Test Your Drug IQ

Some people become dependent on marijuana or alcohol as a way to feel good or to escape their problems.

• True

• False

Tobacco is a highly addictive drug, which means the body becomes physically dependent on it very quickly.

• True

• False

It's more dangerous to drive when you're drunk than when you're high on drugs.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It's just as dangerous to drive when you're high

Teenagers who smoke often have "smoker's breath" and yellow teeth.

• True

• False

If someone offers you marijuana and you don't want it, a good response is to:

• Say "no thanks"

• Make a scene and put him or her down for smoking

• say, "I don't like what it does to me."

• Say, "thanks alot, and take a hit"

People who smoke don't become addicted to cigarettes until several years after they start smoking

• True

• False

Answer explanation

One or two cigarettes each day for a week can make you addicted. Nearly 1/3 of people who try a single cigarette eventually develop dependence on tobacco.

Losing control when you are drunk or high means you may do something you wouldn't do if you were not high.

• True

• False

Of everyone who has lung cancer, over 85 percent got it from smoking

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Alcohol can be deadly. If you drink enough alcohol at one time, it can kill you.

• True

• False

Almost any drug, if used for a long time, causes physical or mental dependency.

• True

• False