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Alcohol
True or False
100
What is the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in the U.S.A.?
What is Age 21?
100
The mores and rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society.
What are social norms?
100
E-cigarettes contain liquid _____________ which is heated and users inhale the vapor
What is nicotine?
100
The term that refers to the percentage of alcohol in your blood.
What is Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)?
100
At SSA, a significant majority of students do not use drugs or alcohol.
True.
200
The "typical" response for a violation of the SSA alcohol and drug policy.
What is Disciplinary Probation and/or Suspension?
200
True or False? According to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (a national survey of high school youth administered by the CDC) 33% of high school students drank alcohol in the past 30 days.
True.
200
Smoke inhaled by a person not smoking when standing nearby someone who is smoking.
What is second hand smoke?
200
12 ounces of beer (5% alcohol), 5 ounces of wine (12% alcohol), or 1.5 ounce of distilled spirits (40% alcohol)
What is ONE drink?
200
Five states have legalized marijuana for recreational use.
False. 8 states (Washington, Oregon, Colorado, California, Nevada, Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts) and the District of Columbia.
300
The SSA policy that aims to provide a health-based means for students to seek help for a fellow student who is intoxicated or under the influence of drugs without fear of disciplinary ramifications.
What is sanctuary?
300
True or false: SSA students overestimate the number of their peers who use of drugs and alcohol?
True. In the ISHC survey, SSA student overestimated alcohol and marijuana use by 60% and other drugs by 80%.
300
3 health effects of smoking marijuana.
What is kills brain cells, irritates lungs, increased heart rate, hallucinations, breathing problems, paranoia?
300
The legal blood alcohol content (BAC) to operate a motor vehicle at age 18 is .08% or .00% or .02%.
What is .00%?
300
The number of 12th graders in the US who reported drinking in the past 30 days has declined nearly 40% since 1991.
True. 1991: 54% 2016: 33%
400
Maximum sentence of 90 days in jail, fines of up to $500 and a driver's license suspension of 90 days.
What is the penalty for a first offense conviction of underage drinking in Pennsylvania?
400
According to the Independent School Health Check survey (administered at SSA in 2017) 37% of SSA students drank alcohol in the past 30 days.
True (37.2%) This means there is an abstinence rate of 62.8% among SSA students. The abstinence rate at comparable independent schools is 71.8%.
400
Two locations where students think they can vape at SSA adults will not be aware.
What is the Hillman elevator and various bathrooms?
400
Drinking 5 (men) or 4 (women) alcoholic drinks in approximately 2 hours.
What is binge drinking?
400
Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.
True. Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US, with 52,404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015. Opioid addiction is driving this epidemic, with 20,101 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers, and 12,990 overdose deaths related to heroin in 2015.
500
The year in which the US minimum legal drinking age became 21 on the federal level.
What is 1984?
500
Give 5 reasons why teenagers may choose to drink or use drugs.
To impress others, to feel confident, to experiment, others are doing it, to have a good time, to be cool or look good, bored, depressed, to celebrate, to lose inhibitions, because they're addicted, because it's offered.
500
The principle psychoactive constituent of cannabis that gives the user a high
What is Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)?
500
The term used to describe when a parent/adult provides alcohol to a minor.
What is Social Hosting.
500
Tobacco, alcohol, and prescription medications are the most common substance dependencies in the US
False. Tobacco (over 40 million), Alcohol (over 18 million), MARIJUANA (4.2 million), Painkillers (1.8 million) are the top four, followed by Cocaine and Heroin.