Drugs

Addiction

100

What type of drug can you become addicted to?

All

200

What is addiction?

Addiction is when you feel you have to take a drug, and cannot stop taking it for fear of bad things happening

300

Why would people get hooked on drugs?

Answers may vary. 

Sample answers may include: 

Peer pressure

People around you using drugs

Depression 

Social norms developed as a result of your environment 

400

What causes addiction?

Requiring more dopamine as a result of tolerance to drugs

500

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Stages of addiction?

1. First use

2. Continued use

3. Tolerance

4. Dependence

5. Addiction

Impacts

100

Why are drugs so impacting on your brain?

Because they can chemically change and alter your brain permanently

200

How can drugs impact your decision making

Answers may vary.

Example answers may include: 

When under the influence, you could think irrationally, and also have a lowered cognitive process, and not be able to fully think about the decision. 

300

What is the worst impact a drug can have on you 

(Based off of student polls)?

Death

400

Is it possible to appear as you are functioning normally while you are addicted to drugs?

Yes. 

500

List five out of the seven impacts, and then list the other two you forgot to list. (Written by Ryan Foley) 

Then give a SHORT description of the impacts.

Physical - Impact on your physical body

Family - Your relatives and how they may treat you

Social  - How your friends and others in society may perceive and treat you

Work  - Your job opportunities, and your access to them based on your drug use

Legal - How you may be getting in trouble with the law

Financial - How your money may suffer as a result of drug use

Future - What your life looks like later on in your existence, and how that changes as a use of drugs.

Prescription Drugs

100

What is a prescription drug?

A drug given out by a medical provider so that you will feel better.

200

What are a type of common prescription drug painkiller that is used after surgeries.

Opioids

300

How do you read a prescription drug label?

1. Person

2. Time

3. Amount

400

What is something you should do after finishing a prescription drug if there is some left over?

After you finish it, turn it in to a local pharmacy where it can be safely disposed of. 

500

Are there prescription drugs that are also common illegal drugs?

Yes, for example, fentanyl is used as a painkiller and anesthetic. 

Over the counter drugs

100

what are three common over the counter drugs

Answers may vary.

Example answers may include: 

Tylenol, Ibuprofen, NyQuil, Melatonin supplements, 

200

What is an over the counter drug?

A drug capable of being bought at a local store without order of a medical provider. 

300

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How do you read an over the counter drug label?

1. Is this the right person?

2. What time interval do I take this

3. What is the amount I take this in?

400

How can you abuse over the counter drugs?

1. Using too much

2. Wrong time interval.

3. For the wrong reason

4. Ignoring the instructions

500

What could happen if you took another person's medicine?

Answers may vary. 

Sample Answer: 

You wouldn't know if another medicine you are taking could negatively combine with another drug, and cause harm. 

Illegal Drugs

100

What is an illegal drug

A drug that is banned by law from being distributed and consumed

200

What is a drug that is mixed in to a lot of illegal drugs and can make buying illegal drugs extremely dangerous?

Fentanyl

300

In 2023, what drug killed more people in that year alone than the Vietnam war.

Fentanyl.

400

Can states have different illegal drugs

Yes, for example, Florida and other states legalized marijuana, whilst in other states it is still an illicit drug. 

500

What was the most sold illegal drug in 2025 

Cocaine

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