How can alcohol impair someone ability to drive a car?
What is delayed reaction, clumsiness, less ability to focus or concentrate, difficulty in processing information, impaired judgement.
True or false: Edible marijuana products take a shorter amount of time for users to feel the effects compared to smoking marijuana.
Bonus: Why can this cause issues for users?
What is false.
Users may be unsure how much THC they have consumed and take more due to the delayed effects.
Name two types of Opioids
What is fentanyl, morphine, heroin, oxycodone, codeine.
What does BAC stand for?
Bonus: what does it measure?
What is blood alcohol content.
The ratio of blood to alcohol in a persons system.
What is the legal BAC limit drivers must be below in order to operate a vehicle?
What is .08
What is the psychoactive compound in Marijuana?
What is THC
What do opioids do? What is the intended purpose?
What is prescribed to relieve pain.
What is the psycho component present in marijuana?
What is "THC"?
what is the biggest risk of using marijuana and alcohol when you are an adolescent?
What is "the effects on developing brains" and increased chance of addiction
True or False: Under federal law it is still illegal to use, grow or possess marijuana
What is true.
Why do individuals who are in recovery have a greater risk of overdose when they relapse?
What is because a dose that was "safe" when they had a higher tolerance can be deadly now that their body's tolerance has dropped.
Which essential body organ suffers the most life threatening damage from alcohol?
What is the liver?
Define Binge Drinking
What is consuming alcoholic beverages with intention of becoming intoxicated, heavy drinking in a short amount of time. Typically classified at 4 or more beverages for females and 5 or more for males.
The legal age limit in New York City to purchase marijuana for recreational use?
What is 21 years old.
Describe the steps you should take when you think someone has potentially overdosed on opioids.
What is Sternum rub, lay individual flat, push forehead back insert Narcan tip into nose, press the plunger to give first dose, call 911, administer dose 2 if they do not wake up after 2-3 minutes, stay with individual when they regain conciousness.
True or False: Alcohol is a stimulant.
What is "False"?
Why some people get addicted to drugs but others do not.
What is the genes people are born with combined with environmental factors, play a major role in determining an individual's susceptibility to addiction, age of first use?
Describe the Good Samaritan Law
What is a law in New York that encourages individuals to seek medical support in times of crisis and protects the individuals in the situation from getting in legal trouble.
List 3 long term effects of marijuana on an individuals health:
What is damage to lungs, cancers, heart problems, brain development, mental health problems, addiction.
What is the name of the drug that can over ride and potentially save an individual who has over dosed on opioids?
Double points opportunity if you can tell me the active ingredient.
What is Narcan and Nalaxone?
True or False: alcohol affects every person exactly the same.
What is "False"?
Describe what happens to the brain that causes someone to become addicted.
What is the more someone uses a drug, the more they require the drug to actually "feel good". The brain begins producing less and less of the feel good chemicals on it's own, so it begins to require the drug in order for someone to feel happy and function properly.