English drug quiz
There is a lot to know and learn about alcohol and other drugs and you are here to test your knowledge about it.
10 questions about alcohol, cannabis and ecstasy / MDMA.
Challenge your friends to find out who can take the crown and who may brag about it all week long.
1. Which drink contains the most alcohol?
D is the right answer.
A standard glass is a glass that is adapted to the type of drink and contains 12 ml or 10 grams of alcohol.
2. What is the best you can do to break down alcohol or other drugs faster in your body?
E is the right answer.
Unfortunately, you cannot sober up quicker than your body naturally does.
The breakdown process of alcohol cannot be accelerated. You may feel like you are getting sober faster if you take anti-hangover pills or eat a burger before going to bed, but this is only an illusion. Vomiting does not work either, because by then the alcohol is already in your blood.
3. In general, women are more sensitive to alcohol than men, which means they get drunk faster. Why is that?
B is the right answer.
When alcohol enters the blood (via the stomach and intestines), the alcohol spreads the same as the body fluids. Men consist out of 55% water, women 45%. For example, a 60 kg man, the alcohol is divided over 33 liters of water, whereas and with a 60 kg woman it is divided over 27 liters.
4. A black-out after drinking a lot, is caused by disturbance in the...
A is the right answer.
The memory consists of 2 parts: short-term memory and long-term memory. Short-term memory is the memory that holds information for a short time, like seconds to minutes. Long-term memory is retained for a (very) long time. Information from short-term memory, such as remembering a name, can be passed on to long-term memory.
This process is affected by alcohol. It is therefore difficult for someone under the influence of alcohol to remember things and sometimes to forget what he / she has done. In a black-out, this process is disrupted, and information from the short-term memory is not passed on to the long-term memory. The memories are then not saved and are, as it were, lost.
When you do remember certain events, it is called a grey-out.
5. Cannabis is legal in the Netherlands
The right answer is B: false.
Drugs are, as they are in the rest of the world, officially illegal in the Netherlands, but the Dutch Narcotics Act distinguishes between hard drugs and soft drugs.
Possession, dealing, selling, production and most other acts involving any drug are punishable by law. When it comes to soft drugs there is a tolerance policy active in the Netherlands. This means that although possession of and buying soft drugs are recognized as a violation of the law, these violations aren't actually prosecuted.
6. Your friend has taken ecstasy and now is anxious and confused. What do you do?
A is the right answer.
The use of drugs is not punishable by law in the Netherlands.
Possession, trade, sale and production of drugs is punishable. Therefore, visiting the First Aid will not have legal consequences.
Of course, we encourage you to first take your friend to a quiet and cool place, but if your friend is getting too anxious go to the First Aid.
The First Aid is your friend and will give your friend the right treatment.
7. To minimalise potential risks, how much MDMA should a person maximally take in one event?
B is the right answer.
A recreational dose is between 1 and 1.5 mg MDMA for each kilogram body weight per occasion. This means that when you weigh 70 kg (or 155 pounds), a recreational dose would be between 70 and 105 mg MDMA for the whole evening.
If you take more, you will especially experience more unwanted effects like jaw tension, forgetfulness, confusion and nausea.
Of course the use of MDMA is never without risks, but if you follow this advice you can limit the risks and side effects as much as possible.
Be aware: Dutch ecstasy pills and MDMA powder are stronger than in most other countries. Make sure you adjust your dosage before you take something and visit one of the drug checking services.
8. Addiction health care is only for people with addiction problems
The right answer is B: false.
Dutch addiction health care is for everyone with questions about, or problems with, any level of drug use. Whether you want to try something for the first time or you are an experienced user, you can ask us all questions.
Visit the Question and Answer mailbox of Jellinek
or check the Student Support page for more information.
9. Smoking marijuana/cannabis causes permanent damage to your memory.
The right answer is B: false.
Memory is not permanently affected. That said, your memory works less well when you are under influence. You forget things that have just been said or happened. When you are sober, your memory will work normal again. Under the influence of cannabis it can also be hard to focus or concentrate. Cannabis therefore does not go well together with work, school or (obviously) traffic.
If you smoke often, it can affect your memory the day after. Not so useful if you have an early test or lecture. Something to consider!
10. What is true about the risks of smoking cannabis?
C is the right answer.
Smoking cannabis can make you less likely to remember things and to forget more quickly. It can also cause confusion, anxiety and hallucinations. For most people this disappears as soon as most of the THC has disappeared from the body. For people with a susceptibility to anxiety or depression who smoke regularly, this can last longer and develop depressive or anxiety symptoms in the long-term.
Smoking cannabis causes more damage to the respiratory tract than a regular filter cigarette: when a joint is burned, much more tar is produced, because there is less filtration in a joint. And the younger you start smoking, the greater the chance of becoming dependent later in life.