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Community safety
Alcohol
and drugs support in Adur : Quiz
How much do you know about drugs?
1. The following are all slang names for drugs. Do you
know their real names?
(a) smack (b) puff (c) acid (d) charlie (e) whizz
2. Drinking lots of water is an effective antidote to ecstasy.
True or False
3. You can only be sent to prison under the drug laws for
possession of Class A drugs (i.e. heroin, crack, ecstasy)
True or False
4. Which drug causes most deaths to young people?
(a) cannabis (b) alcohol (c) solvents (d) ecstasy (e) heroin
5. Which drug contributes to 25,000 deaths and 2,000 limb amputations in the UK every year?
6. Smoking cannabis has no long-term physical effects on
your body.
True or False
7. Alcohol is a stimulant.
True or False
8. A bad LSD trip is more likely to happen to first time
users.
True or False
9. You can only become dependent on drugs if you inject
them.
True or False
10. Withdrawal from heroin is not dangerous.
True or False
11. You can catch Hepatitis C only if you share needles.
True or False
12. The following article, written in 1908 is a description
of the effects of a substance. Can you guess what it is?
We have seen several well-marked cases of ????? excess.
The sufferer is tremulous, and loses his self-command; he loses colour and
has a haggard appearance. The appetite falls off, and symptoms of gastric
catarrh may also be manifested. The heart also suffers; it palpitates, or
it intermits. As with other such agents, a renewed dose of the poison gives
temporary relief, but at the cost of future misery.
If you would like more information or advice please contact Norma Buss, Community Alcohol and Drugs Worker.
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