Drug Basics
This is the term for using a prescription drug in a way other than prescribed.
What is drug misuse
This vital organ breaks down and filters alcohol out of the bloodstream
What is the liver
This acronym stands for over-the-counter medicines you can buy without a doctor's note.
What is OTC?
Myth or Fact: E-cigarettes emit harmless water vapor.
What is a myth? (It is an aerosol containing chemicals and heavy metals).
This is the pressure you feel from people your own age to behave in a certain way.
What is peer pressure?
This powerful, addictive chemical is found in all tobacco and vaping products.
What is nicotine
This part of the brain controls decision-making and is not fully developed until age 25.
What is the prefrontal cortex
This highly addictive class of prescription pain relievers includes medicines like oxycodone.
What is an opioid?
Myth or Fact: Marijuana can be addictive for teenagers.
What is a fact?
This is the life-saving medication used to immediately reverse an opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone (or Narcan)?
This type of drug speeds up the central nervous system, raising heart rate and blood pressure.
What is a stimulant
This occurs when a person needs more of a drug to get the same initial effect.
What is tolerance
This deadly synthetic opioid is often secretly mixed into other illegal street drugs.
What is fentanyl?
Myth or Fact: Cold showers and coffee will sober up someone who is drunk.
What is a myth? (Only time can sober someone up).
This is a direct refusal strategy where you firmly say "No" and give a specific reason.
What is the "No plus an excuse" strategy?
Alcohol belongs to this drug category because it slows down brain activity and body functions.
What is a depressant
This is the painful physical and mental sickness that happens when an addicted person stops using a drug
What is withdrawal
This is the unique number on a prescription label used to refill the exact medicine.
What is a Rx number?
Myth or Fact: Binge drinking means having a large amount of alcohol in a short period.
What is a fact?
These laws protect people from legal trouble when they call 911 to report a drug overdose.
What are Good Samaritan laws?
This is the scientific term for the chemical in the brain that regulates pleasure and is hijacked by drug use.
What is dopamine
Vaping can cause irreversible scarring in the lungs' tiny air sacs, a condition known by this nickname.
What is popcorn lung
Sharing your prescription ADHD medication with a friend is illegal and constitutes this type of crime.
What is drug diversion (or felony drug distribution)?
Myth or Fact: Prescription drugs are always safer than street drugs, even if misused.
What is a myth?
What is the largest state in the U.S?
Alaska! LOL