Marijuana is a common drug that changes how your brain, heart, and lungs work. Can using marijuana be dangerous?
Yes, it is also illegal unless prescribed by a doctor.
Someone may ask you to drink alcohol. You may think you should so they like you more. This is called peer pressure. What can you do to avoid peer pressure?
Tell them no, tell them you can't drink for health reasons, leave if you feel pressured
True or False: Medicine from doctors is a drug.
True. Always use medicine from doctors the way they tell you to, using it the wrong way can be dangerous.
Are drugs dangerous and can they hurt you?
Yes
True or False: Drugs change the way you think, feel, and act.
True
What may change what someone thinks about if drinking alcohol is okay or not?
Family, TV/ movies, friends
List some ways to say no to drugs.
Change the subject, give a reason, pick another activity, walk away, use your parents as a reason, say something funny like "no thanks, I'm already a mess!"
Do you have the right to drink responsibly when you are of legal age?
Yes
What does it mean if someone says they are "tipsy"?
It means they have been drinking alcohol and have had too much
What age do you have to be to drink alcohol?
21
Should you mix alcohol and drugs?
No, this can be very dangerous and result in death.
What can you do if you have been drinking and need to drive home/ your designated driver has been drinking?
Call an Uber/Lyft or another friend who hasn't been drinking
True or False: Alcohol can change the way a person thinks, acts, and feels.
True
True or False: Some people use drugs to get high. Being high makes you feel silly and forget your worries, but when the high is gone you may feel worse.
True
Should you tell others to drink?
No, do not peer pressure anyone else.
True or False: The more you drink, the stronger your feelings may be.
True
Is it safe to drink and drive or ride with someone who has been drinking?
No
Can alcohol change how you see, feel, and think?
Yes
Someone at a party offers you marijuana, what do you do?
answers vary
Beer, wine, and liquor all are considered what substance?
Alcohol
Which is correct? Alcohol makes everybody act differently, or alcohol makes everybody act the same.
Differently. some people can be happy, angry, or sad.
True or False: some people breathe in chemicals like glue or paint to get high.
Yes, this is very dangerous and could result in death.
A friend offers you pills from their mother's medicine cabinet, what do you do?
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A younger friend asks you to buy beer for them since you are 21, what do you do?
Tell them no, that is illegal
Practice saying no to peer pressure to drink alcohol or do drugs.
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True or False: Drinking too much is not dangerous.
False. Drinking too much can be dangerous to you and others
True or False: Alcohol is the most common substance that is abused.
True
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