Name the Substance
Skills
Addiction in the Media
What's He Using?
What makes an Addiction?
100

This substance is commonly called "H" or "Brown," and is a very addictive opioid.

What is Heroin?

100

These skills refer to what can be done when faced with a challenge or difficult situation.

What are problem solving skills? 

100

This three lettered rapper died in April 2021 due to a drug overdose and heart attack. 

Who is DMX?

100

With side effects like high heart rate, sweating, agitation, and hallucinations, this substance can be very dangerous for those who use it.

What is stimulants? (many answers will be accepted.)

100

Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms.

What is Withdrawal?

200

This substance is commonly called, "Ice," and can be extremely addictive even on it's first use.

What is Methamphetamine.

200

These skills are our "deal with it skills."

What are coping skills? 

200

This 21 year old rapper had a long struggle with addiction prior to his death in 2019 after having a seizure related to a drug overdose while on a flight to Chicago.

Who is Juice WRLD?

200

With side effects such as calmness, euphoria, and emotional numbness this substance can quickly become habit forming.

What is cannabis?

200

It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts.

What is tolerance?

300

These substances are commonly called, "poppers," or "whippets" and can cause instant heart death even on it's first use.

What are inhalants? (many answers will be accepted)

300

These skills are used to help us send messages to the people around us.

What are communication skills?

300

This rappers addiction was heavily documented throughout his music career prior to his death from an overdose on fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol at age 26 in his Hollywood home. The man who provided him these substances was recently charged and accepted a 17 year prison sentence.

Who is Mac Miller?

300

With symptoms like slurring of speech, loss of coordination, and euphoria this substance can also become habit forming due to its socially acceptable status.

What is Alcohol?

300

Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction, is often referred to as this

What is Denial?

400

This substance is commonly called, "blow," or, "crack," and can cause significant cardiac injury due to continued use.

What is cocaine?

400

These skills are used to help us say no when offered substances in social settings.

What are refusal skills?

400

This rapper was found unresponsive in his tour bus by his manager after an accidental overdose while mixing fentanyl and generic Xanax. 

Who is Lil Peep?

400

With its easy party going nature, this substance can seem innocent as it brings feelings of euphoria, hallucinations, and large doses of feel good endorphins like dopamine and serotonin. However, this substance can also cause a permanent detachment from reality.

What are hallucinogens? (many answers will be accepted)

400

Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later. Addiction can cause people to foolishly ignore these repeatedly

What are consequences?

500

This substance is commonly called, "acid," or, "dots," and can cause significant change to mental status and induce hallucinations and is typically odorless and colorless.

What is LSD?

500

These are skills that are used to help us deal with difficult emotions like anger and depression.

What are anger management skills & depression management skills?

500
This actor used drugs before he was a teenager and spent most of his early career under the influence. He had several arrests in the late 1990s related to alcohol, cocaine, and heroin use. In 2002 he announced that he received treatment and was in recovery. 

Who is Robert Downy Jr.?

500

With side effects of relaxation and numbness this substance can be enticing, but also holds the potential for it's user to become physically dependent resulting in intense--at times life threatening withdrawals.

What is Xanax?

500

When you spend too much, use too much or too often and life problems are steadily piling up, it is a good sign you have lost this

What is Control?