Transcript Activity 1A-PowerPoint

Chapter One Activity 1A: Did You Know?
Tobacco
Alcohol
Marijuana
&
Inhalants
Prescription &
Over-the-Counter
Medicines
Other
Drugs
Other
Drug
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QUESTION
Name three different types of tobacco
products.
ANSWER
Different tobacco products include
cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and
chewing tobacco.
QUESTION
Although tobacco products can cause
many different cancers, what cancer is
most often associated with the use of
tobacco products?
ANSWER
Lung cancer is most often associated
with tobacco, but esophagus, mouth,
kidney, pancreas, and stomach cancer
might also be caused by tobacco.
QUESTION
What is the main active chemical
ingredient found in tobacco products?
ANSWER
Nicotine. It is one of over 4,000
chemicals found in tobacco smoke.
Over 250 of the chemicals are toxic
and may cause cancer.
QUESTION
Name at least two things that
smoking does to a person besides
health-related problems.
ANSWER
Smoking makes your teeth and fingers
yellow, makes your clothes and hair
smell bad, and makes your breath
really bad.
QUESTION
How does someone who is smoking
affect those around them?
ANSWER
Second-hand smoke can cause severe
health problems for nonsmokers: lung
cancer, asthma, respiratory problems,
heart disease, and more. It causes
smelly clothes and hair, plus eye and
nasal irritation.
QUESTION
True or False. 4 out of 10 middle
school youth are currently smoking.
ANSWER
False. Less than 1 out of every 10
eighth graders currently use tobacco
products.
QUESTION
What is the legal drinking age?
ANSWER
The legal drinking age in the United
States is 21 years of age.
QUESTION
Name two things that might happen to
you if you drink too much.
ANSWER
You may get sick, lose friends, get in
trouble with parents and possibly the
law, and/or get in trouble at school.
QUESTION
What does binge drinking mean?
ANSWER
Binge drinking means heavy use of
alcohol over a short period of time.
Some researchers say it is having five
or more drinks in a row by men OR
four or more drinks in a row by women
in a short time period.
QUESTION
True or False. It is okay for parents to
let youth drink alcohol when they are
at home.
ANSWER
False. The legal drinking age is 21, so
it is illegal – plus it is bad for your
health, can cause permanent brain
damage, and many other things.
QUESTION
True or False. At least 4 out of 10
eighth graders have tried alcohol at
least once in their lifetime.
ANSWER
True. 4 out of every 10 eighth graders
have used alcohol at least once in their
lifetime.
QUESTION
Which of these is not caused by
drinking alcohol?
A. Lowered heart rate
B. Impaired coordination/motor skills
C. Lung cancer
D. Impaired memory
E. Liver cancer
ANSWER
C. Lung cancer is not caused by
alcohol. Alcohol is a depressant and
lowers your heart rate. It causes loss
of coordination and muscle control.
Alcohol abuse can cause liver disease
and/or cancer. Memory is affected by
alcohol use.
QUESTION
When someone says they are sniffing,
snorting, bagging, or huffing, what are
they doing?
ANSWER
They are using inhalants to get high by
sniffing or snorting fumes from
containers; spraying aerosols directly
into the mouth or nose; bagging by
inhaling a substance inside a paper or
plastic bag; or huffing from an
inhalant-soaked rag.
QUESTION
True or False. Marijuana can mess up
your performance in school, sports,
and other parts of your life.
ANSWER
True. Marijuana affects memory,
causes learning problems, distorts
perception, and makes it difficult to
think and solve problems.
QUESTION
What are two street names for
marijuana?
ANSWER
Common street names for marijuana
include pot, weed, and grass.
QUESTION
True or False. Sniffing common
household products can starve the
body of oxygen, cause breathing to
stop, and even cause death.
ANSWER
True. Most inhalants cause a rapid high
similar to alcohol intoxication. In highly
concentrated amounts, inhalants cause
oxygen to be displaced in the lungs, and
then in the central nervous system which
stops breathing.
QUESTION
Which of these common household
products might be used as an
inhalant?
A. Nail polish remover
B. Hair spray
C. Deodorant
D. All of the above
ANSWER
D. All of the above. Nail polish
remover, hair spray, aerosol deodorant
- all can be used as inhalants. Other
products might include rubber cement,
spray paint, gasoline, paint thinner, air
freshener, and more – all can be very
dangerous.
QUESTION
What is the main active chemical in
marijuana?
ANSWER
THC is the main active chemical in
marijuana. Marijuana is the most
widely used illegal drug among youth.
Its strength is 10 times stronger than
in the 1970s, making it more
dangerous.
QUESTION
True or False. Using someone else’s
prescription medications for reasons
other than which they were purchased
is illegal.
ANSWER
True. Doctors prescribe medications
for specific persons and their specific
conditions. Use of medications for
purposes other than intended can be
very serious.
QUESTION
Which of these over-the-counter
medicines are used to get high?
A. Cold & cough medicines with a cough
suppressant
B. Antacids
C. Aspirin
D. Calcium supplement
ANSWER
A. Over-the-counter cold and cough
medications contain DXM
(dextromethorphan). At recommended
doses, these drugs are safe and
effective. At much higher doses, they
become dangerous.
QUESTION
True or False. Taking a big dose of an
over-the-counter (OTC) cold or cough
medication won’t hurt you.
ANSWER
False. Using OTC cold or cough
medications containing DXM
incorrectly can cause vomiting, brain
damage, seizures, strokes, and even
death.
QUESTION
How many eighth graders are using
over-the-counter medications to get
high?
A. 1 in 100
B. 1 in 50
C. 1 in 25
D. 1 in 10
ANSWER
C. About 1 out of every 25 eighth
graders are using over-the-counter
cold and cough medications
containing DXM to get high. Not all
eighth graders are using drugs as a
way to have what they call fun.
QUESTION
True or False. Oxycontin® and
Ibuprofen are prescription drugs that
are often abused.
ANSWER
False. Oxycontin® and Vicodin® are
the two most abused prescription pain
relievers. When abused, Oxycontin® is
used as a heroin substitute, while
Vicodin® has a pain-relieving effect
similar to morphine.
QUESTION
Why is mixing medications with
alcohol or taking a drug that you don’t
know anything about dangerous?
ANSWER
Many medications say do not take
with certain foods, etc. If you mix
cement mix into a cake, you have a
disaster. The same goes with mixing
medications and/or alcohol, which
can cause very serious drug
interactions.
QUESTION
True or False. Taking
methamphetamine just one time
won’t hurt you.
ANSWER
False. Methamphetamine (meth) is
highly addictive and even just one use
may cause you to be addicted. Meth is
deadly, dangerous, and unpredictable.
QUESTION
What are two street names you might
hear someone call illegal drugs?
ANSWER
Any name given may be correct. Coke,
snow, Special K, roofies, junk, H, acid,
X, speed, chalk, ice – are just a very
few of some common names.
QUESTION
What drug claims to enhance or
improve an athlete’s performance?
ANSWER
Steroids. Abuse of steroids can cause
liver tumors, high blood pressure,
severe acne, and some permanent
serious health problems. Teenagers
growth may be permanently stopped
before reaching maturity.
QUESTION
True or False. MDMA (also known as
Ecstasy) has a chemical structure
similar to meth, which is known to
cause brain damage.
ANSWER
True. Ecstasy is a “designer drug” – a
man-made compound with a chemical
structure similar to methamphetamine
and mescaline. Both drugs are known
to cause brain damage.
QUESTION
Which drug is made in labs in homes,
in car trunks, or in super labs?
A. Heroin
B. Cocaine
C. Methamphetamine
D. Mescaline
ANSWER
C. Methamphetamine is made from fairly
common, easily obtained ingredients. It
can be made in home labs, car trunks,
motel rooms, but more often in super labs.
Most of the ingredients are very harmful to
the human body.
QUESTION
What drugs are often referred to as the
“date rape” drugs?
A. Heroin and cocaine
B. GHB and Rohypnol
C. PCP and LSD
ANSWER
B. GHB and Rohypnol. Both drugs can
be mixed with liquids (even water). The
person drinking the liquid can’t tell it is
there. The drugs act quickly in the body,
cause confusion, memory loss,
dizziness, breathing difficulty,
unconsciousness.
QUESTION
True or False. Using any drug just one
time won’t hurt you.
ANSWER
False. Using any drug just one time
can lead to very bad consequences. A
one-time use may lead to occasional
use, then to regular use, and then to
abusing a drug or uncontrollable use.
QUESTION
Once you are addicted to a
substance, is it easy or hard to get
over the addiction?
ANSWER
Hard. Addiction occurs as a
progression of different steps. These
steps go from experimenting, to using
socially, to using on a more regular
basis, to being unable to control use
of the substance.
QUESTION
Which illegal drug is the most
commonly abused substance in
the world?
ANSWER
Marijuana. In 2006, 15.7% (1.5 of
about every 10) of eighth graders
reported having used marijuana in
their lifetime. 40.1% (4 out of 10) of
the U.S. population age 12 and older
have tried marijuana at least once in
their lifetime.
QUESTION
What is the single most avoidable
cause of disease, disability and death
in the United States?
ANSWER
Tobacco use. It causes lung cancer,
heart disease, emphysema, and other
diseases. Second-hand smoke can
cause disease in nonsmokers. It
increases medical costs, insurance
rates, death.
QUESTION
Name two drugs that can permanently
damage your brain.
ANSWER
Alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy, meth,
cold and cough medications
containing DXM, inhalants.
QUESTION
What is a “gateway” drug?
ANSWER
Gateway drugs are those that provide
entry into substance use. These are
tobacco and alcohol, but marijuana
can also be a gateway drug. Youth
using these drugs are likelier to use
another drug.