DRUG & ALCOHOL FACTS

Mental Health Effects

100

DRUGS ASSIST WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.

TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE

200

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL HAVE:

A. BENEFITS FOR THE BRAIN

B. SHORT TERM EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN

C. LONG TERM EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN

D. NO EFFECTS AT ALL ON THE BRAIN

C. LONG TERM EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN

300

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL CAUSES:

A. DEPRESSION

B. ANXIETY

C. BOTH A & B

D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

C. BOTH A & B

400

DRUGS & ALCOHOL DAMAGE THESE PARTS OF THE BRAIN: 

A. JUDGEMENT

B. MEMORY  

C. VISION 

D. COORDINATION

E. ALL OF THE ABOVE

E. ALL OF THE ABOVE

500

THE SECOND STAGE OF THE USE OF DRUG & ALCOHOL EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN IS: 

A.  ASSAULTS MOTOR COORDINATION 

B. DECISION MAKING

C. LOSE CONTROL OVER EMOTIONS

D. DECREASES CHANCES OF BLACKOUTS

E. ALL OF THE ABOVE

C. LOSE CONTROL OVER EMOTIONS

Physical Health Effects

100

THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS SLOWS BREATHING.

TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE

SOME DRUGS WILL SPEED UP YOUR HEART RATE CAUSING SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM ISSUES SUCH AS A HEART ATTACK.

ALCOHOL SLOWS THE RATE OF YOUR HEART RATE CAUSING YOU DIFFICULTY TO BREATH. 

200

DRUGS & ALCOHOL CAN:

A. LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

B. RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE

C. MAKE YOU CLUMSY & SLOW YOUR REFLEX

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

300

DURGS & ALCOHOL INCREASE AGGRESSIVE & VIOLENT BEHAVIORS.

TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

400

ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AFFECT:

A. EVERY ORGAN IN THE BODY.

B. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM BY WEAKENING IT.

C. DECREASES SUSCEPTIBLITY TO ILLNESS.

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE.

B. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS WEAKENED WHICH INCREASES YOUR SUCESSPTIBILITY TO ILLNESS.

500

DRUGS & ALCOHOL CAUSES ALL EXCEPT:

A. ABNORMAL HEART RATE.

B. HEART ATTACKS

C. COLLAPSED VEINS

D. BROKEN BONES

D. BROKEN BONES

Common Myths

100

MARIJUANA IS NATURAL, SO YOU CAN'T GET ADDICTED.

MYTH OR FACT

MYTH

1 IN 11 PEOPLE WHO SMOKE MARIJUANA BECOME ADDICTED.

200

EACH YEAR, AN ESTIMATED 2,190 TEENS AGE 16-19 DIE FROM MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INJURIES CAUSED BY UNDERAGE DRINKING. THIS EQUALS OUT TO 6 TEENS A DAY.

MYTH OR FACT

FACT

300

Vaping is just flavored water vapor.

Myth or Fact

MYTH

EVERY CARTRIDGES HAS NICOTINE 

400

A PERSON ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL IS HOPELESS AND CANNOT GET BETTER.

MYTH OR FACT

MYTH

ANYONE CAN RECOVER FROM DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO GET THE HELP THEY DESERVE.

TREATMENT CAN & DOES WORK

500

 all e-cigarettes contain nicotine

myth or fact

FACT 

ALL e-cigarettes contain nicotine EVEN if they say "nicotine free"

STATISTICS

100

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IS 

A. BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITIES

B. PHYSICAL ABNORMALITIES

C. CAN BE DEADLY

D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

E. ALL THE ABOVE

E. ALL THE ABOVE

200

IN 2020 over what percent of high school students who vape, used flavored e-cigarettes?

A. 80%

B. 70%

C. 40%

D. 20%

A. 80%

300

KIDS THAT USE E-CIGARETTES ARE OVER ___TIMES MORE LIKELY TO TRY A REGULAR CIGARETTE.

A. 2

B. 4

C. 6

D. none of the above

B. 4

400

1 vape pod may contain as much nicotine as 1 pack of cigarettes.

True

False

True

500

TEEN ALCOHOL USE KILLS ABOUT______PEOPLE EACH YEAR, MORE THAN ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS COMBINED.

A. 1 MILLION

B. 5000

C. 4000

D. 6000

D. 6000

Addiction

100

DRUG ABUSE COSTS OVER $__________ A YEAR IN THE U.S.

A. 150 BILLION

B. 126 MILLION

C. 480 BILLION

D. 350 MILLION

C. 480 BILLION

200

______OF THOSE FOUND IN ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTERS ARE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE.

A. 3/4THS 

B. 2/23RDS

C. 2/3RDS

D. 1/3RD

C. 2/3RDS

300

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION IS _________.

A. CHRONIC

B. NOT DEADLY

C. TREATABLE

D. ETERNAL

C. TREATABLE

400

OVER 20% OF ___________ ADMIT TO BINGE DRINKING.

A. 12TH GRADERS.

B. FRESHMEN IN COLLEGE

C. 6TH GRADERS.

D. SOPHMORES IN COLLEGE

A. 12TH GRADERS

500

________   ________ IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE DEATHS.

A. INTENTIONAL OVERDOSE

B. UNINTENTIONAL OVERDOSE

C. BINGE DRINKING

D. BUYING DRUGS

B. UNINTENTIONAL OVERDOSE