1. RISK FACTORS QUIZ
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2. Pair / Share:
What are some things that can happen in a child or teen’s life to cause them to turn to and become addicted to drugs and alcohol?

4. Addiction is the interaction between a drug and a person
With the very first use, chemical changes occur
in the brain that might lead to addiction…
Some teens who use drugs will become addicted, and some won’t.
There are risk factors from a teen’s life and childhood - in their family genetics, their home life, their own drug use, their social life, their self-perception, and their school experiences, etc. that put them MORE AT RISK for drug addiction.
Are you at risk for addiction???-Take this quiz and see…

5. #1: Multiple Choice
If you have both parents who are/were alcoholics, you have a (an) ______ chance of also being an alcoholic:
A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 80%

6. RISK FACTOR: 1. Family genetics
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RISK FACTOR: 1. Family genetics C
If you have both
parents who are/were
alcoholics, you have an 80%
chance of also being an
alcoholic.

7. #2: Multiple Choice:
Teens who use marijuana weekly have _____ of depression later in life:
A) No risk
B) Double the risk
C) Triple the risk

8. RISK FACTOR: 2. Stress or problems in your life
Teens who use marijuana weekly
have double the risk of depression later
in life.

9. #3: Multiple Choice
Teens who start drinking alcohol before the age of 15 have ____ the risk of becoming an alcoholic.
A) 4 times
B) 8 times
C) 10 times

10. RISK FACTOR: 3. Early use of drugs
People who begin drinking before age 15 are
4x more likely to be addicted to alcohol
No one knows when the "chemical switch"
goes off in your brain or who will get addicted.
It's a lot like playing Russian Roulette – you
just never know.
The only thing we do know is that if you don't do drugs, you definitely won't get addicted.

11. #4: Short Answer
List 2 traumatic childhood experiences that can shape a child's brain chemistry and make them vulnerable to addiction. 1) 2)

12. RISK FACTOR: 4. Childhood trauma
Scientists know that
Physical or verbal abuse
2) Neglect of children
3) Persistent conflict in the family
4) Sexual abuse
and other traumatic childhood experiences can shape a child's brain chemistry and
subsequent vulnerability to addiction.

13. #5: True / False
It takes half as much alcohol to damage a teen’s brain as it does an adult's brain.

14. RISK FACTOR: 5. Drinking before the age of 15
True!
It takes half as much alcohol to damage a teen’s brain as it does an
adults brain.

15. #6: Multiple Choice
Students in a national survey who drank alcohol were ______ more likely than non-drinkers to have low self-esteem.
A) 2 times
B) 2 to 10 times
C) 2 to 15 times

16. RISK FACTOR: 6. Low self-esteem
Students in this survey who had
faced harmful effects of alcohol
were 2 to 15 times more likely than
non-drinkers to have low self-esteem.

17. #7: Multiple Choice
____% of cigarette smoking seniors in high school who also tried marijuana.
A) 50%
B) 64%
C) 94%

18. RISK FACTOR: 7. Using Tobacco
94% of smoking seniors in high
school tried marijuana compared to only
20% of non-smoking seniors.

19. #8: Multiple Choice
Students with an average grade of “D” or below were more than _______ as likely to have used marijuana in the past year as students who reported an average grade of “A.”
A) 1.5 times
B) four times
C) ten times

20. RISK FACTOR: 8. Poor grades
Students with an average
grade of “D” or below were
more than four times as
likely to have used marijuana in
the past year as students who
reported an average grade of “A B

21. #9: Multiple Choice
Kids who learn a lot about the risks of drugs at home are ___% less likely to use than those who don’t talk with parents.
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 60%

22. RISK FACTOR: 9. Lacking family support
Kids who learn a lot about
the risks of drugs at home
are up to 50 % less
likely to use than those
who do not talk to their
parents about drugs. B

23. #10: Multiple Choice Feeling unaccepted socially
Of these 3, what is the most powerful risk factor that a teen will use drugs in high school?:
Feeling unaccepted socially
B) Having friends who use
C) Poor attendance

24. RISK FACTOR: 10. Friends who useB
One of the most powerful risk
factors is having friends who use drugs and
alcohol!!!!!!

25. Answers at a glance: 1. C 2. B 3. A 10 – A 9 – A-
4. abuse, neglect, conflict
5. TRUE
6. C 9. B
7. C B
8. B
10 – A
9 – A-
8 – B
7 – C
6 – D
5 – F
4 – F
3 – F
2 – F
1 - F

26. Top 10 RISK FACTORS in Review:
1. Family genetics
2. Stress or problems in your life
3. Early use of drugs
4. Childhood trauma
5. Drinking before the age of 15
6. Low self-esteem
7. Smoking Cigarettes/vaping
8. Poor grades
9. Lacking family support
10. Friends who use
Protective Factors:
relieve stress in healthy ways
positive self-talk
manage anger
have empathy
get counseling
care about your education
choose friends who don't use
don't smoke cigarettes
treat depression
don't drink alcohol until 21

27. TAKE A FEW MINUTES OF QUIET REFLECTION
How many
TAKE A FEW MINUTES OF QUIET REFLECTION
TO SEE IF YOU ARE AT RISK FOR ADDICTION…
LOOK AT THE BACK SIDE OF THE WORKSHEET
FOR WARNING SIGNS…
How many of these “Risk Factors” can you control?
Put a “ * ” by those you can control and ask
yourself if you need to change those things…