Substance Smarts
True or False: Alcohol and marijuana are both depressants.
What is True?
True or False: Everyone drinks at parties.
What is False?
Which organ is most affected by alcohol?
What is the brain?
Say "no" and give a reason. What’s this strategy called?
What is the Refuse strategy?
Laughter is good for this organ.
What is the heart?
What is one short-term effect of marijuana on the body?
What is slowed reaction time / red eyes / poor coordination?
"Weed is natural, so it’s safe"—Fact or Myth?
What is Myth?
Name one long-term effect of alcohol or marijuana on teens.
What is memory loss / anxiety / liver damage?
Walking away from a risky situation is this type of strategy.
What is Avoid?
This colorful food group is packed with antioxidants.
What are fruits and vegetables?
This term means your body or mind depends on a substance.
What is addiction?
This common myth says you can sober up quickly by drinking coffee.
What is False—it doesn’t work.
This vital organ filters toxins like alcohol.
What is the liver?
"Let's do something else instead" is an example of this refusal tactic.
What is Redirecting?
What is the body's natural "high" chemical released during exercise?
What are endorphins?
Mixing alcohol with this can greatly increase the risk of overdose.
What are prescription drugs or other depressants?
True or False: Vaping is completely harmless.
What is False?
What does THC affect that can make driving dangerous?
What is reaction time / coordination?
What’s one phrase you can say to resist peer pressure?
What is “No thanks, I’m good.”
True or False: Yoga can improve both mental and physical health.
What is True?
This is the name for the “high” you feel from drugs.
What is intoxication/euphoria?
What percentage of high school students don’t use marijuana?
What is over 75%?
This part of the brain is responsible for impulse control and is still developing in teens.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
What are the 3 steps of the Refuse, Explain, Avoid strategy?
What is Say no, give a reason, and leave the situation
What’s the best way to improve both physical and mental health at the same time?
What is regular exercise?