Drug Culture
Tell me one risk of using drugs.
What is addiction, dependence, withdraw, legal trouble, physical/mental problems...?
Define drug.
What is any substance that affects a person's body, mind, or emotions when ingested, injected, or inhaled?
Drugs affect people by...
What is any answer that mentions one of the following; messing up their life, short or long term effects of use, through affecting body and brain chemistry...?
Marijuana comes from a plant.
What is true?
Heroin is used by...
What are injections? (This adds new complication of needles to heroin. Dirty and shared needles can quickly transmit diseases like AIDES among users)
Name 3 reasons people take drugs.
What is to fit in, relax, escape, bored, peer pressure, rebel, experiment...?
Define depressant.
What is a drug that is designed to slow down the central nervous system?
The length of time initial effects last.
What is anywhere from a few minutes up to 12 hours depending on the drug?
Crystal meth can be addictive after the first use.
What is true?
The length of an LSD trip.
What is up to 12 hours?
Give me a reason drug use is so popular.
What is they make people feel good, portrayed in movies/other media, people think everyone is doing it...?
Define stimulant.
What is a drug that increases immediate energy and alertness but that is accompanied by increase in blood pressure, heart rate and breathing?
This happens when drugs are mixed together.
What is the effects get worse or unpredictable?
All drugs have always been illegal.
What is false? (Some are legal today- alcohol, prescription, painkillers; others have been legal in the past - cocaine, certain synthetic drugs, heroin)
Explain the difference in impact of alcohol on teenagers versus adults.
What is teenagers are affected by alcohol more, their brain is still growing and developing.
The most commonly used drug is...
What is alcohol?
Define gateway drug.
What is a drug that may lead to other more addictive substances?
Name 3 common short term effects of drug use.
What are hallucinations, impaired judgment or thinking, euphoria, hyper-focus, shakiness, anxiety, depression, behavior change, insomnia, chills, paranoia, change in eating, increased heart rate, agitation...?
There are different types of prescription drugs.
What is true? (depressants, stimulants, antidepressants, opioids and morphine derivatives)
Synthentic or man made drugs are dangerous because...
What is there is no way to know exactly what their chemical composition is?
Tell me one way drug use affects people who don't use drugs.
What is drunk driving, crime victim, financial burden, relationship damage...?
Define designer (synthetic) drug.
What is a chemically made version of an illegal drug that was slightly altered to avoid having it classified as illegal?
Name 4 common long term effects of drug use.
What are psychotic symptoms, damage to various organs (brain, lungs, kidneys, liver...), damage to blood vessels, tolerance, physical dependency, insomnia, anxiety, depression, suicide, confusion, inability to think, irritability, hallucinations, delusions, violence, conflict in relationships, weight loss...?
Cocaine and crack cocaine aren't that addictive.
What is false? (After methamphetamine, cocaine create the greatest physiological dependence of any drug)
Explain why inhaling substances affects the body quicker.
What is they reach the blood stream and brain faster?