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Drug Abuse
Smoking
Saying "No!"
Consequences
100

_______________ are behaviors you form through frequently repeating the same actions. After doing something over and over again, your brain becomes wired to do it automatically.

What are Habits?

100

These can be ruined by substance use because it can take away your drive to accomplish things and consider your future.

What are your goals?

100
This is the main ingredient in cigarettes, cigars, and dip. It is a leaf that has the drug nicotine in it. You have to be 18 years old to buy it.
What is tobacco?
100

Not hesitating with your answer, looking directly at the person, and keeping your response short, clear and simple are examples of this.

What are strategies to successfully refuse peer pressure to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs?

100

Mixing this substance with antidepressants can worsen the depression or psychological disorder the antidepressant was prescribed for.

What is alcohol?

200

Your _____________ is a network of people you trust and look to for guidance

What are social supports?

200
It can take your brain up to three weeks to recover to full function after using this substance only one time.
What is marijuana?
200

The chemical in cigarettes that reduces the amount of oxygen available to your body and makes it harder to exercise or be good at sports.

What is carbon monoxide?

200

This is when an individual feels pressured to participate in substance use with their peers in order to be accepted and to fit in and can lead one to disregard the potential risks of trying substances. 

What is peer pressure?

200
This limits your ability to breath properly due to the damage done to the lungs. Kids who do this can not keep up w/ kids who do not because they cannot get enough oxygen.
What is smoking or smoke?
300

Developing these can add structure to one's life.

What are "healthy" routines?

300
Teens abuse this OTC substance to get high. It causes weakness, numbness, nausea or vomiting, increased heart rate and blood pressure and brain damage.
What is cough/cold medicine?
300

Researchers found that adolescents who were frequent _______ users by their 18th birthday and continued to use heavily had on average lost eight IQ points.

What is marijuana?

300

Some may think this as a weakness, but it is actually a strength because it takes great courage to do this.

What is asking for help?

300
When someone who is addicted to drugs stops taking that drug, they go through this, which involves pain, shakes, vomiting, and severe headaches.
What is withdrawal?
400

Laughter, practicing meditation, running, and listening to music all have the potential to create this.

What is a natural high?

400
Abuse of a substance to the point where your body or brain needs the drug to function properly.
What is addiction?
400

Smoking has short term consequences. It makes it harder to breathe and makes you more likely to get sick. Smoking also has _______________, such as Lung-disease, heart-disease and many types of cancer.

What are long-term consequences?

400

Playing sports, going to the movies, seeking out new interests & music are examples of these which help to keep you busy and prevent substance use.

What are hobbies?

400
This can happen to you if you are caught w/ drugs. If it does happen to you, it stays on your record and can make it impossible to get into College, private high schools, or even get the job that you want.
What is getting arrested?
500

These are mutual support programs for individuals struggling with substance abuse. They represent readily available, no cost community resources and are associated with positive long-term outcomes.

What are 12-step programs?

500
Psychological addiction is when your brain thinks that it needs a substance to function properly. However this type of addiction is when your BODY is so used to the drug that it needs it to function properly.
What is Physical Addiction?
500

This type of tobacco is not smoked but it still causes deadly cancer of the mouth, throat and gums.

What is chewing tobacco or dip?

500

Name 2 different things you could say to refuse when someone asks you if you want to try a substance. 

Many answers can work

500
Though withdrawing from all drugs is extremely painful and sickening, for someone addicted to this substance withdrawal could cause death.
What is alcohol?