Year 9 Cannabis Quiz - Drug and Alcohol Research …

1 Year 9 Cannabis quiz What do you really know about Cannabis ? Read the statements below and indicate with a tick whether you think they are true or false 1. Pot, weed, grass and 9. Some people use Cannabis 16. About one quarter of Year marijuana are all other for medical reasons 10s have smoked Cannabis names for Cannabis True in the past year True False True False False 10. Smoking Cannabis can 2. Cannabis is legal in some cause cancer 17. More than half of 17-year- parts of Australia True old students have ever tried True Cannabis False False True 11. Being around people who False 3. Cannabis is a very new drug are smoking Cannabis and is made in laboratories can cause the smell to get 18. Females are less likely to True into your hair and onto use Cannabis than males of your clothes and possible the same age across all age False detection by police groups 4.

2 Most people who use True True Cannabis eat it False False True 12. Eating Cannabis has 19. Less than 10% of 15-year- False a different effect from olds used Cannabis more 5. You can become addicted the effect you get from than 10 times in the past to Cannabis smoking it year True True True False False False 13. When young people use 20. Around three quarters of 6. When you use Cannabis it takes about 1-2 days for the Cannabis it speeds up 16-year-old students have drug to leave your system activity in their body, never tried Cannabis causing their heart to beat True True faster and their body to heat False False up True 21. Most Australian school 7. Smoking Cannabis is very different to smoking False students have never tried tobacco or cigarettes Cannabis 14. Most Year 9s have smoked True True Cannabis False False True 8. If you have a family history False of mental illness ( , schizophrenia, bi-polar) you 15.

3 Far more young people use should avoid using Cannabis Cannabis today than they did in the past True True False False Read each of the following statements and mark how strongly you agree or disagree with each of them 22. Cannabis is a safe drug Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 23. Smoking Cannabis is a fun thing to do at a teenage party Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 24. Smoking Cannabis is a normal thing to do at a teenage party Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 25. Smoking Cannabis is not as dangerous as smoking tobacco or cigarettes Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 26. Most Australian young people will try Cannabis by the time they leave school Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 27.

4 Not very many people get caught with Cannabis by the police so smoking it occasionally is not likely to get you into trouble Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 28. Cannabis can be used for medical purposes so it must be safe Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 29. Cannabis is a plant and is natural so it must be safe Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagree 30. I would know what to do and who to talk to if I was worried about a friend who was using Cannabis Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree Agree Strongly agree nor disagr