Nicotine
E-cigarettes (AKA vaping devices) were originally marketed to help people quit this habit.
What is smoking?
Marijuana products today are this many times stronger today than in the 1970s
2X
3X
4X
What is 4x stronger?
Your brain has completed development by age
18
21
26
What is age 26?
This risk factor has the most significant impact on our likelihood for developing an addiction
Age you start using
Family with addiction
Environment
What is age? (The younger you are, the faster you become addicted)
Teens should identify one of these people for support if we need help at home, school or in the community.
Who are Family, Positive Friends and Mentors?
Teen cigarette smoking rates went down once this was invented.
What is the E-cigarette or vape?
Regular use of marijuana causes problems with these brain functions:
a. Memory & learning
b. Motivation
c. Mood regulation
d. All of the above
What is answer d. All of the above?
This chemical in the brain is responsible for "happiness" and is influence by drug use.
Dopamine
Adrenaline
Serotonin
What is Dopamine?
This biological risk factor accounts for up to 50% of a person's risk for developing an addiction
Blood Type
Genetics
Brain Development
What is Genetics?
This staff member is available at W. O. High School to talk to students who have questions or concerns about substance use and mental health
Who is Mrs. Hagans, the Student Assistance Specialist?
When someone uses a vaping device, they are breathing toxic chemicals and metals in this form:
a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. Gas
What is answer b. liquid? (Vaping devices emit a liquid aerosol mist.
Regular marijuana use at a young age increases the risk of developing this serious mental illness by 400%
Schizophrenia
Depression
Anxiety
What is Schizophrenia?
The need to use a drug daily no matter how many negative consequences happen is known as
What is addiction?
_______ to drugs in your neighborhood or home can increase you risk of using drugs.
What is exposure or access?
If you or someone you care about is struggling with mental health issues, these staff members are available here at W.O. Robey High School to help
Who is the Director of Counseling (Dr. Carroll), the School Social Worker (Mrs. Lam), the Student Assistance Specialist (Mrs. Hagans) and your School Counselor (Mr. Cabatic)
Which of the following symptoms are caused by regular Nicotine use?
a. Attention problems
b. Mood instability
c. Both
What is answer c. - both?
Feeling anxious or irritable, nausea/vomiting and difficulty sleeping are symptoms someone would experience when addicted to marijuana if they stop using for a period of time. What kinds of symptoms are these?
a. Withdrawal
b. Tolerance
c. Cold/Flu
What is answer a. Withdrawal?
During the high school years, our brain is busy regulating (balancing) our _________.
What is our mood?
This is the #1 reason that teens give for why they started using drugs
Peer Pressure
Curiosity
Coping with mental health (stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, ect)
What is to cope with mental health? (such as depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, etc.)
These skills involve making a decision, standing up for yourself and avoiding or leaving risky situations
Social Skills
Refusal Skills
Communication Skills
What are refusal skills?
Name one feature of vapes that made the product more appealing to children and teens
What are flavors, mimicking a USB drive, concealable size and concealable cloud of smoke?
Using a high dosage of marijuana can cause _________
a. Impaired brain development
b. Addiction
c. Both
What is answer c. - Both?
The teen brain is highly vulnerable because it is still doing this
What is developing or growing?
This type of home environment can cause a teenager to use drugs as a way of escaping or coping
unstable
loving
overprotective
What is a unstable home environment?
The first stage of addiction
Preoccupation
Dependency
Misuse
Experimental
What is experimental?