Drugs and Alcohol

Fill in the blank

• Slow/Lesson

• Stimulants are a type of drug that ____messages traveling between the brain and the body.

• Stimulants

• Depressants _____ arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain.

• Speed Up

• Which drug category leaves the user to see things that are not real?

• Reality

• Which drug category leaves the user feeling alert and invincible?

• Hallucinogens

• Hallucinogens change a person's perception of _____.

Organize these options into the correct categories

Groups:

(a) Depressants

,

(b) Stimulants

,

(c) Hallucinogens

• Magic Mushrooms

• Opioids

• Caffeine

• Adderall/Amphetamine

• Cocaine

• LSD

• PCP

• Nicotine

• Alcohol

• MDMA

• Fentanyl

• DXM

Which two categories can cannabis be placed into?

• Depressants & Stimulants

• Depressants & Hallucinogens

• Stimulants & Hallucinogens

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• You can get a DUI even if your BAC is below the legal limit

• Cannabis can be addictive

• People react differently to the same drug.

• Two friends can drink the same amount of alcohol but feel very different.

• Mixing a stimulant & depressant cancel each other out

What are the differences between CBD and THC in cannabis?

Groups:

(a) CBD

,

(b) THC

• Legal

• Gets you high

• Higher risk of side effects

  -paranoia, slower cognitive

  functioning, decrease

  motivation

• Relaxes you

• Illegal in most states

• Proven medical benefits and

  helps people with cancer,

  alzheimers, arthritis

What are the dangers of buying a drug from the streets even though it has the

same name as the prescription one? Name 2.

Name 3 factors that contribute to how someone might react to

drugs/alcohol.