Trimester 2 - Lesson 4 - Drugs cont.

Brainstorm - Think, pair, share

Why do people misuse drugs? 

Drug abuse

Physiological effects of drug abuse - the results of taking drugs that affect your body.

Psychological effects of drug abuse - the results of taking drugs that affect to your state of your mind.

How many can you think of?

Effects of drugs on society, family, & friends

From the list below, how many of these can be put into the three categories mentioned above?

Arguments & domestic violence

Sexual abuse

Cost of absence from work

Increased violence

Increased crime

Children may be left homeless and vulnerable

Mistrust

Fallout

Financial crisis

Cost of drug addiction treatment

Withdrawal

Withdrawal video

Is a shock reaction by the body to being denied the chemicals that it is used to getting.

List as many symptoms as you can that are linked to withdrawal from following drugs:

Heroin

Cannabis

Cocaine

Trimester 2 - Lesson 3 - Drugs

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Drugs - Using the definition below, come up with your own understanding of the term 'drugs'

'A drug is any substance that when taken into the body changes the way it functions'.

Without using Google, list as many types of drugs as you can.

Reasons

Talking to the person next to you, discuss why people take these drugs, think about these coming from an emotion, social, financial, & physiological point of view too.

Drugs are sub-categorized into three types of classification - Depressants, Stimulants, & Hallucinogens. Match the three definitions below to the three types of classification.

A) - Changes perception of reality

B) - Slows down the way the body works

C) - Speeds up the way the body works

Drugs are also placed in 3 categories to distinguish their level of effect, harm, & seriousness. These three are simply A, B, & C.

Task

With the drugs that were discussed earlier in the class, I want you research what class of the drug they would fall into, the punishment if you are found in possession of the drug, and the punishment if they are found to be dealing the drug. 

A drug free world

Drugs are bad