Alcohol
What is the legal drinking age in the United States?
21 years old or older.
What are the two most common mental health conditions experienced by adolescents in the United States?
Anxiety and Depression.
What do cigarettes and e-cigarettes both have in common most of the time?
The both contain nicotine.
21 years or older.
The way our body reacts tension and difficult situations.
What is Stress?
Why was the legal drinking age raised in the 1980s?
To reduce the amount of young drivers that were getting into drinking and driving incidents.
What does SUD stand for?
Substance Use Disorder
What is a chemical or substance that is often added to e-cigarettes?
1. Nicotine
2. THC
3. Vitamin E Oil or flavoring
Which Marijuana product has the highest risk of overdose?
Edible Marijuana
What year was Substance Use Disorder added to the list of Mental Health Disorders? (1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980 etc...)
1980!
What does BAC stand for?
Blood Alcohol Content
What is a way that mental health conditions can be treated?
1. Therapy and Counseling
2. Medication
What is one reason for young people use e-cigarettes?
1. Availability to flavored vapes
2. Advertising that makes it seem safer than other nicotine or smoking products.
3. A friend or family member uses them.
4. Belief that it will help with anxiety or stress.
5. Peer Pressure
The psychoactive chemical in Marijuana is...
THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol)
How many states is Marijuana legal for recreational use?
Only 23 states!
What are the 3 categories of alcohol discussed?
1. Beer
2. Wine
3. Liquor
What are some RISK FACTORS for addiction? (Why are some people at a greater risk of addiction?)
1. Family history of addiction
2. Genetics
3. Past trauma
4. History of mental health issues
5. environment
What year were e-cigarettes first invented?
2003.
What is a symptom of a Marijuana Overdose?
1. Vomiting
2. Hallucinations
3. Loss of Consciousness (Passing out)
4. Shortness of breath/ Trouble Breathing
What is EVALI?
E-Cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury.
It is a lung condition/ disease caused by using vapes and e-cigarettes.
What BAC would be considered "driving under the influence"?
0.08%
Why is important to under the SEVERITY of the addiction?
So that doctors can treat the addiction correctly. The more severe the addiction, the more treatment is required.
1 in ___ youth are using e-cigarettes daily.
1 in 4.
What year was Marijuana legalized in NYS for adults?
2021.
One upon a time... alcohol used to be illegal in the United States. What decade did the Prohibition Era start? (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 etc.)
Prohibition began January 17th, 1920 until 1933!