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DRUGS
WALT – Begin to understand
what drugs, as well as their
possible effects, are.
WHEN YOU HEAR
THE WORD “DRUGS”
WHAT DOES IT
MAKE YOU THINK OF?
CAN YOU THINK
OF ANY TYPES
OF DRUGS?
WHAT EFFECTS
CAN DRUGS HAVE?
IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU KNOW
ABOUT DRUGS?
MORE ABOUT
DRUGS
• Smoking is legal in the UK
at the moment.
• It is associated with blocked
arteries which result in heart
attacks as well as cancer of the
lungs, throat and mouth. At the
very least it leads to problems
with breathing.
• The drug in tobacco is
called nicotine. Nicotine is
addictive and makes you
unable to give up smoking
easily once you start.
• The government has
banned smoking in
enclosed public places
because it is worried about
the effect that second hand
smoke has on people
working in them.
•Even non-smokers can be at risk from what is
called passive smoking.
• The use of
alcohol is
legal in the
U.K.
• In small
amounts it is
not as
harmful as
smoking.
• Alcohol makes you
confident and slows down
your reactions so it makes
you more likely to take a
risk and less able to cope
when things go wrong.
• Heavy drinking can cause
liver failure and damage to
the heart and liver as well
as a rise in blood
pressure making drinkers
more likely to suffer from
strokes.
• All drugs are
dangerous if they are
misused.
• Drugs are chemicals which we
take into our bodies by
swallowing them, by injection,
absorbing them through the skin
or by inhaling them.
• Alcohol and tobacco are drugs.
All drugs effect the way that the
human body functions.
• Some drugs are
beneficial and help our
bodies to heal or to cope
with infection.
• These drugs are called
medicines and we either
buy them over the
counter e.g. paracetamol
or get them on
prescription from the
doctor e.g. antibiotics.
• Illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine or
heroine are not available to buy in shops.
• Some of them can be very addictive and
cause considerable and permanent
damage to the organs of the body.
• People sometimes become so addicted to
these drugs that they will turn to crime to
make enough money to buy them.
WALT – Begin to understand
what drugs, as well as their
possible effects, are.
AND FINALLY…..
THINK ABOUT YOUR LEARNING TODAY AND:
FOR HOW WELL YOU FEEL YOU HAVE MET
THE FOLLOWING WALT FOR THE LESSON:
• WALT: Begin to understand what drugs, as
well as their possible effects, are.