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Scavenger Hunt

You'll need your Web-searching skills to play this game! Use the links below to find answers to the questions. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper.

1. What is America's leading preventable killer?
http://www.drugabuse.gov/MOM/NIC/MOMNIC3.html

2. How does marijuana affect driving?
http://www.drugabuse.gov/MarijBroch/Marijteens.html

3. What are inhalants?
http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol15N6/tearoff.html

4. According to 2001 data, what percentage of 10th-graders have tried hallucinogens in their lifetime?
http://monitoringthefuture.org/data/01data.html#2001data-drugs

5. What are some of the street names for heroin?
http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofax/heroin.html

Click here to check your answers.

From Scholastic and the Scientists of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services