Transcript DrugFreeProject - Cherokee County Schools

Drug Free Project
200 possible points
Drug Free Project
• TITLE SLIDE (4 points)
• Place your first and last name and Health Class
period along with my name (Coach/Mr. Farist)
• Fill the slide with several images that promote
visually the theme of a drug free world. Be
creative and enjoy the visual effects of conveying
the abstinence message concerning illegal drugs.
(The next 3 slides as an examples)
The Truth About Drugs
Project
Chris T.
Coach Farist Health Class
K. 2010
Summer Jade
Session
Stephanie B.
DRUG FREE PROJECT
COACH/MR.FARIST
Kim W.
Summer School Health Project
Mr. /Coach Farist
DRUG FREE WORLD
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The Truth About Drugs
Booklet on Web Site
Overview Slide (4 points)
Summaries the following topic. (1 one slide only)
Our Drug Culture pages 3,4,5
Why Do People Take Drugs? p.6
How do drugs work? p.7
How do drugs affect the mind? p. 8,9
The next slide can be used as a template.
(copy and paste to your project)
The following slide after the template is an
example of the information needed.
The Truth About Drugs
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Our Drug Culture:
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Why do people take drugs?
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How do they work?
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How do they affect the mind?
The Truth About Drugs
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Our Drug Culture:
The music we listen to, shows we watch, and other forms
of mass media have been contaminated by drugs. It has
almost become socially acceptable to do drugs especially
by teens. 8% of the American population use illegal
drugs.
Why do people take drugs?
To fit in, escape or relax, relieve boredom, to seem
grown up, to rebel, and to experiment
How do they work? They interact with receptors in your
cells this distorts your mental and physical capabilities.
How do they affect the mind?
They blur your memory, make you feel stupid, and they
destroy creativity
THE TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS
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Our Drug Culture-
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Why People Take Drugs-
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How Drugs Work-
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How Drugs Affect the Mind-
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Our Drug Culture- Drugs have been a part of our culture since the
middle of the last century due to the media making them popular in
the 1960’s. About 208 million people consume illegal drugs
internationally. The most common used and abused drug is alcohol
and the most common used drug illegally is marijuana.
Why People Take Drugs- Drugs are taken for many different reasons,
some being: to fit in, to escape or relax, to relieve boredom, to seem
grown up, to rebel, or to experiment.
How Drugs Work- The amount of the drug taken determines the
intensity of the effects. Small amounts will stimulate, larger amounts
sedate, and even larger amounts can kill. Drugs directly affect the
mind and distort perception. They block off all senses and provide
short term help, but long term damage.
How Drugs Affect the Mind- Drugs blur the memory and slow down
thought processes. The user will feel like a failure due to this and
then in turn use more drugs to try and help this feeling go away,
resulting in a vicious cycle.
Project Rubric:
(Drugs to be reviewed in this project (12 total) see Free Booklets link)
www.drugfreeworld.org
• Each drug/drug type will have two slides only.
• SLIDE 1: Title The Truth About Drugs.
Answer 8 or 9 different questions concerning the drug.
(See the sample next slide)
• SLIDE 2: (DRUG NAME )Real Life Stories.
Select (2) two of your favorite stories and copy/paste them
on to the slide. Note: please make sure you have read
both and are able to talk about them.
(See slide 2 examples… one of Ecstasy and one of Alcohol)
The Truth About Drugs
• Drug Name:
• Classification/Type: i.e. depressant, stimulant,
hallucinogenic, narcotic, inhalant, prescription,
painkiller…
• Street Names (3 example):
• Methods of Use (Ways it’s taken):
• How does it affect the body?
• Short Term Effects (3 effects):
• Long Term Effects (3 effects):
• Statistics (3 examples):
• How addictive is it? See the next slide example
for the TEMPLATE to copy.
• Drug Name:
The Truth About Drugs
• Classification/Type:
• Street Names (3 example):
• Methods of Use (Ways it’s taken):
• How does it affect the body?
• Short Term Effects (3 effects):
• Long Term Effects (3 effects):
• Statistics (3 examples):
• How addictive is it?
The Truth About Drugs
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Drug Name: Ecstasy
Classification: Hallucinogens
Street Names: Scooby Snacks, California Sunrise, Hug, Beans,
Snowball
Methods of use: Injection , Orally
How does it affect the body? It heightens your senses yet is becomes
emotionally damaging.
Short-term effects: Confusion, paranoia, muscle tension, blurred vision,
and severe anxiety
Long-term effects: Long lasting brain damage, hemorrhaging,
convulsions, kidney failure, and psychosis
Statistics:
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Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure, as in the case of a 14-year-old girl who
died of this, despite an attempt by doctors to save her with a liver transplant.
Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances as rat poison.
Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion, and heart attack as a
result of taking too much Ecstasy.
Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver, and brain damage, including long-lasting
lesions (injuries) on the brain tissue.
Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous
system and cause irreparable damage.
How addictive is it? Many think it is addictive
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Drug Name: Heroin
Classification: Sedative/ Opiate
Street Names: Big H, Junk, Horse, Smack, Thunder
Methods of Use: Mostly by Injection, also by: smoking or sniffing.
How does it affect the body?: The drug breaks down the immune system causing
the person to become sickly, thin, and bony. Ultimately leading to their death.
Short term Effects: “Rush”, Slow breathing, Clouded Mental Functioning, Nausea
and Vomiting, Drowsiness, Hypothermia.
Long term Effects: Bad teeth, Cold Sweats, Itching, Respiratory Illness, Depression,
Insomnia, Loss of Appetite, Menstrual Disturbances in Women.
Stats: 1) 13.5 million people in the world use opium like substances, 9.2 of them
use Heroin. 2) Opiates, mainly Heroin, were involved in 4/5 drug related deaths in
Europe in 2008. 3) Opiates account for 18% of the admissions for drugs and
alcohol treatments in the U.S. 4) In 2007, 93% of the world’s opium supply came
from Afghanistan. 5) In 2007, Nation Survey on Drug Use and Health reported
153,000 current Heroin users in the U.S.
How addictive is it?: Heroin is highly addictive. The withdraw is extremely painful.
Withdraws could be experienced after the first hit.
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Drug name: Painkillers
Classification Type: prescription drug
Street Names: oxycotton, vikes, footballs, hillbilly heroin, 65’s
Methods of Use: injected
Short Term Effects: constipation, nausea, vomiting, dizziness,
confusion, addiction, unconsciousness, respiratory depression,
Long Term Effects: increased risk of heart attack, coma, death
Statistics: 1 in 10 high school seniors in the US admits to
abusing prescription painkillers. Methadone, a painkiller, was
found as the cause if 785 deaths in one state alone, Florida. In
the UK, tens of thousands of people are said to be dependant
on prescription painkillers. Doctors and rehabilitation
therapists report that prescription painkiller abuse is one of
the most difficult addictions to treat. Prescription drug abuse
is also climbing in older Americans.
How addictive is it? Painkillers are moderately to severely
addictive.
(DRUG NAME)Real Life Stories.
Select (2) two of your favorite stories
and copy/paste them on to the slide.
Note: please make sure you have
read both and are able to talk about
them.
(See next slides for examples of
Ecstasy and Alcohol Real Life Stories)
Ecstasy Real Life Stories
"I hear a lot of people talking about
Ecstasy, calling it a fun, harmless
drug. All I can think is: If they only
knew.
"Luckily, I am alive, but I'm left with the days,
months and years after the trauma. I have to deal with
what it's done to me for my whole life—I've been
experiencing everything, you name it.
"In five months, I went from living
somewhat responsibly, while pursuing
my dream, to be a person who didn't
care about a thing. And the higher I
got, the deeper I sank into a dark,
lonely place. When I did sleep, I had
nightmares and the shakes. I had pasty
skin, a throbbing head, and the
beginnings of feeling paranoid, but
ignored it all thinking it was normal.
Until the night I thought I was dying.
"Depression, anxiety, stress, [recurring] nightmares of
the night, and bad headaches were a few things that
affected me after I took Ecstasy. I almost died. It only
took me one night, a few [Ecstasy] pills, and drinking
alcohol. This drug is very fatal, and I'm so thankful
I'm alive. I can't describe how hard it is coping with
these nightmares all the time. I wake up in a sweat just
thanking God, and being so thankful it's just another
nightmare. I pray that in time the nightmares will fade
away. No drug is worth the toll or high."— Liz
"Ecstasy took my strength, my
motivation, my dreams, my friends,
my apartment, my money, and most of
all, my sanity. I worry about my
future and my health every day. I have
many mountains ahead of me, but I
plan to keep climbing because I'm one
of the lucky ones."— Lynn
"Rave parties are okay, so long as you don't
take Ecstasy. But as soon as you start, you
think people who advise you to stop are
idiots. You start to believe you have found
something great and others must not try to tell
you the contrary. When you start liking
Ecstasy, it's too late, you're sunk."— Pat
Alcohol: Real Life Stories
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"When I was 13, friends would make
fun of me if I didn’t have a drink. I just
gave in because it was easier to join
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"I was really unhappy and just drank
to escape my life. I went out less and
less, so started losing friends. The
more lonely I got, the more I drank. I
was violent and out of control. I never
knew what I was doing. I was ripping
my family apart.
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"I was only 16 but my liver was badly
damaged and I was close to killing
myself from everything I was
drinking."— Samantha
(DRUG NAME HERE) Real Life Stories.
Project Point Values RUBRIC
(You may use a basic background on each slide
or create a new one for each slide)
• Title Slide: 4 points.
• Overview Slide: 4 points.
• The Truth About Drugs (24 SLIDES. 2 PER DRUG/TYPE)
1st Slide for each drug: 10 points each (120 points total)
DRUG DESCRIPTION 8/9 CRITERIA PER DRUG/TYPE.
2nd Slide for each drug: 6 points each (72 points total)
Drug Real Life Stories (2 STORIES PER DRUG/TYPE)
Total Points: 200 for this project
(EQUALS 2 UNIT TEST GRADES)