Myth or Fact
How Am I Used?
What Do I Do?
Side Effects
100
If you smoked pot on the weekend you’ll be fine on Monday
What is a Myth: The effect of pot can last for up to 3 days. It decreases memory, reflexes and coordination
100
I am sometimes called “The Gateway Drug”
What is Marijuana
100
I have been known to cause explosions
What is Meth
100
I make you very sensitive to touch
What is Ecstasy
200
Cocaine is only addictive if you inject it
What is a Myth: Cocaine is highly addictive in any form
200
I am used to make your brain release serotonin but will make you feel even worse when I am gone
What is Ecstacy
200
I kill more people every year than any other substance
What is Tobacco
300
Once your body is addicted to alcohol you can die if you go cold turkey
What is a Fact: Alcohol detox can lead to hear arrhythmia, organ failure, and death
300
We can be smoked snorted and injected
What is Meth, cocaine, and heroin
300
I am chemical so strong that a single flake can cause actions similar to mental illness
What is LSD
300
I make your testicles shrink
What is Steroids
400
Marijuana isn’t as bad for you as cigarettes
What is a Myth: Marijuana contains 40 cancer causing agents, tobacco has only 20
400
You used to be able to legally drink me
What is Cocaine
400
I make you hear beat and breathe slower
What is Heroin
400
I can make you urinate and defecate without control
What is Inhalants
500
You can die from ecstasy without overdosing
What is a Fact: your body can heat to over 108 degrees and/or you can drown yourself
500
I am used legally for ear nose and throat surgeries because of my numbing effects
What is Cocaine
500
I kill more teenagers ever year than any other substance
What is Alcohol
500
I cause the least long term damage to your body
What is Heroin