Substance Use and Abuse
MYTH OR FACT
MYTH OR FACT
Most kids in high school smoke cigarettes
Myth
You should make water your drink of choice. True or false?
True
mainly affects brain cells that use the chemical serotonin to communicate with each other. Serotonin helps to regulate mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep, and sensitivity to pain.
Ecstasy
MDMA
Coca, Coke, Crack, Flake, Snow, Soda Cot are all street names for______
cocaine
Acknowledging the other person’s point of view before saying it’s not for me.
Framing
Drinking beer, wine will no get you as drunk as hard liquor
myth
When you are eating you should take ____ ____
your time
Acid, Blotter, Blotter Acid, Cubes, Doses, Fry, Mind Candy,Mushrooms, Shrooms, Special K, STP, X, XTC
are all street names for which drug
Hallucinogens
In some cases, meth abusers go without ____ and _____ while taking part in a form of _____ known as a “run.” Meth users on a “run” inject as much as a gram of the drug every ____________ hours over several days until they run out of meth or become too disorganized to continue.
food and sleep
Binging
two or three
Put the other person in your shoes and help them see why you’d prefer to take a pass
EMPATHY
Smoking marijuana is as harmful as tobacco
fact
Should you eat your meals slow or fast
slow
During the first hour after ingestion, users may experience visual changes with extreme changes in mood.
LSD
when_____ is smoked, the ____passes from the lungs and into the _____, which carries the chemical to the organs throughout the body, including the _____.
marijuana
THC
bloodstream
brain
To keep the situation peaceful, avoid aggression and instead be calm or use humor
tone
Tobacco is the most common drug used by teens
myth
what takes up half the plate on the new food giude
fruits and vegetables
usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint) or in a pipe or bong. It is also smoked in blunts Mixed with foods (brownies) or brewed as a tea.
Marijuana
Rohypnol causes muscle _______. Adverse physical effects include slurred speech, loss of motor coordination, weakness, headache, and respiratory depression. Rohypnol also can produce _______ ______ when taken _____ over a period of time.
relaxation
physical dependence
regularly
Put a better option on the table for yourself and/or your friends.
DISPLACEMENT
you can take substances by
orally
smoking
injecting
Fact
why is drinking water better for you?
Boosts immune system
Flush out toxins
Prevents headaches
Improves complexion
Helps digestion
Some unwanted psychological effects include: confusion, anxiety, depression,paranoia, sleep problems, and drug craving. All these effects usually occur within 30 to 45 minutes of swallowing the
drug and usually last 4 to 6 hours bu can be weeks
Ecstasy
MDMA
One of the most significant effects of heroin use is addiction. With regular heroin use, _____ to the drug develops.
Once this happens, the abuser must use _____ heroin to achieve the same _____. As _____ doses of the drug are used over time, physical dependence and ______ to the drug develop.
tolerance
more
intensity/high/feeling
higher
addiction
It’s okay to just completely dodge. When all else fails, try to keep your cool and find a way to physically get out of the situation.
removel