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Are You In The Know?Are You In The Know?
Categories• Drugs in General
• Prescription Drugs and Over-the-Counter
Medications
• Alcohol
• Marijuana
• Tobacco
• Women and Drugs
• Pregnancy, Babies and Drugs
Category: Drugs in General
True or False?
Tobacco is the most popular drug in the
world.
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FalseCaffeine is the world's most popular
drug.It can be found in coffee, tea,
chocolate, colas, and energy drinks.
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True or False?
Hallucinogens are drugs that distort
reality.
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True
Hallucinogens (such as Ketamines, magic mushrooms and LCD) is a group of drugs that distort reality.
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True or False?
Drug misuse is using drugs in a way that they
weren't intended.
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TrueDrug misuse is defined as the use of drugs in a way that they weren’t intended(and increase the risk to your health and safety)
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True or False?Marijuana is the most commonly used drug
among students from grades 7 to 12.
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FalseAlcohol is the most commonly used drug among high school students. In 2011 55% of students reported drinking alcohol in the past year.
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True or False?
Taking more drugs that your body can
handle is called Drug Abuse.
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FalseTaking more drugs than your body can handle is called Drug OverdoseAt this point your body perceives the drugs as poison and this causes an adverse reaction.
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True or False?Drug withdrawal has only psychological
symptoms.
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False
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Headaches, anxiety, nausea and fatigue are all physical symptoms of withdrawal
When your body becomes dependent on a drug and then is deprived of it, you can experience these symptoms and more
Category: Prescription Drugs andOver-the-counter Medications
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True or False?
Drugs bought at a pharmacy are always safe.
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False
Prescription drugs are safe when taken
following the instructions on the label or the
doctor’s instructions.
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True or False?
Opioids are the prescription drug most often
abused by youth.
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True
Opioids (such as codeine, morphine, or opium)
have become the most common prescription
drugs used by teenagers to get high.
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True or False?
Drowsiness, injury, and death are 3 dangers of
taking prescription drugs to get high?
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TrueThe risks of taking prescription drugs to get high are:• Making risky decisions• Being injured or killed because of fighting• Becoming very drowsy- so drowsy that its difficult
to awaken the person• Dying from an overdose.
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True or False?
Most teens get the prescription drugs they
abuse from their parents' medicine cabinet.
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True
Friends and the family medicine cabinet are the major
sources of these drugs. More than seventy percent of
people who abuse prescription painkillers say they get
them from family or friends.
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True or False?
Teens find it easier to get high on over-the-
counter medicine than with illegal drugs.
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True
Teens find misusing prescription drugs it is the least expensive and easiest way of getting high and can be attained without having their motives questioned.
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Category: Alcohol
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True or False?There are no visible symptoms of alcohol
poisoning.
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FalseSome of the visible symptoms of alcohol poisoning are:
Vomiting (vomiting is your body’s way to get rid of a poison)
Passing out (passing out is the result of your central nervous system being depressed)
Blacking out
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True or False? Binge drinking is defined as having 3 drinks at
the same bar.
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FalseBinge Drinking is having 5 drinks or more in one
sitting (one drinking session)
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True or False?
Mixing alcohol with coffee or energy drinks will
make a person more alert.
FalseEnergy drinks usually make a person feel alert because they
contain caffeine and other stimulants. But combining them
with alcohol doesn’t work the same way. You might feel more
alert but you won’t actually be, instead of sobering up it will
produce a complicated cocktail for your brain.
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True or False?
Alcohol increases the likelihood of
unprotected sex.
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True
Being under the influence of alcohol increases chances
of having unwanted/unprotected sex
Alcohol affects the part of your brain that controls your judgement.
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True or False?
The best way to get sober when you have been
drinking is to take medicine (e.g. aspirins).
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False• Sleeping is the best way to become sober. It
allows your body to rest and allows it to clear the alcohol out of your system and cleanse it. The longer you sleep the better you will feel in the morning.
• Drinking water helps clean your body.• Getting fresh air, some exercise, and not having
an empty stomach also help!
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True or False?
A designated driver is a person who does not
take drugs nor drinks to provide a safe
ride home.
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TrueA designated driver is someone who is chosen (before the party) as the safe ride home and thus he/she does not take drugs nor drinks alcohol at the party. (BUT a driver’s ability to drive safely can still be affected if
all the passengers are drunk)
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Category: Marijuana
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True or False?
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Marijuana is a chemically engineered
drug.
FalseMarijuana comes from the Cannabis plant.
Cannabis is the scientific name for marijuana, plus there are many other slang terms such as pot, hash, weed etc.
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True or False?
Marijuana can affect someone's school
work
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True
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Marijuana affects memory, judgment, and perception. The
drug can make you mess up in school, in sports or clubs, or
with your friends. If you’re high on marijuana, you are
more likely to make mistakes that could embarrass or even
hurt you.
True or False?
Since marijuana is natural (because it
comes from a plant) it is good for you.
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False
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Although marijuana is a plant that doesn’t mean that
it is good for you; it is being mixed with over 100 chemicals
that can cause serious health problems
True or False?
There is more tar in marijuana than in tobacco.
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TrueResearch shows there are 3-5 times the amount of tar in the lungs from smoking marijuana. Tar is known to cause breathing problems.
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True or False?
Growing marijuana is legal in Canada.
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False
Marijuana is currently a controlled substance. It is a
criminal offense to import, export, possess, grow,
sell, give, or traffic.
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Category: Tobacco
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True or False?
Nicotine is the substance in cigarettes
that makes them addictive.
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TrueN
icotine
(there
are
more than
500
additives in tobacco cigarettes, creating
over
4000 chemical components
when they
are
burned;
BUT
it is the
nicotine that is
addictive,
whether in cigarettes,
gum
or
patch)
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Nicotine is the substance that makes cigarettes
addictive. Nicotine addiction is both physical and
psychological.
True or False?
Arsenic can be found in cigarettes.
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TrueArsenic is found in Cigarettes, Pesticides, Insecticides.Arsenic is a poison that has the potential to cause damage to the skin, lungs, blood vessels and heart.
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True or False?
The pleasurable effects of nicotine last
five minutes.
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FalseThe pleasurable effects of nicotine last about an hour.
After that the craving cycle begins again.
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True or False?
Yellow teeth are a common side effect of
smoking.
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TrueSome of the common effects of smoking are:
Yellow teeth, Lungs hurt, Persistent coughing
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True or False?
The legal age to buy cigarettes in Ontario
is 18.
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FalseThe legal age is 19.
(under the Smoke Free Ontario Act, which came into
effect in 2006)
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Category: Women and Drugs
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True or False?
Tylenol #3 is a drug that is more
commonly used by guys rather than
girls.
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False
Tylenol #3 is more commonly used by girls
than by guys
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True or False?Girls generally use drugs to improve their
confidence.
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TrueGirls usually use drugs to improve mood and increase confidence. Their reasons are generally different than the ones given by guys; girls use drugs to decrease tension, lose weight and fit in with their peer group.
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True or False?Women have a stronger reaction than men to
the same amount of alcohol because it
reacts with estrogen.
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False
Because
women
have less
water
in their
body so the
blood/
alcohol concentration is larger
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There are 2 reasons why women have a stronger reaction than men to the same amount of alcohol:
1. Percentage of body fat compared to water. Females generally have more fat& less water in their bodies. Alcohol is water soluble, so less water in the body translates to a higher blood alcohol concentration.
2. Females have less of the active enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase which begins to break down alcohol in the stomach lining. Less enzyme means more alcohol in the system.
True or False?
Developing Breast Cancer is a risk that can be
increased with each additional drink a
woman takes.
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TrueResearch shows the risk for developing breast cancer later in
life increases for every drink you take.
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True or False?We can prevent young women from having
problems with drug use by increasing their self
esteem, coping skills, and peer support.
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FalseSome of the ways we can prevent young women from
having problems with drug use include:
•Increasing their confidence and self esteem
•Giving them the skills to cope and meet life’s
challenges
•Helping them give and get support from their peers
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Category: Pregnancy, Babies and Drugs
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True or False?
The law cannot punish adults smoking with
minors in a motor vehicle.
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False
A new law passed in 2009 in Ontario prohibits
smoking in a motor vehicle with a minor under the
age of 16.
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True or False?
Ecstasy is the most frequently used illicit
drug during pregnancy.
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False
Marijuana is the most frequently used illicit
drug during pregnancy
Reports estimate use ranging from 3-30% among pregnant
women.
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True or False?
Hyperactivity, depression, and anxiety are
some risks that a child may suffer if their
mother used cannabis heavily during their
pregnancy.
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TrueHyperactivity ,Depression and anxiety , Problems with
memory can result from heavy use of marijuana during
pregnancy.These effects are often delayed until the child is 3-6 years old or older.
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True or False?
Doctors have discovered an optimal amount of
alcohol that can be drunk safely during
pregnancy.
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FalseThere is no proven safe level for alcohol during
pregnancy. Although the evidence is that heavy drinking causes Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome, research cannot establish a safe level for alcohol and
therefore no alcohol at all is seen as the safest practice.
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True or False?
Mothers who have problems with substance
abuse are reluctant to get help because of
stigma.
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True.Society can be blaming and judgemental.
Stigma and scrutiny cause mothers not to get help for their problems.
This is far more evident for aboriginal women, poor women and women
of color.
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Did you know she is
pregnant?
Thanks For Playing
Young Moms to Young Moms
Having The Power To Empower
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