How Much Do YOU Know About Alcohol and Other Drugs?
Answer each of the following questions "true" or "false."
Then check the bottom of this page to see how many questions you
answered right.
1. Alcohol is a drug.
2. Everyone reacts the same way to the same amount of alcohol.
3. A person can die of alcohol poisoning.
4. Alcoholism is a disease.
5. Alcoholic people can be helped.
6. Certain symptoms warn people that their drinking may lead to
alcoholism.
7. Beer drinkers never develop alcoholism.
8. "Passing out" and "blacking out" are the same thing.
9. Alcohol is a stimulant.
10. Drinking coffee or taking a cold shower can help "sober up"
a person who has had too much alcohol.
11. Two warning signs of an alcohol problem are blackouts and
increased tolerance (needing to drink more and more to feel good).
12. Marijuana contains more cancer-producing elements than
tobacco cigarettes.
13. Marijuana doesn't affect driving performance.
14. Cocaine is a stimulant.
15. Crack cocaine use will cause your heart and respiration
(breathing) rates to decrease.
16. Dependency on heroin can develop within a few weeks of daily
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