Alcohol
The legal age of alcohol consumption
What is 21-years-old?
The inhalation of an electronic cigarette or other device, containing nicotine and other chemicals, made to simulate smoking
What is vaping?
Strategies for handling peer pressure and turning down unwanted behaviors or activities.
What are refusal skills?
Pharmaceutical drugs that legally require a medical prescription to be dispensed
What are prescription drugs?
Our emotional, psychological, and social well-being
In a 2-hour period, four or more drinks for women, or five or more drinks for men
What is binge drinking?
The highly addictive substance found in vape pen
What is nicotine?
Influence from friends, or others your age, to do something that you may not want to just to be valued or accepted
What is peer pressure?
Taking a medication that has been prescribed for somebody else
What is drug abuse?
Activities to deal with stress in a health, positive way
What are coping skills?
This happens when excess alcohol in your bloodstream starts affecting life-supporting functions, like your breathing, heart rate, and consciousness.
What is alcohol poisoning?
Chocolate, hard candy, baked goods, fruit drinks, and more that contain THC
What are edibles?
A good influence from someone your age doing something productive or meaningful
What is positive peer pressure?
These can be used to treat narcolepsy and ADHD; examples (Ritalin) and (Adderall)
What are stimulants?
Provides emergency services for those at an immediate risk of harming themselves or others
What is the Baker Act?
Refers to the percentage of alcohol in a person's bloodstream
What is blood alcohol content?
Occurs when you need nicotine and can't stop using it
What is nicotine dependence?
Influence that can affect mental health causing a decrease in self-confidence, bad grades, isolation, and depression
What is negative peer pressure?
These are used to treat anxiety, tension, panic attacks, and sleep disorders; examples (Valium) and (Xanax)
What are depressants?
This is the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
What is 988?
The legal limit of alcohol consumption by an adult
What is 0.08% BAC?
The cancer-causing chemicals found in vape pens
What are carcinogens?
The quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive to defend the right point of view or a relevant statement
What is assertiveness?
Drugs prescribed for severe pain and end of life needs
What are opioids?
The presence of two or more medical conditions at once
What is comorbidity?
This level of alcohol impairment causes difficulty walking and a slowed heart rate
What is Severe Alcohol Impairment?
A condition characterized by respiratory disease symptoms and lung tissue damage
What is EVALI? (e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury)
The highly effective refusal method: Say NO, Tell why not, Offer other ideas, Promptly leave
What is the STOP Method?
What is a pill press?
Ways to handle stress that negatively impacts the health and well-being of you or others
What are poor/bad coping skills?