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Watch the following video and answer the questions on your worksheet that go along with it.
It will be the video on the homepage when the link opens.

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Information About Illegal Drugs & Alcohol Abuse - Drug-Free World

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Watch Truth About Drugs Documentary Video & Learn About Substance Addiction. Get The Facts About Painkillers, Marijuana, Cocaine, Meth & Other Illegal Drugs.

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Click through the tabs on how drugs affect different parts of the body. Write one fact per part on your worksheet.

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Click below and on your worksheet, list the states that have legal medical mari

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Update: On Nov. 8, 2016, voters in eight states made changes to their marijuana laws, according to uncertified results. California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada legalized marijuana for adult recreational use. Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North Dakota legalized marijuana for medical use. The details of the laws and when they go into effect vary by state. Original post, current as of Oct. 11, 2016:
There's been a lot of talk in the U.S. lately about legalizing marijuana. Maybe you've heard stories in the news about some states that have legalized weed (or are debating whether to do that) and wondered, what does that mean for you?
Recreational marijuana
First, let's get the obvious out of the way: If you're a teen, it's never legal to use marijuana recreationally (that is, just to get high).

Marijuana is also still illegal under U.S. federal law, even in states that have passed laws to make it legal under state law.

Confused yet? Okay, so what about those state laws?

The District of Columbia and four states ( Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington) allow adults to use marijuana recreationally. While the laws in these places vary, all of them prohibit people under the age of 21 from using marijuana recreationally.
Medical marijuana
Some research suggests that marijuana may have the potential to help treat some health conditions including pain, nausea, epilepsy, and others. But there hasn't been enough research on the subject, and patients across the country are using marijuana strains and extracts that haven't been fully tested or shown to be effective for their medical condition.

So far, 25 states and D.C. have passed laws to let people use marijuana with recommendations from their doctors (and sometimes by fulfilling other requirements, like having a medical marijuana license). The federal government has decided not to challenge those laws to any great extent. But people who buy marijuana in a state where it's legal (for medicinal or recreational use) cannot take it across state lines into a state where it is not legal. So it remains a confusing issue.

Marijuana hasn't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and that approval is necessary to grow and sell medicine in this country. But researchers are studying possible medical uses for marijuana and some of the chemicals it contains. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which enforces marijuana laws in the U.S., recently said it would increase the number of places allowed to grow the plant for research purposes in hopes of making it easier for more scientists to study marijuana.

So just to repeat, nothing in the law has changed for teens; using weed to get high is still illegal, wherever you live in the U.S. Depending on what scientists learn about marijuana's value as medicine, it may (or may not) become legal for more people with certain health problems.

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Update: On Nov. 8, 2016, voters in eight states made changes to their marijuana laws, according to uncertified results. California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada legalized marijuana for adult recreational use. Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North Dakota legalized marijuana for medical use. The details of the laws and when they go into effect vary by state.

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Using the link below, answer the question on your worksheet about e-cig/vape facts.

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Ever wonder how many teens use e-cigarettes? Or whether smoking e-cigs means you're more likely to start using tobacco products like cigarettes, cigars, or hookahs? Check out the infographics below for the answers, plus more facts on teens and e-cigs.
Teens are more likely to use e-cigarettes than cigarettes

Teens' use of cigarettes in the past month:

3.6 percent among 8th graders

6.3 percent among 10th graders

11.4 percent among 12th graders

Use of e-cigarettes in the past month:

9.5 percent among 8th graders

14.0 percent among 10th graders

16.2 percent among 12 graders

Twice as many boys use e-cigs as girls

Teen e-cig users are more likely to start smoking than non-users

Smoking includes combustible tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, and hookahs)

30.7 percent of e-cig users started smoking within 6 months; 8.1 percent of non-users started smoking within that time

What do teens say is in their e-cig?

66.0 percent say just flavoring

13.7 percent say they don't know

13.2 percent say nicotine

5.8 percent say marijuana

1.3 percent say it's something else (other)

Okay, so what's really in an e-cig? Manufacturers don't have to report e-cig ingredients, so users often don't know what's in them. Not cool, right? (Note: The government might soon start requiring labels with ingredients.)
Teen exposure to e-cig advertising

7 in 10 teens are exposed to e-cig ads

Among middle school students:

52.8 percent are exposed to retail ads about e-cigs (a retail ad promotes products or services available from a local company or store)

35.8 percent are exposed to internet ads

34.1 percent to TV/movie ads

25 percent to newspaper and magazine ads

Among high school students:

56.3 percent are exposed to retail ads

42.9 percent to internet ads

38.4 percent to TV/movie ads

34.6 percent to newspaper and magazine ads

E-cigarettes can be addictive. Plus, smoking e-cigs is linked with an increased chance you'll start smoking cigarettes, cigars, and/or hookahs.

So think carefully about what you might be getting into-especially if it's just because the e-cig flavoring tastes good. You might be inhaling more than you bargained for.
For the latest on teens' use of e-cigarettes, check out this blog post.

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Ever wonder how many teens use e-cigarettes? Or whether smoking e-cigs means you're more likely to start using tobacco products like cigarettes, cigars, or hookahs? Check out the infographics below for the answers, plus more facts on teens and e-cigs.

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Watch the video and fill in the blanks that go along with it on your worksheet.