Substance Misuse

Question 1

Why do people take drugs?

Answer 1

Make the more confident
Medical conditions
To make them feel invincible
To relax

Question 2

What are drugs?

Answer 2

Any substance that alters the psychology, mood and perception.

Question 3

What is an upper?

Answer 3

An upper is a drug that increases your activity

Question 4

What is a downer?

Answer 4

A substance that decreases the neuro activity

Question 5

What is a psychedelic

Answer 5

A drug that makes you see things which aren’t there

Question 6

What is a mixture

Answer 6

Is a combination of an upper, downer and a psydelic

Question 7

What are the types of drugs that can be found in prison?

Answer 7

Herion, paracetamol, benzodiazepines, spice, cannabis

Question 8

What are the methods that drugs can be taken?

Answer 8

Swallowed 
Inhaled 
Injected 
Sniffed 
Smoked

Question 9

What are some of the symptoms from taking drugs?

Answer 9

Running nose 
Watery eyes 
Weight gain
Abdominal pains 
Vomiting

Question 10

What are the four types of drug testing you can have?

Answer 10

Voluntary drug testing
Mandatory drug testing
Clinical drug testing
Alcohol testing

Question 11

How to tackle substance misuse

Answer 11

Through ROTL
Stop them entering whilst in visits
Charge prisoners
Stop throw overs