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Tobacco, Alcohol & Drugs. The effects and consequences of using…. Tobacco Products. How many can you and your partner come up with? Turn and talk. Discuss Nicotine is a highly addictive drug found in all tobacco products. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Tobacco, Alcohol & DrugsThe effects and consequences of using….
Tobacco Products • How many can you and your partner come up
with? Turn and talk. Discuss
• Nicotine is a highly addictive drug found in all tobacco products.
• It enters the blood stream and reaches the brain, as soon as the product is inhaled or chewed.
Two Dangerous Chemicals• Carbon monoxide is a gas that makes it hard for
the blood to carry oxygen and tar is a sticky substance that can coat the airways and can cause cancer.
• Early and long Term Effects of Smoking:• Hair, skin, clothes smell like smoke• Nausea and dizziness• Chronic bronchitis• Asthma• Cancer
Social & Emotional Health Effects• What do you think would be some of the social
and emotional health effects of a teen who smokes? An adult? (think, write, share).
Tobacco, Disease, and Death• Cancer is a disease in which damaged cells grow
out of control and destroy healthy tissue.
• All tobacco products contain cancer-causing chemicals.
• Smoking causes about 30 percent of all cancer deaths.
A word from our sponsors• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmFleeFj8F0
Two most common respiratory diseases• Chronic bronchitis is a disease in which the lining
of the airways becomes very swollen and irritated.
• Emphysema is a disease in which the tiny air sacs and walls of the lungs are destroyed. The damage is permanent-holes in the air sacs do not heal.
Cardiovascular Diseases• Diseases of the circulatory system• Including: heart disease, chronic high blood
pressure and strokes• Each year, smoking-related cardiovascular
diseases cause about 135,000 deaths in the US. 46,000 nonsmokers who were exposed to second hand smoke.
Heart • Smoking causes the heart to work harder
• Chemicals from tobacco products decrease the amount of oxygen in the blood
• Smoking constricts, or tightens, the blood vessels.
Hands on activity • Let’s test constructed blood vessels – page 346.
Don’t get hooked• The process of the body getting used to a drug is
called tolerance.
• People with nicotine tolerance need more tobacco in order to feel its effects.
Why Start• List as many reasons why you think someone
starts to smoke? (write, turn and talk). Share out….
Launch • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l26f4f-V4jc • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYEFu-GKP4
AlcoholYour Health IQ• Your central nervous system includes your:• A. arms and legs• B. stomach and urinary tract• C. brain and spinal cord• D. digestive and reproductive systems
Health IQ• Which is NOT an effect of drinking alcohol?• A. relaxed, clear thinking• B. loss of coordination• C. Poor concentration• D. blurred vision
Health IQ• The human brain is usually fully mature by • A. birth• B. early childhood• C. puberty• D. adulthood
Health IQ• How much alcohol can a teen drink and still
legally drive?• A. one beer• B. two beers• C. one glass of wine• D. none
Health IQ• The degree of alcohol intoxication is accurately
measure by • A. the amount of alcohol in the beverages you’ve drunk.• B. the percentage of alcohol in your blood• C. the number of hours you’ve been drinking• D. the number of drinks you’ve had in one sitting
Health IQ• Which of the following statements about
alcoholism is NOT true? • A. it is curable• B. it is treatable• C. it is a disease• D. it is lifelong
What do you know?• List as many different types of alcohol products
you can think of. (reflect, write, share)
• What do you know about alcohol?
• What questions do you have about alcohol?
Here are the facts• Alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream and is
carried to every part of your body.
• Alcohol acts as a poison or drug in your body.
• Alcohol mainly effects your brain and central nervous system.
Central Nervous System• Consists of the brain and spinal cord.• Controls speech, thinking, memory, judgment,
learning, emotions, breathing, senses, and movement.
• Alcohol is a depressant that slows body functioning.
Alcohol in the Blood • Blood alcohol concentration is the amount of
alcohol in the bloodstream. • The liver changes the alcohol into waste products,
water and carbon dioxide. • The liver can only process 2/3 of an ounce of
liquor or 8 ounces of beer per hour.
Immediate Effects of Alcohol• Intoxication is the physical and mental changes
produced by drinking alcohol
• Alcohol poisoning is the damage to physical health caused by drinking too much alcohol. It is a drug overdoes, and it can be fatal!
Long-Term Effects• Cirrhosis is a deadly disease that replaces healthy
liver tissue with useless scar tissue. • Result of long term exposure to alcohol.
• Alcohol tolerance is a condition in which a person needs more of a drug to feel the original effects.
Long-term effects• Fetal alcohol syndrome includes a whole list of
defects that may harm the fetus. • Mental retardation• Organ abnormalities• Learning and behavioral problems
Social Decisions• Many adults have a drink or two and can be okay. • People who drink too much often act very
differently• Alcohol in your brain reduces your fear of certain
behaviors. • Alcohol makes you less likely to recognize risks or
dangerous situations.
Alcohol and Decision Making• Alcohol increases the chances that a person will
become involved in violence• Reaction time is the amount of time from the
instant your brain detects an external stimulus until the moment your respond
• A driver who has consumed alcohol cannot respond to dangerous situations on time, or at all
Pressures to Drink• Internal vs. external • Why do teens try alcohol (turn and talk) share out
• What are the external pressures that cause teens to drink (turn and talk) share out.
A break from….• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgl7jXtLAwY
Medicine and Illegal Drugs• 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 sued as medicines
Health IQ• Which statement about prescription drugs is NOT
true?• A. you need a doctors 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
Health IQ• 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
Health IQ• Heroin is a kind of • A. stimulant• B. depressant• C. opiate• D. hallucinogen
Health IQ• 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
Health IQ• A good person to ask for help with a drug problem
is• A. teacher• B. school counselor• C. parent or guardian• D. all of the above
What do you think?• Write down the names of 5 drugs and the effects
those drugs have on the body.
• What are some medicines you take when you are ill? What does the medicine do to help your body?
• What are some illegal drugs people take and why do you think people take those drugs?
What are drugs?• A drug is any chemical substance that causes a
change in a person’s physical or psychological state.
• Medicine is any drug that is used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort.
• Drug addiction is the uncontrollable use of a drug.
Stimulants & Depressants• What is a stimulant and how does it make you
feel? (turn and talk) share out….
• Activity • Get your resting heart rate. Count your heart beat for 15
seconds, multiply by 4.• Now let’s do it again, and this time do 20 jumping jacks,
fast or slow, count your heart beat for 15 seconds multiply by 4.
Cocaine and crack cocaine• The most widely abused illegal stimulants
• Cocaine is produced from a coca plant
• Crack cocaine have more intense but shorter lasting effects
• Immediately raises the heart rate and blood pressure
Methamphetamine or Meth• Very powerful stimulant• Synthetic – which means it is man made in a “lab”• Causes sever damage to the body
Depressants• Depressants are any drugs that decreases activity
in the body• Causes your breathing and heart rate to slow
down• Very dangers and addictive• An overdoes could cause coma, brain damage or
death• Types of depressants are:• Tranquilizers, barbiturates, hypnotics,
Marijuana or Pot• Maybe the most popular drug of abuse
• Marijuana is the dried flowers and leaves of the Cannabis plant.
• Causes varying effects on a person• Stimulant like effects to depressant like effects• Mild euphoria, distortion of time and distance• Reduced energy and coordination
Other drugs• Opiates – produced from the milk of the opium
poppy• Heroin• Prescription opiates
Hallucinogens & Inhalants• Hallucinogen is any drug that causes a person to
hallucinate • Flashback is an event in which a hallucinogen’s
effects happen long after the drug was originally taken
• Inhalants are drugs that are inhaled and absorbed into the bloodstream through the lungs
Designer drugs• A designer drug is a drug that is produced by
making a small chemical change to a drug that already exists
• Examples:• Ecstasy• GHB• Ketamine
Jeremiah’s story • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PopgFCvm-0
Zoey’s story • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jDSKXwYqR0
Why will you stay drug free?• Discussion