Preparing YOU to make good decisions.Adolescents try drugs for many different reasons. Peer pressure, curiosity, boredom, depression and a desire to "fit in" can all effect why a young adult would try drugs.
The use of some "less harmful" drugs can lead to the use of more addictive and dangerous drugs. Marijuana is commonly known as a "gateway" drug to other drugs.
Use the following websites to help you answer questions in your scavenger hunt:
- Free Vibe - http://www.freevibe.com
- Above the Influence - http://www.abovetheinfluence.com
- Check Yourself - http://www.checkyourself.org
- NIDA for Teens: Mind Over Matter - http://teens.drugabuse.gov
Essential Question:
Identify the major drugs and symptoms of possible substance abuse in adolescents.
Questions:
- Among kids who use drugs, approximately ___ percent use marijuana only.
- Research shows that marijuana is ______________more likely to lead to dependence among adolescents than among adults.
- Talking to your friend about drugs may be a ______________process–not a one-time event—so you may want to check in with him/her from time to time.
- One of the dangers of MDMA (Ecstasy) abuse is _______________—extreme overheating—because of dehydration or loss of fluids through excessive sweating.
- Alcohol is a_________________, and can actually make you tired.
- Steroids can stop _____________prematurely and permanently in teens.
- Users of heroin build up a ______________ very quickly and need more and more of the drug to feel the same high they did the first time they used it.
- When smoking tobacco, you inhale tar, ______________, carbon monoxide and 200 known poisons into your lungs.
- ______________is the most common cause of lung cancer.
- Drinking too much (__________drinking) can cause alcohol poisoning, which can lead to coma and even death.
- What are some reasons that adolescents try drugs?
- If drug addiction is a disease, is there a cure?
- List the major drug groups.
