Healthy Decisions
Origin of Red Ribbon Week
Ways to Resist Peer Pressure
Natural Highs
Artificial and Natural Highs: Your Brain
100

Someone in your age group

peer

100
A DEA agent that was killed in 1985 in Mexico who had been working there to battle the drug cartel.

Enrique "Kiki" Camarena

100

Keep it _____ and simple.

short

100

Mike Conley Jr. grew up in an affluent and safe neighborhood. True or False

False.

100

This High creates a superhighway in your brain and makes you feel that you are happy when in reality you aren't. 

Artificial high

200

When you feel pushed o do something by someone in your age group

peer pressure

200

A symbol of communities commitment to raise awareness of the killing and destruction cause by drugs in America.

Red Ribbons 

200

Make an _______ by focusing on an unrelated detail.

excuse

200

These things influenced Mike to make better choices.

Goals, thinking about his future, name for himself.

200

The things you enjoy like hanging out with friend, playing video games, playing soccer.

Natural highs

300

When you decide to make your own decisions you are being true to ______.

yourself

300

This is an example of a drug awareness activity that schools partiicpate in every year.

Red Ribbon Week

300

Be assertive and ________. 

firm.

300
True or False: Mike never struggled to say no to drugs because he was determined to stay true to himself.

False. He offered excuses and stated he felt scared.

300

Continuous use of drugs will cause this.

Brain Damage.

400

A friend, classmate, an acquaintance, a cousin, or a stranger can all be this.

a peer.
400

The goal of this celebration is for all youth and adults to live this type of life, ____ ______.

Drug Free

400

By doing this you will not have to hear the person presurre you again.

Walk away or leave.

400

Mike Conley Jr.'s natural high is this. 

Playing Basketball

400

Social media, tv shows and movies make drug and alcohol abuse appear to be harmless. True or False

True.

500

We can be pressure to do something that can either _________ or _________ influence our decisions.

positively, negatively

500

Name one dress up day that CLASS had this week.

Hat Day, crazy socks, jersey, wear red..

500

Saying something back to the person pressuring you like " Do you really want to mess up your brain?", you are throwing this back on them.

pressure, negative consequence of choice.

500

Mike's friend was a better basketball player than him and would have gone on to become someone had he not chosen to do this.

Drugs.

500

What happens when your body becomes accustomed to artificial highs and intensifies, you need more of the substance in order to reach that "good feeling".

Addiction