Tobacco
Most people your age use tobacco. True or False?
What is False
*only 7% of students actually use tobacco products
"Everyone's doing it!" - is that true? Now you know the truth when someone tries to use that peer pressure line.
Regardless of age, alcohol affects everyone's brain in the same way. True or False
What is false
Alcohol is much more dangerous for a young person's brain than it is for an adult's brain because your brain is still growing and developing. Alcohol use will slow down or stop healthy development of the brain.
Marijuana is safe because it is all natural. True or False
What is False
affects healthy brain development, affects the heart (increases heart rate) and the lungs (increases risk of lung infections), makes it difficult to concentrate, remember, and think
**Presence of THC in the brain reduces or stops brain activity
Mary was at a party with her friends and someone gave her a "special" drink. Now Mary is acting weird and can't walk on a straight line, people can't understand what she's saying, she seems like she's losing control of herself, and she won't stop drinking what she was given. What substance is Mary consuming?
What is Alcohol
Identify and locate two body parts that are affected by smoking.
Lungs, heart, brain, skin, etc.
Name three tobacco products.
What is Cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and dip
Is alcohol a depressant or a stimulant.
What is a depressant.
A depressant slows down the body
decreased energy, slower heart rate, impaired coordination, and difficulty concentrating
Smoking Marijuana slows the heart rate, so it is relaxing. True or False
Marijuana makes a person feel slowed down & lazy, but the THC in marijuana actually makes the heart beat faster than normal. Depending on the amount of THC in the marijuana, the heart can beat up to 50% faster than normal.
Anna is taking her cousin to a party. Her cousin just moved to town. As they reach the party, Anna tells her cousin to be sure to drink if he wants people to like him. What persuasive tactic did she use?
What is promise of popularity
* suggesting to someone they will be well liked if they do something
This body part can appear glossy and red under the influence marijuana.
Eyes
Name four short term effects of tobacco use
What is bad breath, yellow teeth, gross gums, shortness of breath, hacking cough, stinky hair, clothes, skin, discoloration of skin, increased heart rate
Name the three types of alcoholic beverages.
What is wine, beer, and liquor
What is the main active ingredient in Marijuana?
What is THC
tetra-hydro-cannabinol
List three different ways you can say "no" to peer pressure
What is walk away, ignore, broken record, make an excuse, simple no, better idea, steer clear, reverse pressure
When inhaling a substance this organ must work harder and faster.
Heart
Name five long term effects of tobacco use.
What is Cancer, mouth/lung, heart disease, and emphysema, addiction
Name four short term effects of drinking alcohol
What is affects judgment, poor decision making, blurred vision, slurred speech, short term memory loss, slower reaction time, loss of balance & coordination, headaches, nausea
Name three effects of marijuana on the body
Slower reaction time, impaired learning, poor depth perception, lack of motivation, and memory problems
You are spending the night at a friend's house. His parents are out for the evening. Your friend walks into the kitchen, opens up the refrigerator, & grabs two of his dad's beers. He hands you one and says, "It's only beer. Everyone does it." What do you say?
Peer pressure refusal strategies
** Less than 10% of middle school students drink alcohol. That means 90% of students are NOT drinking alcohol. They choose not to. Now you know the truth next time someone says "Everyone drinks alcohol."
This body organ is most affected by chronic alcohol abuse.
Liver
What is the name of the addictive chemical found in tobacco products?
What is nicotine
Who ordered the drink that contains the most alcohol?
Person 1: 12 ounce bottle of beer
Person 2: 5 once glass of wine
Person 3: Mixed drink made with 1.5 ounces of liquor
What is all three drinks contain the same amount of alcohol. Each of these types of alcohol contains the same amount of alcohol per serving.
Standard drink sizes- amount of liquid in your glass, can, or bottle does not necessarily match up to how much alcohol is actually in your drink.
True or False
Smoking marijuana causes breathing problems.
Smoke is smoke whether it comes from tobacco, marijuana, or a burning building.
Smoke in the lungs causes respiratory problems.
How does the media portray drinking & consuming alcohol?
Makes you look cool, popular, you will have lots of fun, life of party, social norm, everybody does it, funny
What part of the body is not finished developing until approximately 25-30 years old?