Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

What is a gateway drug?

A drug that can lead to other addictive substances

What is a sedative?

A drug that soothes or makes one sleep

Which of these drugs is a depressant? Alcohol, LSD, cocaine, ritalin

Alcohol

Which of these drugs would most likely cause a person to become dizzy and drowsy?

Alcohol

Which of the following measures the amount of alcohol in your system?

BAC

Mixing depressants with alcohol can cause:

Death

Since the pain medication is prescribed to me, it is "OK" if I give them out to my friends

False

The use of oral contraceptives by females who smoke may result in

Increased risk of heart attack and stroke

What does OTC stand for?

Over the counter

Tennagers are influenced to use or not to use alcohol and other drugs in many ways. Influence comes from media, family, and friends. Ultimately, who is responsible for deciding whether to use alcohol or other drugs?

The individual

What is true about babies born to mothers who smoke?

They are more likely to be born prematurely than babies born to nonsmokers

What happens when your pupils dilate?

They become larger

A hallucination is the ability to hear, see, and feel things that are in front of you

True

When a person takes LSD, They may experience a "flashback" later in life

True

What is not true about smokeless chewing tobacco?

Using smokeless tobacco prevents nicotine from being absorbed into the blood stream

If something is "laced" this means...

a small amount of drugs / alcohol is added.

Nicotine is classified as...

a stimulant

For smokers who quit, stopping smoking will...

improve their changes of living longer

Which of these drugs is a stimulant? Valium, alcohol, nicotine, heroin

nicotine

Les sees some boys from his class smoking marijuana. They ask Les if he wants to join them. What would be an inappropriate action to take in this situation?

pretend to smoke the marijuana

Whenever a person uses a prescription drug they should NOT

stop taking the drug after the symptoms disappear and save the drug for next time

A need for an increased amount of a drug to obtain the same "high" is called...

tolerance