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Drug Awareness

Quiz and Answer Key · KS4 (Ages 14-16)
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Ten questions, the accurate version. Name: Score: _____ / 10

1. The maximum sentence for supplying a Class A drug is:
A) 2 years
B) 7 years
C) 14 years
D) Life imprisonment
2. Which of these counts as supply in law?
A) Passing a pill to a friend
B) Sorting people out at a party
C) Holding and handing out drugs for an older person
D) All of the above
3. Why do older dealers push the supply role onto teenagers?
A) Teenagers are better at it
B) To move the much greater criminal risk onto someone else
C) Because it is legal for under-18s
D) There is no particular reason
4. Why are counterfeit pills especially dangerous now?
A) They cost more
B) They may contain nitazenes, synthetic opioids strong enough that one pill can kill
C) They are always weaker than expected
D) They dissolve too slowly
5. Can you tell what is in a pill by looking at it?
A) Yes, if you know what to look for
B) No. Even the person selling it usually does not know what is really in it
C) Yes, from the colour
D) Only with cannabis
6. A young person found selling drugs for an older gang should first be seen as:
A) A criminal, the same as an adult dealer
B) Possibly exploited, with that question asked before any discipline
C) Someone making an easy choice
D) Not a safeguarding concern
7. A friend is unresponsive after taking something. The first thing to do is:
A) Wait to see if they improve
B) Walk them around
C) Call 999 and put them in the recovery position
D) Give them food
8. Why do people dangerously delay calling an ambulance for a friend on drugs?
A) They forget the number
B) They fear getting in trouble, and that delay is what kills
C) Ambulances are too slow anyway
D) They think it will sober up
9. When paramedics arrive, you should:
A) Say nothing to avoid trouble
B) Tell them honestly what was taken, because they are medics, not police
C) Give a false name
D) Only speak to police
10. Where can you get honest, judgement-free drug information?
A) Whoever is selling
B) A group chat
C) Talk to Frank or Release
D) Guesswork

Answer Key (Teacher Copy)

1. D. Life for Class A supply. The gap between this and possession is the whole point. 2. D. Supply needs no profit and no dealer setup, which is exactly why young people cross the line without realising. 3. B. Risk transfer, the direct link to county lines and exploitation. 4. B. Nitazenes in counterfeit pills are the defining new danger and have caused UK teenage deaths. This is current and checkable, which is why it lands. 5. B. The unpredictability point: carefulness cannot manage a risk you cannot see. 6. B. Exploitation-first, per KCSIE 2026 and Working Together 2026. 7. C. Drill the sequence until automatic. 8. B. and 9. B. Name the fatal delay and pre-authorise the call. Reinforce aloud that ambulances do not arrive with police for an overdose and that honesty saves lives. 10. C. Frank and Release exist so no one relies on a dealer for pharmacology. Put both on the board.