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Drugs
Facts About Drugs/Medicine – Lesson 1 and 2
1. medicine –
2. side effects –
3. prescription –
4. OTC medicines –
5. dosage –
6. drugs –
A. Drugs that can help people get well
1. Medicine forms – ___________________________________________
2. Can be swallowed, inhaled, or injected
3. Ways they help
a. ___________
b. ___________ – aspirin for fever, allergy injections, cough syrups
c. ___________ – unwanted and unneeded effects
4. 2 kinds of medicine
a. _____________ – doctors decide how much and how long a
medicine should be taken, prepared by pharmacist
b. _____________ – medicines that can be bought over the counter,
no prescription needed, used for minor problems
5. Using medicines safely
a. Only use if a parent, guardian, or doctor tell you to do so
b. Take the medicine _____________________ – no medicine abuse
c. Ask yourself ___________ about OTC medicines – What
symptoms does it relieve? What is the dosage? How often should
it be taken? What are the side effects?
d. If you are experiencing _____________, stop taking the medicine
and contact doctor
e. Only take the medicine/prescription if it is intended for YOU!!
f. Read the label – how much, how often, date of expiration, side
effects, patient’s name, doctors name
g. Never ______________________ unless told to do so
h. Drugs don’t solve all problems – water, sleep, eat right, exercise
B. Drugs are unpredictable
1. __________________ – low body weight usually needs less of a drug
than a larger person to feel the same effects
a. Young people usually weigh less, 1 reason why some drugs are
legal only for adults
2. ___________________________
a. taking a larger amount at one time causes a strong reaction, small
amounts cause a weaker reaction
b. follow the instructions
3. _________ – drugs can intensify your mood
4. ___________ – having food in the stomach can decrease the strength of
some drugs
5. ______________ – some people have allergies to certain drugs, causing
unexpected and dangerous reactions to the drug
Review
1. What factors affect a person’s reaction to drugs?
2. What is the difference between OTC and prescription drugs?
3. What are 3 things you can do to make sure you use medicine safely?
4. What is the difference between medicine and drugs?
Illegal Drugs - Lesson 3
1. stimulants –
2. depressants –
3. narcotics –
4. hallucinogens –
5. flashback –
6. inhalants –
7. fumes –
8. gateway drug –
Drugs that are abused
A. ________________
1. Drugs that speed up the circulatory and nervous systems (heart beats
___________, blood pressure ___________)
2. Feel awake and active
3. cause heart attacks, strokes, death
4. Examples
a. __________________
b. __________________
1. very strong, legally prescribed
2. Illegal amphetamines are made with dangerous chemicals
3. signs of abuse – enlarged pupils, trembling, nervousness,
and loss of appetite, violence, dangerously high heart rate
c. ___________
1. one of the ______________________stimulants
2. causes a pattern of very strong feelings “_________”
followed by a very depressed “__________” – physical and
emotional dependence
3. To escape the low – more cocaine is taken – tolerance and
dependence
4. Overdose is common, especially from “crack”
5. Death is due to heart muscle damage
B. ________________
1. Drugs that __________________ the body’s systems
2. slow down brain and nervous system, slow down the heart and relax
muscles, it becomes hard for the body to pump blood or get enough oxygen
3. Are available only by prescription for people who are upset or need to fall
asleep
4. Examples - ________________, tranquilizers, and barbiturates
5. Physical and emotional dependence
a. tolerance builds quickly and so it is easy to overdose
b. withdrawal from depressants are dangerous and may cause
_____________, should be guided by a physician
C. _______________________
1. slow down the heart, the brain, and the nervous system – stop the
__________ from sensing pain
2. Prescription narcotics examples
a. ________________– relieve pain or hard to control coughs
b. ________________ – pain relief after surgery, one of the strongest
narcotics
3. Illegal narcotics
a. ____________– ________________________ and life threatening
1. no medical use
2. never know the actual strength - often has other
drugs/chemicals added
3. ________________ is commonly spread by people who inject
the drug
4. strong physical and emotional dependence and high tolerance
D. ____________________________
1. change the way a person senses the world and how _____________ are
carried by the nerves to the ___________
2. Examples
a. ________________________ - illegal
b. cause a person to see or hear things that aren’t there
c. People who use have _______________ themselves – doing things
they normally wouldn’t
d. ______________________- effects may last long after the person is
done taking the drug, uncontrollable and frightening
E. _____________________ - one of the most common drugs
1. made from the _______________ (Cannabis sativa), nicknames – pot, grass,
bud, weed
2. _________________ (crushed or chopped dried leaves and flowers) and
_________________ (made from the sticky juice that comes from the plant’s
flower)
3. can work like stimulants and then depressants or hallucinogens – effects are
________________ certain
4. usually smoked like a cigarette and harms the lungs, joint
5. __________________ – the most harmful drug in cannabis
6. Hashish is more ____________________________________ that marijuana
7. Will greatly harm the developing brain and reproductive cells of young
people
8. make people nervous and raise their heart rate, increase risk of infections,
hard time paying attention
a. ______________ – difficulty judging time and distance, memory loss
b. ______________ – damage the lungs, similar to tobacco, 5 joints = 7
packs of cigarettes
9. _____________________ – increases the risk of trying stronger drugs
F. ____________________
1. chemicals with strong fumes that people _______________
2. can cause forgetfulness, dizziness, headaches, nosebleeds, nausea
3. Damage the lungs, heart, brain, and liver – may __________________ and
can _______________________
4. Permanent organ damage is _____________ than most other abused
substances and produce dependence sooner
5. Use of inhalants can cause ___________ because people stop breathing
within a few minutes or have heart attacks
6. Produce gases or fumes from liquid solvents, replacing the air in the lungs
7. Fumes pass from the person’s ______________ into their ______________
G. ________________________
1. drugs that are abused to ____________________
2. can be used legally when they are prescribed by a doctor
3. Cause fast weight gain and muscle growth, increase risk of stroke or heart
attack, high blood pressure, tumors, ________, aggressive behavior,
_______________
4. cause enlarged breast in men and genital ____________________
5. cause facial hair and ______________________ in women
Review
1. What are the dangers of sniffing inhalants?
2. Why is marijuana especially harmful to young people?
3. What are the dangers of anabolic steroids?
Drug Abuse/Addiction - Lesson 4 and 5
1. drug abuse –
2. drug dependence –
3. withdrawal –
4. tolerance 5. overdose –
6. medicine abuse –
7. misuse –
A. Effects of drug abuse
1. ______________ – is the repeated use of any drug for the wrong reasons
2. _____________– accidental incorrect use of a drug
3. Drug dependency – ____________________________ need to take
drugs
4. ____________________________
a. the person’s body _______________ the drug to feel normal
b. each time the effects wear off, the person feels pain or becomes ill
c. symptoms are caused by ____________________of the drug
d. change the way the mind works and people become unable to
make healthy decisions
5. ___________________________
a. a person _____________ he or she needs the drug
b. taking the drug gives the person a _________________ of wellbeing
c. cannot stop thinking about the drug
6. ________________________ – get used to certain drugs and need larger
and larger amounts to feel the original effects of the drug
7. ___________________– the body’s reaction to not having a drug that is
usually present in the body
a. Signs include headaches, chills, nausea, difficulty paying attention
8. ______________________ – is the failure to control one’s use of a drug
a. Best way to avoid drug addiction is to never start
9. ____________________________– can be painful and dangerous due to
change in body chemistry
a. Often requires medical assistance
10._______________________ – cause serious harm to the body; pain, loss
of coordination, and death
a. Effects of an overdose depend on the drug and on the person’s
tolerance for that drug
b. The ____________________amount of a drug used by one person
may be an ____________________ for another person
c. Even for the same person, a certain amount of a drug can cause
mild effects at one time and deadly effects at another time
B. Why do some people abuse drugs?
1. Many different reasons
a. abuse on purpose, get rid of symptoms, take without following
directions, take too much too often, take without talking to a
doctor
b. some know they are harming themselves, others don’t know
c. Some are _____________________by their peers to take drugs –
harmless, fun, exciting, admired for doing so
d. Short term – ___________________________
C. Affects on people not taking the drugs
1. Family and friends
2. Some young people who are having trouble getting along at home or
school may think they can take drugs to get away from their problems,
but it only makes them worse
3. __________________________ from family and friends - ____ a day
for drugs
Review
1. What is the difference between misusing and abusing a drug?
2. How can abusing drugs affect a person’s friendships/relationships with family
and friends?
3. How does a person build tolerance to a drug?
4. How can trying a harmful drug, even once, lead to drug abuse