Marijuana
Alcohol
Ecstasy
Cocaine
Prescription Drugs
100
Marijuana comes from a plant. True or False?
True Marijuana comes from the Indian hemp plant
100
What are some of the long-term effects of alcohol?
Tolerance which leads to addiction, deteriorating physical condition, liver damage or cancer, heart disease
100
What are some of the short-term effects of Ecstasy?
Impaired judgment, false sense of affection, confusion, depression, sleep problems, severe anxiety, paranoia, drug carving, muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, faintedness, chills or sweating
100
Where does cocaine come from?
It is made from the coca plant.
100
What does crystal meth look like?
small fragments of glass or shiny blue-white rocks
200
What are some of the ways marijuana is used?
Marijuana is usually rolled up in a cigarett called a joint. It can as be brewed in tea, mixed with foods or smoked with a pipe called a bong.
200
What are some of the short term effects of alcohol?
feeling of warmth, flushed skin, impaired judgment, lack of coordination, slurred speech, memory and comprehension loss
200
What can be the result of the stimulative effects of Ecstasy combined with the hot, crowded conditions often found at raves?
It can lead to extreme dehydration and heart or kidney failure
200
What are some of the short-term effects of cocaine?
intense high that is followed by the opposite- feelings of intense depression and edginess and craving for more of the drug.
200
Why is meth dangerous?
It is a highly powerful and additive drug.
300
Can the use of marijuana lead to harder drugs?
Yes, because tolerance builds up, marijuana can lead users to consume stronger drugs to achieve the same high. It is often called the gateway drug.
300
What can happen when the drinking of alcohol is mixed with other drug use?
Mixing alcohol with medications or street drugs is extremely dangerous and can be fatal.
300
What other drugs does Ecstasy often contain that can throw a person into a scary experience from the past?
Hallucinogens, which are drugs that act on the mind and cause people to see or feel things that are not really there.
300
What are some of the long-term effects of cocaine?
Irritability, mood disturbances, restlessness, paranoia, hallucinations.
300
What other drug is as powerful and affects the body in the same way as the painkiller OxyContin?
Heroin
400
What are some of the short-term effects of marijuana?
Loss of coordination and distortions in the sense of time, vision and hearing, sleepiness, reddening of the eyes, increased appetite and relaxed muscles.
400
What can happen to a pregnant woman who drinks alcohol?
A pregnant woman who drink alcohol may give birth to a baby with defects that affect the baby's heart and other major organs.
400
Explain what is so dangerous about the way an Ecstasy tablet is manufactured.
Ecstasy is a synthetic (man-made) drug. Makers can add anything they choose to the drug, such as caffeine, amphetamines (tylenol), and even cocaine.
400
How addictive is cocaine?
It is 2nd only to Meth. It creates one of the greatest psychological dependence.
400
What are some of the effects of depressants?
heart problems, weight gain, fatigue and slurred speech.
500
What are some of the long-term effects of marijuana?
Psychotic symptoms, lung and heart damage.
500
Does alcohol affect teenagers more than adults? Why?
Teenage bodies and brains are still growing and alcohol has greater impact on young people's physical and mental well-being than an older people.
500
What are some long-term effects of alcohol?
Permenant brain damage.
500
What happens when someone come down from a cocaine "high"?
Causes severe depression which becomes deeper and deeper after each use.
500
Other than the dangers the drug poses for the user, what other problems result from heroin use?
Injecting the drug can create a risk of AIDS, hepatitis (liver disease) and other diseases caused by infected needles.
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