Alcohol
The age you will be when your brain is fully developed
What is 25?
Marijuana use has this effect on heart rate.
What is increased heart rate by 20-50% shortly after use?
This effect can last up to 3 hours and can reduce blood supply to the heart as well as cause chest pain.
Four common street drugs
What are heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, meth?
True or false: Vapes contain nicotine.
What is true?
Names of 3 songs that glorify drug and/or alcohol use. For an extra 300 points, perform parts of all 3 songs.
What are.....?
Five consequences of drinking alcohol
What are poor decision-making, memory loss, blackouts, coma, death, unwanted pregnancy, declining mental health, DUI, hangover, brain-damage?
This component of marijuana impairs short term memory by altering how information is processed in the hippocampus (the area of the brain responsible for memory formation).
What is THC?
You are a doctor- a patient reports that they do not know what they took but are not feeling well. They complain of dry mouth, nausea, sweating, and you can see their jaw is tensed. They appear energetic. Name the drug you think they took.
What is MDMA (methylene-dioxy-methamphetamine?
When the body becomes used to the nicotine and cannot feel normal without it, it forms an..
What is addiction?
Name three risks that are healthy for teenagers to take
What are...?
How teenagers expect alcohol to make them feel
What is relaxed, good, popular, like they fit in, grown, mature?
True or false: Marijuana use never causes psychosis or panic attacks.
What is false?
This drug is often used to manage pain. Users quickly develop a tolerance to this drug which often produces effects similar to those of the abuse of prescription pain relievers including decreased respiratory rate, nausea, vomiting, and drowsiness. Users often look limp or are leaning.
What is heroin?
The younger a person starts using, they are more likely to become..
What is addicted?
A condition in which a user needs more of a drug to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
Alcohol industry ad spending in 2020
$6.7 billion
True or false: Marijuana is not addictive.
What is falst?
Users may not yet be chemically dependent on cannabis but psychologically they need to be high. Chronic (everyday) users, however, will develop a chemical dependency on THC and experience withdrawal symptoms.
This drug's misuse can produce dangerous effects which include shallow breathing, slow heart rate, fainting, coma, and death. Someone on this might complain of itchy skin, confusion, or constipation.
What are prescription pain killers?
An electronic device that heats a liquid and produces an aerosol, or mix of small particles in the air. They produce several toxic chemicals -- acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, and heavy metals -- all which cause severe lung injury
What are e-cigarettes/vapes?
A synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine and a cause of man overdoses nationally.
What is fentanyl?
Part of the brain most affected by underage drinking
What is the hippocampus?
This substance is often called "fake weed" and is a poison with unpredictable effects.
What is K2 or Spice?
Misuse causes drowsiness, confusion, and hallucination, and can lead to psychotic episodes. People abusing this substance can be dizzy and confused with slurred speech, confusion, and blurred vision.
What is dextromethorphan (commonly found in over-the-counter cough medicine)?
List at least three long term effects on the body.
What are cancer, addiction, tremors, liver and kidney damage...?
Name the four stages of addiction.
What are
Stage 1: Experimental use
Stage 2: Pattern Use
Stage 3: Problem Use
Stage 4: Drug Addiction and Dependency