Facts about substance use among youth
Marijuana Facts
Substance Abuse
Substance Use (cont.)
Fun Facts
100
31% of youth reported substance use by this grade?
What is 12th grade.
100
This is the psychoactive chemical in cannabis
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
100
This is what it is called when somebody starts using substances again, after a period of sobriety.
What is relapse?
100
It can take your brain up to three weeks to recover to full function after using this substance only one time.
What is marijuana?
100
This is the number of people that die each year due to lightning strikes worldwide.
What is 10,000?
200
This outpatient counselor has been working at MHMR for 14 years, the longest of anyone in the Campus Program.
Who is Ms. Susan?
200
Marijuana use has been legalized in 18 of the 50 United States. This is how old you have to be to use in all of those states.
What is 21?
200
When someone stops using substances, their body goes through this, which can include irritability, body aches, shakes, vomiting, or severe headaches.
What is withdrawal?
200
Abuse of a substance to the point where your body or brain needs the drug to function properly.
What is Addiction?
200
This common farewell phrase is derived from "God be with ye."
What is "Goodbye?"
300
This counselor has 6 pet Sugar Gliders.
Who is Ms. Estela?
300
Potency is the amount of THC in a marijuana plant. When marijuana was used in ancient Egypt (about 5000 years ago) for glaucoma and inflammation, this was the average potency of the marijuana plant.
What is 2-3%?
300
In 2021, 108,000 Americans died of drug overdose. How many of those were due to Fentanyl?
What is 71,238?
300
Name 3 of the 5 most addictive substances on earth.
What is Heroin, Alcohol, Cocaine, Barbiturates ("downers"), and Nicotine?
300
Charles Darwin created this commonly used item when he added wheels to the bottom so that it would be easier for him to move around.
Rolling Office Chairs.
400
This is the number of Grandkids that the counselors have, combined.
What is 13? Susan has 7, Erica has 2, and Estela has 3.
400
This is the highest potency of marijuana plants in the 70s and 80s.
What is 15-25%
400
This Over the Counter substance, when used irresponsibly, can cause weakness, numbness, nausea, vomiting, increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, and brain damage.
What is Cough/cold medicine?
400
Even though this substance is culturally accepted for adults, it can still have severely damaging effects on many of your organs.
What is alcohol?
400
Butterflies use this body part to taste with.
What is their feet?
500
This counselor will miss working will all of you after this week.
Who is Mr. Scott.
500
New research suggests that high concentrations of THC can cause severe, long-lasting damage to the brains ability to function. This is the average potency of cannabis used in dab pens.
What is between 80 and 95%?
500
This chemical, often called the "Happiness chemical", is released in the brain when an individual uses drugs. This flood of the chemical can affect the person's ability to feel pleasure at all and can cause a person to use more and more just to "feel normal."
What is Dopamine?
500
Though withdrawing from all drugs can be painful and sickening, for someone addicted to this substance, withdrawal can cause death.
What is alcohol, benzodiazepines (benzos), or opiates?
500
This was the tallest mountain on the planet, before Mount Everest was discovered in 1852 by Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian mathematician.
What is Mount Everest? It just had not been discovered yet.