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Alcohol
1. Define alcohol and fermentation. What drug category does alcohol fit into?
2. What is proof and how is it determined? Traditionally, how much alcohol is in a serving
of wine? Beer? How much is considered a drink?
3. What is the pathway of alcohol in the body? What body organ break down the alcohol?
How much alcohol can be metabolized in an hour?
4. What is BAC? List and explain the 6 stages of intoxication
5. How does drinking alcohol affect the fetus? What is FAS? Compare a FAS baby to a
normal baby.
6. Explain the following conditions that may result from alcohol use
a. Alcoholic Dementia
b. Alcoholic Hepatitis
c. Cardiomyopathy
d. Ulcer
e. Cirrhosis
7. Define alcohol poisoning and what are 3 signs? Define binge drinking.
8. What is alcoholism and what are the four symptoms (explain each)?
9. What is alcohol abuse?
10. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic
Club Drugs
1. What is Molly? What are some effects of Molly?
2. What is a Schedule-1 Drug?
3. What is DXM and where can you find it? What happens when DXM and Ecstasy
are mixed?
4. What is Rohypnol? What are some slang names?
5. List effects of Rohypnol
6. What is AMT? How is it used?
7. Why are club drugs being used? Who are they most often being used by?
8. What are the legal consequences if you are caught with a club drug?
9. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic
Designer Drugs
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Define designer drugs. What are they also known as?
2. List 3 risks associated with designer drugs?
What is Crystal Meth? What does it look like? What are 2 slang names for Crystal Meth?
How is Crystal Meth abused (how is it taken into the body)?
What is MDMA? What does it look like? What are 2 slang names for MDMA?
What can happen to the body with high doses of MDMA?
What is GHB? Why was it made in the 1920’s? What does it look like? What are 2 slang
names for GHB?
8. What are the risks of GHB and what happens if it is mixed with alcohol?
9. What is Ketamine? What does it look like? What are 2 slang names?
10. Designer drugs are often called date rape drugs. What are the signs of being drugged?
What should you do if it happens to you? How can you avoid being the victim?
11. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic.
Hallucinogens
1. What is a hallucinogen?
2. What is a hallucination?
3. What are two things that can affect a person when using a hallucinogen?
4. What is PCP? What does it look like? What are some risks associated with
PCP?
5. What was PCP originally used for? What are some slang names for PCP?
6. What is LSD? How can LSD be used? What are some risks associated with
LSD?
7. What are some slang names for LSD?
8. What is Psilocybin? Where do you find psilocybin?
9. What is Peyote? Where does it come from? What is the active ingredient?
10.List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic
Inhalants, Cocaine, and Crack
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Define inhalants, huffing, sniffing, and bagging
List 3 examples of inhalants
List 3 effects of inhalants on the body
What are stores like Wal-Mart doing to help discourage inhalant use?
List 10 signs and symptoms of a person who uses inhalants
What is cocaine? Where does it come from? What are slang names for cocaine? How is
cocaine ingested, explain?
7. Cocaine was first used for medical reasons. When? Why? Why is it no longer used for
medical reasons?
8. Where does crack come from? How did it get its name? What does it look like? What are
the slang names for crack? How is it ingested?
9. What are the health effects of using crack or cocaine? Are they addictive? How do people
feel when the drug wears off?
10. Define the following terms as they relate to crack and cocaine:
a. Horn
b. Snowball
c. Nose candy
d. Bingers
e. Oolies
f. Tornado
g. Wicky Stick
11. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic.
Marijuana
1. What is marijuana, state the scientific and tell how it is ingested?
2. What is the active ingredient in marijuana, how many chemicals are in marijuana? Which
has more carcinogens, cigarette smoke or cannabis smoke?
3. What is hashish and how is it consumed?
4. How long does marijuana stay in the user’s body?
5. List four signs someone has been using marijuana.
6. Explain how marijuana is sometimes used for medicinal purposes. When did it become a
Schedule 1 drug?
7. Is marijuana addictive (physically/psychologically)? Explain.
8. Define a gateway drug. Is marijuana a gateway drug?
9. What are the laws in NYS for marijuana possession and sale?
10. Describe the effects of marijuana on the body and explain how it could effect someone
driving a vehicle.
11. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic
Narcotics
1. Define narcotic and opiates.
2. What is opium? What are the opium wars?
3. What is morphine? What is it used for?
4. What is codeine? What is it used for?
5. What are 3 withdrawal symptoms of narcotics?
6. What is heroin? What does it look like? What are 2 slang terms?
7. List 3 health risks associated with heroin use.
8. What is Methadone and Suboxone?
9. Do people become addicted to Methadone or Suboxone?
10. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic
Prescription Drugs
1. Define a prescription drug
2. Explain the use of the following drugs:
a. Amoxicillin
b. Diazepam
c. Strattera
d. Percocet
e. Codeine
3. List 5 guidelines for safe prescription use
4. Why do people abuse prescription drugs? How many people ages 12-17 have tried
prescription drugs for recreational purposes?
5. What is methylphenidate prescribed for?
6. What are some slang names of methylphenidate? What does it do to the body when taken
orally? Snorted?
7. Dealing or distributing prescription drugs for recreational purposes is what type of
criminal offense in NYS? What are the legal consequences in NYS?
8. What is the most abused prescription drug in the U.S.?
9. Why is Oxycontin prescribed?
10. What can happen when Oxycontin is abused? What can happen when it is mixed with
alcohol?
11. What is Oxycontin a form of? What is the difference between the two?
12. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to your topic
Steroids
1. Define steroids. What are 2 slang terms for steroids?
2. Define anabolic steroids and androgenic steroids. What is the most powerful androgen?
3. How do anabolic steroids work? What do they “improve”? Has this been medically
proven?
4. What are the general risks of steroid abuse? What about the specific risks associated with
women? With men? Include the definition of “roid rage”.
5. What is the difference between oral steroids and injectable steroids?
6. Explain “blood doping”. What is EPO and how is EPO used in blood doping?
7. Find one current event (within the past 12 months) about an athlete abusing steroids.
Explain the event.
a. What is the impact this might have on professional sports?
b. Discuss the health impact on the athlete (if known)
c. What is the impact on children who look up to professional athletes as role
models?
8. What are corticosteroids? Why are they used?
9. Why are steroid creams used?
10. Why is albuterol used?
11. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic
Tobacco
1. When do most people start smoking and what reasons do they give for smoking?
2. Why do some people become sick when they first try to smoke?
3. How does smoking affect your health? How many minutes does each cigarette take off a
smoker’s life?
4. How many chemical compounds are found in cigarettes? How many are carcinogens?
5. Below is a list of some chemicals in cigarettes. Briefly explain the main use for each
chemical.
a. Formaldehyde
b. Acetone
c. Carbon Monoxide
d. Ammonia
e. Nicotine
f. Arsenic
g. Hydrogen Cyanide
6. What is secondhand smoke and what are the risks associated with secondhand smoke?
What is thirdhand smoke?
7. What is smokeless tobacco and distinguish between snuff and chewing tobacco? Who is
the main age group that is being marketed for chewing tobacco?
8. What are the health risks of smokeless tobacco? What is leukoplakia?
9. How much tax is there on one pack of cigarettes in New York State? How much money
would someone spend on one year if they smoke a pack per day?
10. List 3 areas of interest pertaining to this topic