressant.
Pretend you are at a party and someone offers you a drug that everyone else is using. How would you handle the situation?
Go home; contact someone you know and trust to give you a ride; notify a responsible adult; just say no, and stick to your guns; don't accept future invitations from this crowd.
Teens who abuse prescription drugs are at risk of seizures, cardiovascular system failure, deadly drug interactions, or all of the above.
All of the above.
Explain how a person can get AIDS by doing drugs.
By injecting drugs using "dirty" needles and syringes that have been used by others who are infected. Also by sharing non-sterile cotton swabs, rinse water, vials, and other items with bodily fluids on them that carry the AIDS infection.
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What is the leading cause of death for people aged 16 to 24?
Vehicle crashes caused by alcohol-impaired driving.
After using drugs for some time, many people develop a "tolerance" to them. What does this term mean?
A user must take more of the drug to achieve the same drug effects because the body is getting used to the drug.
List three possible symptoms of prescription drug abuse.
What are "gateway" drugs?
They are drugs that lead to the abuse of other drugs.
How long can chemical ingredients in marijuana stay in the body after smoking just one "joint"?
4-6 weeks
Which contains more alcohol and is more powerful?
a 12-oz. beer, a 5-oz. glass of wine, 1/2 oz. of hard alcohol or they all hold the same amount of alcohol.
They all hold the same amount of alcohol.
What are the most commonly abused OTC (over-the-counter) drugs?
Cough and cold medicines containing DXM (dextromethorphan); sleep aids; antihistamines; and anti-nausea agents.
Painkillers; depressants; and stimulants.
Many people who use drugs practice "denial". What does it mean to be "in denial"?
Denial is a powerful psychological defense used to avoid admitting one's need for alcohol or other drugs. Being "in denial" means you don't believe the evidence that you have a problem and you ignore warnings from friends and family.