chapter 16 medicine and illegal drugs. 1. which of the following statements gives the correct...

Chapter 16

Medicine and illegal drugs

1. Which of the following statements gives the correct relationship between drugs and medicine?

A. a drug is a type of medicine

B. a medicine is not a drug

C. all drugs can be used as medicines

D. some drugs can be used as medicines

1. Answer

D. some drugs can be used as medicines

2. Which statement about prescription drugs is NOT true?

A. you need a doctor’s approval to use prescription drugs

B. prescription drugs should never be shared with another person

C. people can’t get addicted to prescription drugs

D. prescription drugs are usually stronger than over the counter drugs

2. Answer

C

3. When a person’s body needs a drug in order to function properly, the person has a

A. physical dependence

B. side effect

C. drug prescription

D. hallucination

3. Answer

A

4. Heroin is a kind of

A stimulant

B. depressant

C. opiate

D. hallucinogen

4. Answer

C. opiate

5. Which of the following is a good reason to avoid drugs?

A. to stay healthy

B. to stay out of trouble

C. to save money

D. all of the above

6. A good person to ask for help with a drug problem is

A. teacher

B. school counselor

C. parent

D. all of the above

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What are drugs?Drugs as medicineAbuse & AddictionStimulants & DepressantsMarijuanaOpiatesHallucinogens & InhalantsDesigner Drugs

Drugs as Medicine

Medicine is a drug that is used to cure, prevent or treat illness or discomfort

Prescription/Over the counter

Side effect is any effect that is caused by a drug and that is different from the drug’s intended effect

commercial for drugs side effects - YouTube

Abuse & Addiction

Drug addiction is the uncontrollable use of a drugContinued use causes dependence – needing the drug in order to functionPhysical dependence – body’s chemical need for a drug Psychological dependence – emotional or mental need for a drug Harms relationships, school problems and very costly

Let’s Be Wise

Create a piece of artwork –

Title: This is Worth More Than Drugs

Choose a shape and write or draw what you value more than drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Stimulants & Depressants

Stimulant is any drug that increases the body’s activity. Heart rate and breathing speed upBlood pressure increasesCocaine and crack - most widely used and abused drug – powerful stimulant, comes from a plantMethamphetamine – synthetically made or produced in a lab Depressants – decrease activity in the body, lowered heart rate and breathing, sleeping pillsRohypnol – sleepiness, slurred speech, impaired judgment,

Marijuana

Most popular drug of abuse

Comes from a plant

Long-term effects-decreases person’s ability to think and concentrate

Can cause many of the same effects as smoking cigarettes

Opiates

Drug that is produced from the milk of the opium poppy

Extremely addictive, gives a strong high

Cause addiction to occur quickly, develop a strong tolerance

Heroin is a type of opiate made from the morphine in the opium plant

Can be smoked, inhaled or the most dangerous form, injected

Hallucinogens and Inhalants

Hallucinogens – any drug that causes a person to hallucinate

Afterimage

Flashback – hallucinogen’s effects reoccur long after the drug was originally takenInhalants – any drug that is inhaled and absorbed into the bloodstream through the lungs

Designer drugs

A drug that is produced by making a small chemical change to a drug that already exists Dangerous because they have new and unpredictable effects all on their ownEcstasy-increased sensitivity to touch, hallucinate, tingling, increase energy, deathGHB, increased energy, lose consciousness, stop breathing, deathKetamine- sense of disociation, separation from reality,

Skits

Hamburger bun method

4-8 line skit