Statistics
Fill in the blank:
80 million people participate in ______ activities each year.
What is Red Ribbon Week
Name one cause of drug abuse
What are peer pressure, physical/sexual abuse, and stress?
The legal age for purchasing tobacco products
What is 21 years old?
The most commonly abused substance in the United States.
What is alcohol?
During the last week of this month, people all over the country celebrate living a healthy lifestyle.
What is Red Ribbon Week?
Fill in the blank:
50% of _________ have misused a drug at least once
Name 2 common places that teens get a hold of drugs?
What are school, home, online drug sales, the dark web?
The addictive substance in all tobacco products
What is nicotine?
DUI stands for
What is Driving Under the Influence
During this month we celebrate Red Ribbon Week.
What is October?
Fill in the blank:
Approximately 20% of high school students have an encounter with drugs at __________.
Where is schools?
Name 2 ways to combat stress
What are meditation, eating healthy, exercising regularly, sleep, making social connections?
90% of people with this disease were smokers at some point
What is Lung Cancer?
Occasional excessive drinking called
What is binge drinking?
The first Red Ribbon Week celebration took place in this state
What is California?
Fill in the blank:
- 62% of teenagers in ___ grade have abused alcohol
What is 12th?
Name one of the most deadly drugs?
What are Alcohol, Fentanyl, Herron, Cocaine, Methamphetamine?
Name 1 severe consequence for using smokeless tobacco.
What are gum disease, tooth decay, tooth loss and the formation of white or gray patches inside the mouth called leukoplakia that can lead to cancer.
The type of drug for alcohol
What is depressant?
This man inspired the first Red Ribbon Week Celebration. He was a DEA agent killed during a drug bust.
Who is Kiki Camarena?
Red Ribbon Week started after the death of Kiki Camarena, who in 1985 was brutally murdered by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After his death, people wanted to honor his sacrifice.
How much drug use went up among 8th graders between 2016 and 2020?
What is 61%?
Name 1 organization that help combat substance abuse
What is
1. National Institutes on Health
2. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
3. National Institute on Drug Abuse
The poisonous gas found in the smoke?
What is Carbon monoxide (CO)?
This happen if a person drinks a very large amount of alcohol and it shuts down their central nervous system. It could also cause a person to stop breathing or even die.
What is alcohol poisoning?
This woman, who was the First Lady of the United States at the time, helped start Red Ribbon Week.
Who is Nancy Reagan?
In 1985, club members presented the "Camarena Club Proclamation" to then First Lady Nancy Reagan, bringing it national attention. Later that summer, parent groups in California, Illinois, and Virginia began promoting the wearing of red ribbons nationwide during late October.