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Year 10 Drug Quiz

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Year 10 Drug Quiz

Answer each question using the information on this page and your own health knowledge. If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call 000. You can also talk with a trusted adult or health professional.

Part A: Understand the effects

Drugs can affect the brain and body in different ways. Their effects can vary between people and situations.

1.Which option best describes a depressant such as alcohol?
  • It can slow activity in the central nervous system and affect judgement and coordination.
  • It always improves concentration and reaction time.
  • It has no effect on the brain or body.
2.Stimulants such as caffeine can increase activity in the central nervous system. Name one possible short-term physical effect of a stimulant.
3.True or false: A medicine prescribed to one person is automatically safe for someone else to take.
TrueFalse
4.LSD and psilocybin, found in some mushrooms, are commonly grouped as which type of drug?
  • Depressants
  • Stimulants
  • Hallucinogens
  • Antibiotics

Part B: Make safer choices

Read the situation, then use the decision-making and support information to answer the questions.

5.At a gathering, someone offers Isla an unknown pill and says, “Everyone’s doing it.” Write one clear refusal Isla could use and one action she could take next to stay safer.
6.Give two ways someone could plan ahead to avoid or leave a situation where they feel pressured to use drugs.
7.Why can mixing alcohol with another drug be dangerous? Give one reason.
8.What does drug tolerance mean, and why might it increase risk?

Immediate danger or suspected overdose

Call 000 for emergency help

Need someone to talk to, any time

Lifeline: 13 11 14

Want information or support about alcohol and other drugs

National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline: 1800 250 015

9.Ivy is worried about a friend who has taken an unknown substance and is difficult to wake. What should Ivy do first?
  • Leave the friend alone to sleep it off.
  • Call 000, stay with the friend, and follow the operator’s instructions.
  • Give the friend another substance to wake them up.
  • Wait until the next day before telling anyone.
10.Name one Australian support service from the information above and explain when someone might contact it.

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  • Year 10 Drug Quiz, page 1 of 2: Part A: Understand the effects, Part B: Make safer choices

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  • Year 10 Drug Quiz, page 2 of 2: 6. Give two ways someone could plan ahead to avoid or leave a situation where they feel…

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