Glossary #1
Any substance other than food that affects the way your mind and body work.
Drug
When people about your age try to get you to do something.
Peer Pressure
When people express their thoughts or feelings with each other.
Communication
Understanding how other people feel.
Empathy
What is the legal age to purchase or consume any alcohol or tobacco product?
21
Taking a chance.
Risk
What happens as a result of something you choose to do or not to do. They can be positive or negative.
Consequences
Any strain, pressure, or excitement felt about a situation or an event.
Stress
An aggressive or unwanted behavior used again and again to isolate, harm, or control another person.
Bullying
Which of the 5 W's is the hardest to answer?
Why
Something that can be proven to be true
Fact
What happens as a result of using a drug
Health Effect
Acting in a way that communicates your opinion while still respecting others.
Confident
Physical actions or body language that goes along with what we are saying.
Nonverbal Communication
Name the resistance strategy that utilizes a large group of people to help resist peer pressure.
Strength in Numbers
Being reliable and dependable; people can count on you and you can count on others to follow through with a job or task.
Responsible
A force or influence that acts on you to do something.
Pressure
Providing information to a trusted adult to help someone or keep them safe.
Telling
Someone who witnesses bullying who has the opportunity to help.
Bystander
Cigarettes contain this, which is a powerfully addictive substance.
Nicotine
Someone who acts responsibly by helping someone who is in need.
Good Citizen
The refusal to accept others' influence.
Resistance
Showing the other person through verbal and nonverbal communication that you are paying attention.
Effective Listening
When you need help from a trusted adult to keep someone safe from being bullied.
Reporting
Drinking alcohol is the leading preventable cause of death in this country. True or False
FALSE.
SMOKING is the leading preventable cause of death in this country.