Drug Effects
3 side effects of using marijuana
What are: short term memory problems, increased heart rate, anxiety, problems with coordination, poor school performance, problems with relationships, impaired ability to complete tasks
An overdose of caffeine may include restlessness, dizziness, nausea, tense muscles, sleep disturbances, or irregular heart beat.
What is true.
Alcohol is this type of drug.
What is a depressant
True or False: more younger children abuse inhalants than teenagers.
True – They are legal and inexpensive to buy, and easy to get.
Marijuana is made up of parts of this plant.
What is the sativa plant.
2 signs of alcohol overdose
What are: Vomiting, blacking out, passing out
There are good drugs.
True - medications prescribed by a doctor and used in the right dosage are helpful. Examples include antibiotics like penicillin which kills harmful bacteria that causes illness.
The name of the organ disease that can occur from chronic alcohol abuse.
What is cirrhosis of the liver.
This is what BAC stands for.
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration. This refers to the percentage of alcohol in a person's blood stream.
The chemical in marijuana that causes you to feel high.
Dopamine or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
Things will affect how many drinks it takes a person to get drunk.
What are: amount of sleep, food intake, tolerance, gender, body weight
Marijuana is less potent than it was 20 years ago so it's safer.
False - Levels of THC have doubled in the last twenty years. This increases the likelihood that users will experience hallucinations, anxiety, and impaired memory.
The law in Ontario that states people under 21 are not allowed to have evidence of any alcohol in their blood when driving.
What is zero tolerance.
This is when a person uses a medicine when it is not prescribed or uses it not as it was prescribed.
What is drug misuse.
Reasons why using marijuana makes it difficult for students to learn.
Marijuana use effects memory and attention, causing students to have difficulty focusing, concentrating, and learning. Teens who use marijuana every day are 60% more likely to drop out than those who don't use.
The body's adaptation to a drug so that a person requires more of the drug to gain the same desired effect.
What is tolerance.
Alcohol warms the body up.
False – it slow downs the heart rate and dilates blood vessels, which can make you feel warmer, but your risk of hypothermia actually increases.
From the perspective of cost and harm to the community, this drug is the one that experts consider to be the most ‘dangerous’ drug.
What is alcohol.
Many opiod drugs are derived from this plant.
What is willow bark or poppies
True or False - teens who use marijuana are more likely to attempt suicide.
True - students who use marijuana are 7 times more likely to attempt suicide.
The name of the feel good chemical that your body produces when on stimulants or uppers.
What is dopamine.
It is more danger to drink alcohol and smoke weed together than it is to use either one alone.
True – weed reduces nausea, so people can drink more without getting sick, which can then result in alcohol poisoning which is potentially fatal.
if you get pulled over while driving and your BAC is ___ or higher, you’ll get a DUI.
What is .08
A condition where a person believes alcohol or another drug is needed to feel good or function normally .
What is psychological dependence.
True or False - Students can smoke marijuana in Ontario.
False - You must be 19 years or older to buy, use, possess and grow recreational marijuana. CIC Policy states no students are allowed to use drugs.