When Your Brain is High
The front part of your brain is the thinking part.
What part of your brain helps you think before you act?
Even though weed is legal for adults, teens caught with it can get this.
What is a school or police consequence?
Weed helps me focus.” Actually, it does this to your focus.
What makes it worse?
This feeling can look like “I don’t care,” but really it’s stress.
What is anxiety?
This person — teacher, coach, friend — you can talk to when stressed.
Who is a trusted person?
Drugs make this “feel good” chemical spike fast, then crash.
What is dopamine?
Vape carts from “some guy” are risky for this reason.
What is unknown chemicals?
Vaping is safe.” But this addictive chemical proves it’s not.
What is nicotine?
When this emotion gets big, people snap, yell, or walk out.
What is anger?
What is anger?
When you hit the vape without thinking, your brain is in this mode.
What is fight-or-flight?
This “alarm” in your brain gets louder with stress or drugs.
What is the fear/alert part of your brain?
This school punishment usually happens when someone gets caught vaping.
What is suspension?
Using weed or vapes to calm down all the time is a sign of this.
What is dependence?
Breathing in 4 seconds and out 6 helps calm your body — this is…
What is calming breathing?
This healthy coping skill helps you calm down: dancing, walking, or music.
What is healthy coping/How can you fit moving your body into it?
Weed and vapes can make paying attention in school harder.
What is focusing?
Weed can make you forget things your teacher said — this is called…
What are memory problems?
I only hit it after school.” But needing it to feel normal is this.
What is a habit or addiction?
This grounding skill uses your five senses to help you chill.
What is 5-4-3-2-1 grounding?
Using skills instead of substances is like leveling up in this.
What is life? Or “You’re evolving like a Pokémon.”
Drugs can slow down this process — your brain is getting stronger as you grow up.
What is brain development?
Using substances a lot can make this mental health issue worse.
What is depression or anxiety?
It’s natural, so it’s safe.” This plant proves nature isn’t always harmless.
What is poison ivy?
The first step to breaking a habit is knowing what sets you off — these are…
What are triggers?
The opposite of letting substances control you is this.
What is self-control?