Statistics
Uppers and Downers
Alcohol & Smoking
Really Scary Drugs
Marijuana
100
Nearly 25 million Americans used this drug in the last year.
What is Marijuana?
100
Sexual predators may use this type of drug in order "knock out" their victims.
What are sedatives? (may include downers, Xanax, zanies, valium, etc...)
100
Abuse of alcohol often results in this type of reckless behavior.
What is drunk driving? (answers can include risky sexual behavior, fights, speeding, etc...)
100
Signs of use of this drug include weight loss, rotten teeth, skin sores, and psychosis.
What is meth?
100
These are two common street names for marijuana.
What are pot and weed? (also joint)
200
25% of all hospital patients in the US are sick due to abuse of this drug.
What is Alcohol?
200
If a friend tells you they have been "tweaking" they have probably been using this class of drug.
What are uppers? (other answers include meth, stimulants, amphetamines, etc...)
200
This is the percentage of fatal car accidents caused by drunk driving.
What is 42%?
200
This drug can be derived from Asian poppy plants and forms a white or brown powder, or a black tar substance that can be smoked.
What is heroin?
200
This is the percentage of first time drug users that use marijuana.
What is 67%?
300
Last year in our country the healthcare costs related to treatments for the abuse of this drug cost approximately 96 billion dollars.
What is tobacco?
300
The medical name for drugs which are stimulants, or "uppers".
What are amphetamines?
300
Excessive drinking causes major damage to these four organs of the body.
What are the brain, heart, liver, and kidneys?
300
A person who abuses this drug may exhibit nose bleeds and loss of smell, but the more serious symptoms include paranoia, heart attack, and stroke.
What is cocaine?
300
Marijuana use is currently legal in this many states.
What is 17?
400
More people were arrested last year for possession of this drug than all violent crime arrests combined.
What is Marijuana?
400
This stimulant is made from the leaf of the coca plant that grows dominantly in South America.
What is cocaine?
400
Every year in America, 20 million people attempt to stop smoking, but only this percentage are successful.
What is 3%?
400
The street names for this drug include Rojo, Skittles, and Triple C.
What is DXM (found in cough medicine)?
400
Marijuana is created from the dried and shredded leaves of this plant.
What is hemp?
500
Almost 11 million Americans have tried this drug at least once in their lives. 1.3 million people used it last year alone.
What is methamphetamine?
500
This opiate affects the brain stem and is a drug derivative of morphine.
What is heroin?
500
This is the number of different chemicals which are found in cigarette smoke.
What are 4,000? (401 are known poisons)
500
This drug will destroy the body's heat sensor and the person may overheat because their body cannot sweat.
What is Ecstasy?
500
20 years ago, marijuana probably contained about 3% THC. Marijuana used today may contain up to this amount of THC, making it much more dangerous.
What is 44%?