Health - Drugs and Alcohol

Question 1

What are drugs

Answer 1

A drug is a substance when inhaled, injected, smoked or digested causes a temporary physiological and psychological change in the body

Question 2

What are good drugs

Answer 2

• Panadol
• Ibuprofen
• Antibiotics

Question 3

What are bad drugs

Answer 3

• Cannabis
• Cocaine
• Heroin
• Meth

Question 4

What is a stimulant drug

Answer 4

Drugs which stimulate the central nervous system and speed up messages between the brain and body

Question 5

What is a depressant drug

Answer 5

Drugs which slow down the central nervous system and often lower breathing, and heart rate

Question 6

What are hallucinogen drugs

Answer 6

Drugs that distort your sensory perceptions, making you see and hear things that don’t exist

Question 7

Examples of stimulant drug

Answer 7

• Caffeine
• Estasy
• Cocaine

Question 8

Examples of depressant drugs

Answer 8

• Heroin
• Panadol
• Beer

Question 9

Examples of hallucinogen drugs

Answer 9

• Magic mushrooms
• Cannabis
• Ketamine

Question 10

What is cannabis

Answer 10

One of the most common illegal drugs used and can be consumed by smoking, vaporizing or used in baking

Question 11

What is cannabis impact on spiritual (Taha wairua)

Answer 11

• loss of faith
• disconnect of reality

Question 12

What is cannabis impact on physical (Taha tinana)

Answer 12

• pink eye
• bloodshot
• increased health risks

Question 13

What is cannabis impact on social (Taha whanau)

Answer 13

• lose friends/family
• lose job

Question 14

What is cannabis impact on mental (Taha hinengaro)

Answer 14

• depression
• no concentration or motivation

Question 15

How many NZ people have tried cannabis

Answer 15

36% of New Zealanders over 17

Question 16

What are personal influences on cannabis

Answer 16

• looks cool
• taste
• unwind/escape

Question 17

What are interpersonal influences on cannabis use

Answer 17

• pressure from friends
• everyone else is doing it

Question 18

What are societal influences on cannabis use

Answer 18

• movies normalise drug use
• youth normalise it
• memes normalise it

Question 19

What are consequences

Answer 19

Where every choice someone makes it always has a consequence whether good or bad

Question 20

What is the equation to find out how much standard drinks is in your 1 ‘drink’

Answer 20

% of alcohol x volume (L) x 0.789

Question 21

What are RTD’s (Ready to drink)

Answer 21

Alcohol commonly used by young people at parties that taste sweet and look like soft drinks

Question 22

What is the reality of RTD’s

Answer 22

They often have 2 standard ‘drinks’ in 1 container which makes it easy to have too much alcohol and they have way too much sugar

Question 23

What are ways to consume alcohol safely

Answer 23

• Be over 18
• Have a designated driver if you have been drinking
• Eat before drinking
• Don’t leave drinks unattended

Question 24

Short-term effects on cannabis

Answer 24

• Bloodshot eyes
• Anxiety and paranoia
• dry mouth
• hallucinations

Question 25

What is a standard drink

Answer 25

A standard drink is defined as 10g of pure alcohol and drinks in New Zealand must be labelled to indicate how many standard drinks are in each bottle.

Question 26

How do they market alcohol

Answer 26

Marketing is used very carefully to encourage us to drink alcohol and normalise drinking in our culture.