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Cut up and place in envelopes
Cannabis
Tobacco
Alcohol
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Glue
Laughing gas
Ketamine
Meow Meow
Pain killers
You have ten minutes to …
• Working in groups of 3 or 4 open the
envelopes on your tables – but do not say the
name of the substance that is written on the
card in the envelope.
• Now draw a picture of a typical user of that
drug.
• Your drawing will be displayed on the wall for
others to guess what drug each character
uses.
1. Where do we get our ideas about drug users
from?
2. How are stereotypes formed about drug
users?
3. Are some drug users portrayed as worse than
others? Why might this be? Does it relate to the
potential harm of the drug?
4. Do we have stereotypes of drug dealers?
5. If yes, where do they come from?
6. Are stereotypes useful?
7. What have you learnt from this activity?