Alcohol/Tobacco/Marijuana Webquest

Alcohol/Tobacco/Marijuana Webquest

Alcohol/Tobacco/Marijuana Webquest

Name:______

Period:______

Alcohol/Tobacco/Marijuana Formative Webquest

  1. Visit the following website, read the info, click the buttons on the left-side of the panel under the green light, and repeat until you have completed all sections of the interactive body

What are three common things that can happen to the stomach because of alcohol use?
  1. 2. 3.
Both ______and long-term heavy drinking can lead to ______, even in people without coronary heart disease. Recent studies show that people who binge drink are about ______percent more likely than people who never binge drink to suffer an ischemic stroke over 10 years.
  1. Go to and click on “how alcohol works”
Explain why alcohol affects women differently than men.
  1. Go to click on the effects of smoking. Choose “use sample photo” and choose a teenage boy or girl.

Effect 1.______Effect 2.______Effect 3.______

Effect 4.______Effect 5.______Effect 6.______

Effect 7.______Effect 8. ______

Go back to the home page listed above. Next click on Chamber of Horrorson the right hand side of the screen. Click on start and continue to click on the arrow to continue.

Smoking causes ______% of lung cancer deaths.

______% of all stomach cancers are caused by tobacco.

An average dip gives you as much nicotine as ______cigarettes.

  1. Go to click on drug facts and then click on marijuana.

How does marijuana affect the brain? (Under How does marijuana affect the brain?)

  1. ______2. ______3. ______

What percentage of 10th graders HAVE NOT smoked pot in their lifetime according to the 2015 NIDA survey?

______% (Under How many teens use marijuana?)

People who use marijuana may also feel withdrawal when they stop using the drug. Withdrawal symptoms may include: (Under Can you get addicted to marijuana?)

  • Irritability
  • ______
  • Lack of appetite, which can lead to weight loss
  • ______
  • Drug craving
  1. Go to Click on Know the facts and then Drug Facts at the top of the page. Click on Marijuana from the “Select a Drug”

______of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.

Read The Bottom Line.

Marijuana has the potential to cause problems in your daily life, or make existing problems worse. It limits your ______effectiveness, ______down thinking, and impairs coordination and judgment. And while you’re young and still maturing, marijuana could have a long-lasting, negative impact on your developing ______.

  1. Go to:

Go to the bottom of the page “select a documentary chapter here” and choose “The Truth about Marijuana” and watch the 8 minute video.

Write at least four sentences summarizing the video.

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