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Chapter One Activity 1A: Did You Know?
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Name three different types of tobacco products.
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ANSWERDifferent tobacco products include cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and chewing tobacco.
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QUESTIONAlthough tobacco products can cause many different cancers, what cancer is most often associated with the use of tobacco products?
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ANSWERLung cancer is most often associated with tobacco, but esophagus, mouth, kidney, pancreas, and stomach cancer might also be caused by tobacco.
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What is the main active chemical ingredient found in tobacco products?
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Nicotine. It is one of over 4,000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Over 250 of the chemicals are toxic and may cause cancer.
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Name at least two things that smoking does to a person besides health-related problems.
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Smoking makes your teeth and fingers yellow, makes your clothes and hair smell bad, and makes your breath really bad.
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QUESTIONHow does someone who is smoking affect those around them?
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Second-hand smoke can cause severe health problems for nonsmokers: lung cancer, asthma, respiratory problems, heart disease, and more. It causes smelly clothes and hair, plus eye and nasal irritation.
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QUESTIONTrue or False. 4 out of 10 middle school youth are currently smoking.
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False. Less than 1 out of every 10 eighth graders currently use tobacco products.
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What is the legal drinking age?
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The legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years of age.
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Name two things that might happen to you if you drink too much.
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You may get sick, lose friends, get in trouble with parents and possibly the law, and/or get in trouble at school.
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What does binge drinking mean?
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Binge drinking means heavy use of alcohol over a short period of time. Some researchers say it is having five or more drinks in a row by men OR four or more drinks in a row by women in a short time period.
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True or False. It is okay for parents to let youth drink alcohol when they are at home.
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False. The legal drinking age is 21, so it is illegal – plus it is bad for your health, can cause permanent brain damage, and many other things.
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True or False. At least 4 out of 10 eighth graders have tried alcohol at least once in their lifetime.
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True. 4 out of every 10 eighth graders have used alcohol at least once in their lifetime.
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Which of these is not caused by drinking alcohol?A. Lowered heart rateB. Impaired coordination/motor skillsC. Lung cancerD. Impaired memoryE. Liver cancer
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C. Lung cancer is not caused by alcohol. Alcohol is a depressant and lowers your heart rate. It causes loss of coordination and muscle control. Alcohol abuse can cause liver disease and/or cancer. Memory is affected by alcohol use.
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When someone says they are sniffing, snorting, bagging, or huffing, what are they doing?
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They are using inhalants to get high by sniffing or snorting fumes from containers; spraying aerosols directly into the mouth or nose; bagging by inhaling a substance inside a paper or plastic bag; or huffing from an inhalant-soaked rag.
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True or False. Marijuana can mess up your performance in school, sports, and other parts of your life.
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True. Marijuana affects memory, causes learning problems, distorts perception, and makes it difficult to think and solve problems.
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What are two street names for marijuana?
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Common street names for marijuana include pot, weed, and grass.
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True or False. Sniffing common household products can starve the body of oxygen, cause breathing to stop, and even cause death.
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True. Most inhalants cause a rapid high similar to alcohol intoxication. In highly concentrated amounts, inhalants cause oxygen to be displaced in the lungs, and then in the central nervous system which stops breathing.
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Which of these common household products might be used as an inhalant?A. Nail polish removerB. Hair sprayC. DeodorantD. All of the above
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ANSWERD. All of the above. Nail polish remover, hair spray, aerosol deodorant - all can be used as inhalants. Other products might include rubber cement, spray paint, gasoline, paint thinner, air freshener, and more – all can be very dangerous.
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QUESTIONWhat is the main active chemical in marijuana?
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ANSWERTHC is the main active chemical in marijuana. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug among youth. Its strength is 10 times stronger than in the 1970s, making it more dangerous.
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True or False. Using someone else’s prescription medications for reasons other than which they were purchased is illegal.
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True. Doctors prescribe medications for specific persons and their specific conditions. Use of medications for purposes other than intended can be very serious.
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QUESTIONWhich of these over-the-counter medicines are used to get high?A. Cold & cough medicines with a cough suppressantB. AntacidsC. AspirinD. Calcium supplement
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A. Over-the-counter cold and cough medications contain DXM (dextromethorphan). At recommended doses, these drugs are safe and effective. At much higher doses, they become dangerous.
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True or False. Taking a big dose of an over-the-counter (OTC) cold or cough medication won’t hurt you.
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False. Using OTC cold or cough medications containing DXM incorrectly can cause vomiting, brain damage, seizures, strokes, and even death.
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QUESTIONHow many eighth graders are using over-the-counter medications to get high?A. 1 in 100B. 1 in 50C. 1 in 25D. 1 in 10
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C. About 1 out of every 25 eighth graders are using over-the-counter cold and cough medications containing DXM to get high. Not all eighth graders are using drugs as a way to have what they call fun.
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True or False. Oxycontin® and Ibuprofen are prescription drugs that are often abused.
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False. Oxycontin® and Vicodin® are the two most abused prescription pain relievers. When abused, Oxycontin® is used as a heroin substitute, while Vicodin® has a pain-relieving effect similar to morphine.
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Why is mixing medications with alcohol or taking a drug that you don’t know anything about dangerous?
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Many medications say do not take with certain foods, etc. If you mix cement mix into a cake, you have a disaster. The same goes with mixing medications and/or alcohol, which can cause very serious drug interactions.
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True or False. Taking methamphetamine just one time won’t hurt you.
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False. Methamphetamine (meth) is highly addictive and even just one use may cause you to be addicted. Meth is deadly, dangerous, and unpredictable.
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What are two street names you might hear someone call illegal drugs?
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Any name given may be correct. Coke, snow, Special K, roofies, junk, H, acid, X, speed, chalk, ice – are just a very few of some common names.
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What drug claims to enhance or improve an athlete’s performance?
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Steroids. Abuse of steroids can cause liver tumors, high blood pressure, severe acne, and some permanent serious health problems. Teenagers growth may be permanently stopped before reaching maturity.
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True or False. MDMA (also known as Ecstasy) has a chemical structure similar to meth, which is known to cause brain damage.
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True. Ecstasy is a “designer drug” – a man-made compound with a chemical structure similar to methamphetamine and mescaline. Both drugs are known to cause brain damage.
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Which drug is made in labs in homes, in car trunks, or in super labs?A. HeroinB. CocaineC. MethamphetamineD. Mescaline
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C. Methamphetamine is made from fairly common, easily obtained ingredients. It can be made in home labs, car trunks, motel rooms, but more often in super labs. Most of the ingredients are very harmful to the human body.
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What drugs are often referred to as the “date rape” drugs?A. Heroin and cocaineB. GHB and RohypnolC. PCP and LSD
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B. GHB and Rohypnol. Both drugs can be mixed with liquids (even water). The person drinking the liquid can’t tell it is there. The drugs act quickly in the body, cause confusion, memory loss, dizziness, breathing difficulty, unconsciousness.
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True or False. Using any drug just one time won’t hurt you.
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False. Using any drug just one time can lead to very bad consequences. A one-time use may lead to occasional use, then to regular use, and then to abusing a drug or uncontrollable use.
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Once you are addicted to a substance, is it easy or hard to get over the addiction?
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Hard. Addiction occurs as a progression of different steps. These steps go from experimenting, to using socially, to using on a more regular basis, to being unable to control use of the substance.
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Which illegal drug is the most commonly abused substance in the world?
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Marijuana. In 2006, 15.7% (1.5 of about every 10) of eighth graders reported having used marijuana in their lifetime. 40.1% (4 out of 10) of the U.S. population age 12 and older have tried marijuana at least once in their lifetime.
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What is the single most avoidable cause of disease, disability and death in the United States?
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Tobacco use. It causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and other diseases. Second-hand smoke can cause disease in nonsmokers. It increases medical costs, insurance rates, death.
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Name two drugs that can permanently damage your brain.
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Alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy, meth, cold and cough medications containing DXM, inhalants.
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What is a “gateway” drug?
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Gateway drugs are those that provide entry into substance use. These are tobacco and alcohol, but marijuana can also be a gateway drug. Youth using these drugs are likelier to use another drug.
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