Drugs
What are 3 examples of drugs?
Caffeine, tobacco, nicotine, cocaine, heroin, etc...
What are 2 different drinks that alcohol is found in?
Beer, wine, liquor, etc..
What are 3 things that you can do when you need to say no?
Say “No Thanks”, Walk away, Avoid the situation, Change the subject, Use humor, Strength in numbers, Ignore them, Give a reason, fact, or excuse, Repeatedly refuse the situation
What are decisions?
Choices that you have to make
True or False: Addiction cannot be cured
False
Drugs are extremely (blank)
Addictive
What is alcohol?
a chemical substance found in adult beverages
What word can you use to help you remember the steps of refusal skills?
Stop
True or False: Every choice has a positive and negative outcome
True
Are all drugs bad?
No, medicine is a drug that can help when used in the right way
Drugs can cause you to think, act, or feel differently
In the United States how old do you have to be to legally drink alcohol?
21 years old
Fun Fact: The youngest legal drinking age in the world is 15 in the countries of Mali (In Africa) and the Central African Republic
What is Peer Pressure?
When people who are in the same social group (family, friends, classmates) try to get you to do something you don’t want to do.
What is a consequence?
Consequences are the results of a bad decisions
Who is the best health teacher?
Mr. Souza
If you answer incorrectly you lose 500 points :)
What is the most addictive drug?
Caffeine
How does alcohol affect the body?
It can affect somebody's decision making skills, it impacts the way a persons muscles work, and it can lead to death
Use a refusal skill to solve this situation?
Your classmate found the answers the the test online and shared them with the class. Everyone in the class is going to use the answers but you know that is cheating and want to tell the teacher. Your classmates say they will bullying you if you tell the teacher
Answers will vary
Why is it important to make good decisions?
Learning how to make the right decisions will help reduce those negative consequences
Why did we learn about drugs and alcohol?
Answers will vary
What are street drugs?
Street drugs are any drugs that are illegal
Heavy alcohol use damages what the most?
The liver
Besides saying and no and using different refusal skill techniques what is another important thing that you should do?
be ASSERTIVE
How many decisions does the average adult make every single day?
35,000
What is the decision making model that we learned
DECIDE: Define the problem, Explore the alternatives, Consider the consequences, Identify your values, Decide and take actions, and evaluate your decision