Alcohol
How long does it take for your body to clean out one drink?
One hour. If someone drinks too much, too quickly, then that person begins to feel "drunk."
True or False: Marijuana is NOT as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. Why?
False. Marijuana damages your lungs, heart, and brain just like cigarettes.
What does a cigarette create that covers your lungs and makes it hard to breathe?
Tar
What part of your body works to clean out alcohol when you drink?
The liver
True or False: Alcohol affects everyone the same.
False. If a person is younger, alcohol affects that person worse. Also, if a person is smaller (like a teenager), that person will feel dizzy sooner.
What bad effects does marijuana have for students?
1. hurts your memory and makes it hard to learn.
2. makes a student less interested and more lazy
3. makes you get sick more often, so you miss school
True or False: Cigarettes make you feel dizzy, just like alcohol or marijuana.
False. Cigarettes don't make people feel dizzy, but many people think that cigarettes calm them down.
How do alcohol and marijuana cause injury or death to teenagers?
Because kids feel "drunk" or "high," they get into more accidents or fights.
How old must a person be to buy alcohol legally? and how old are you when your brain fully develops?
Drinking age - 21
Brain grows - 25
How can people use marijuana/ How does it get into your body?
Marijuana can be smoked, vaped, eaten, or drank.
What is the drug in cigarettes that makes a person become addicted?
Nicotine
Smoking cigarettes mainly causes _________.
Cancer. Mostly lung cancer.
True or False: The younger someone begins drinking alcohol, the more likely that person is to become addicted.
True
What is the drug in marijuana that makes someone feel dizzy?
THC
How do cigarettes damage your heart?
Smoking cigarettes makes your heart have to work harder to pump blood. Smoking shrinks your blood vessels.
How do alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes affect athletes?
All three make it harder to play--it is harder to breathe, you get sick more often, and you often stop "liking" the sports you play.