Emotions
This feeling is what you experience when you get a good grade or celebrate a birthday
What is happiness/joy
Being unable to stop smoking/vaping
What is addiction?
The first step in a good decision-making model is to identify this specific thing you need to choose
What is the decision/problem?
This common slang term for marijuana refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the Cannabis plant
What is weed?
This is the legal drinking age in The United States
What is 21?
This emotion can make your heart pound when someone treats you unfairly
What is anger?
The highly addictive chemical, found in both tobacco and most e-liquids, is responsible for the urge to smoke/vape again
What is nicotine?
After you list your options, you should list the pros and cons, which are another word for the positive and negative things that might happen
What are consequences/outcomes?
Marijuana use impairs your reaction time, coordination, and concentration making it illegal and dangerous to perform this common adult activity
What is driving?
Drinking too much alcohol too quickly can lead to this dangerous condition, which causes loos of coordination, confusion, and possibly loss of consciousness.
What is intoxication?
A feeling of loss of interest that can sometimes be shown by dropping tears
What is sadness?
Because the brain is still developing until the age of 25, nicotine exposure during adolescence can permanently affect the parts of the brain controlling this set of skills including impulse control and attention.
What is learning? What is memory? What are cognitive functions?
This term describes the pressure to change your thoughts or actions to match the group
What is peer pressure?
Marijuana use makes it much harder to do this common middle school task by temporarily impairing your memory, slowing your reactions time, and interfering with your ability to focus on a task
What is studying?
Alcohol impairs this process, leading to poor decision making and increased risky behaviors because a person can't think clearly about the consequences of their actions.
What is judgement?
The emotions you might feel when you're worried about an upcoming test or when a character is in danger in a movie
What is anxiety/fear?
This medical term describes the intense physical and mental symptoms like irritability, anxiety, and strong cravings that a user feels when the highly addictive chemical in vapes is no longer in their system
What is withdrawal?
A mental tool where you choose a single factor, like money or time, to be the most important when comparing your options
What is a priority?
This is the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana that travels to the brain and causes the user to feel "high"
What is THC? (Tetrahydrocannabinol)
Long term heavy use of alcohol can cause perment damage to this organ which is responsible for filtering toxins out of blood
What is the liver?
While simple boredom is mild, this French term refers to a deeper, more profound feelings of listlessness, weariness, and lack of satisfaction with life
What is Ennui?
in traditional cigarettes, this sticky black substance coats the lungs and interferes with the ability of the cilia to clean out germs
What is tar?
This is a way of thinking where you let your feelings guide your choice, often making a quick decision without much thought
What is deciding impulsively?
Because the brain continue to develop until the age of 25, frequent marijuana use can permanently affect this part of the brain, which is responsible for judgement, decision-making, and impulse control
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This term is used to describe a patterns of heavy drinking that happens over a short period of time, specifically consuming four or more drinks for women or five or more drinks for men in about two hours
What is binge drinking?