Physical
Mental/Emotional
Social
Legal
Financial
100

What is one physical impact of drug use/abuse?

  • Lung or heart disease

  • Stroke

  • Cancer

100

What is one mental/emotional impact of drug use/abuse?

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Losing touch with reality

  • Violent behavior

  • Severe mood swings

  • Persistent irritability

  • Emotional outbursts


100

What is one social impact of drug use/abuse?

  • Relationship distress or dissatisfaction

  • Shame, guilt, or embarrassment

  • Reduced sense of belonging

100

What is one legal impact of drug use/abuse?

  • Time in jail or federal prison

  • Heavy fines

  • Community service

  • Probation 

  • House arrest

  • A criminal record

100

What is one financial impact of drug use/abuse?

  • Difficult to prioritize budgeting

  • Drugs are very expensive 

  • Harder to complete basic tasks (going to work, paying bills, childcare, etc.)

200

Tobacco smoke can cause many _______.

cancers

200

Drugs affect a part of the brain known as the _______ system.

limbic

200

T/F: Rates of suicide are higher among drug abusers. 

True

200

T/F: The category with the highest legal sentencing rate is weapon charges.

False

200

T/F: The drug problems in the United States are no longer considered an epidemic.

False

300

What type of drug can cause severe dental problems?

methamphetamine

300

What is it called when drug addicts simultaneously suffer from a serious mental disorder?

dual diagnosis

300

Substance abuse disorders contribute to medical or __________ conditions.

psychiatric

300

In 2012, U.S. judges sentenced nearly __________ people to prison for drug charges.

95,000

300

A historic _______ billion investment for National Drug Control Program agencies in 2022.

$41.0