Transcript What drug is this?

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• What is a drug?
• What is drug abuse?
• What are the different types of abuse?
• What is drug classification?
• Drug:
a substance which when taken affects the
body or mind.
• Prescription Drugs:
drugs legally obtained only with a doctors
consent.
• Drug abuse:
using drugs in a way that causes harm to the
user.
• Illegal drugs:
drugs which are illegal to possess, sell, or use.
• Social drugs:
legal drugs which are still addictive such as
alcohol, nicotine, caffeine etc.
• Drug classification:
• Three legal categories by which illegal drugs
are classified according to British Law. The
categories are based on the level of harm they
do and how addictive they are.
Brain time
• In pairs/groups can you name
the drugs on the worksheet?
• Are they legal or illegal?
• What ‘class’ are they?
• Time: 5 minutes.
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Brain time
• We are now going to go
through each of the drugs. On
your worksheet record the
name of the drug, its class and
details about it.
Brain time
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