Ten questions, straight facts. Name: Score: _____ / 10
1. What class of drug is cannabis in the UK?
A) Class A
B) Class B
C) Class C
D) It is legal
2. Passing a joint to a friend counts in law as:
A) Nothing, if no money changes hands
B) Possession only
C) Supply
D) A civil matter
3. What is the maximum sentence for supplying a Class A drug?
A) 2 years
B) 7 years
C) 14 years
D) Life imprisonment
4. "Legal highs" are:
A) Legal, it's in the name
B) Legal if sold in shops
C) Covered by the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, so the phrase is false advertising
D) Legal for over 18s only
5. How many people your age have tried illegal drugs?
A) Almost all of them
B) About three quarters
C) A minority. Most never have
D) Exactly half
6. Why are counterfeit pills especially dangerous?
A) They cost more
B) They may contain unknown substances, including synthetic opioids strong enough to kill
C) They work too slowly
D) They are always weaker than real ones
7. Why do drugs carry extra risk for teenagers specifically?
A) They don't, age makes no difference
B) Teenagers take smaller doses
C) The brain is still developing until the mid-twenties, and early use raises the risk of addiction and mental health problems
D) Only because it is illegal
8. Sharing your prescription ADHD medication with a friend is:
A) Fine, because a doctor prescribed it
B) Supply of a controlled drug
C) Only a school rules issue
D) Legal if they really need it
9. A friend becomes drowsy and confused after taking something. What do you do?
A) Let them sleep it off somewhere quiet
B) Give them coffee and walk them around
C) Call 999, recovery position, stay with them, tell paramedics the truth
D) Wait an hour to see if they improve
10. Where can you get honest, confidential information about drugs?
A) Whoever is selling
B) Random forums
C) Talk to Frank, or Childline on 0800 1111
D) Guessing
Answer Key (Teacher Copy)
1. B. Class B under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Pupils often believe it has been legalised because of US headlines; it has not. 2. C. Supply requires no money and no scales. This is the fact most likely to be new to the class. 3. D. Life. The gap between possession and supply sentences is worth pointing out, because it is exactly why exploiters push the risky roles onto children. 4. C. The 2016 Act banned psychoactive substances generally, and nitrous oxide has since been brought under the Misuse of Drugs Act as well. 5. C. The normative fact. Say it twice, because "everyone does it" is the most effective sales line the market has. 6. B. Counterfeit benzodiazepines and painkillers containing potent synthetic opioids have caused UK teenage deaths. This is the modern risk landscape in one question. 7. C. Developmental biology, not moralising. The car insurance framing tends to defuse resistance. 8. B. Genuinely common in schools and genuinely criminal, as well as medically risky, since stimulant doses are individually calibrated. 9. C. Drill the sequence. Add explicitly that paramedics do not bring police to overdoses and that honesty about what was taken saves lives. 10. C. Frank exists so that no young person has to rely on a dealer for pharmacology. Put the URL on the board at the end.