Substance Abuse Scavenger Hunt Ms. Penny

You are going to find information about certain drugs.  These drugs are marijuana, ecstasy, steroids, nicotine, methamphetamine, and alcohol. Click on the underlined drugs below and that will take you to the webpage.

Steroids

1. What are steroids?

2. Are they legal?  Explain

3. What are the common street names?

4. What are six ways steroids affect the body?

5. How do steroids stunt growth?

6. Can steroids cause death? Explain.

Ecstasy

1. Where is ecstasy used?

2. What are the street names for ecstasy?

3. What are four ways ecstasy affects the body?

Marijuana

1. There are____________chemicals in marijuana.

2. Some of the street names for marijuana are.

3. What are four ways marijuana affects the body?

4. Can marijuana cause lung cancer?  Yes or No and Why?

Methamphetamine

1. What are the street names for methamphetamine?

2. How is methamphetamine used?

3. What are three long and short-term effects of methamphetamine?

Alcohol

1. What are three long and short-term effects of alcohol?

2. Can alcoholism be inherited?

Nicotine

1. What is the addictive drug in tobacco? 

2. Are bidi’s safer than cigarettes? Explain.

3. In______seconds nicotine reaches the brain, changing the way it works.

4. ___________________contains more than _________chemicals.

5. One out of ________deaths occur in the US as a result of smoking tobacco.

6. Tar can cause_____________________, ______________________, and   _____________________.

7. Nicotine stimulates the neurons in the brain to release large amounts of ________________.  This eventually changes the brain and causes a person to rely on nicotine. 

What are SEVEN SIGNS that a person has a drug problem?

Once you are finished you can go to Sara’s Quest and Dr. Nida’s challenge.