Transcript Legal or illegal?

Why use drugs?
Aim: To understand the main reasons why
people use legal drugs .
Goal: To compare the reasons why people
take legal drugs to prescriptive drugs
Legal or illegal?
Look at the following images of drugs. Can you
identify the drug and decide if it is legal or
illegal?
Legal
Alcohol is legal for
over 18s
Legal or illegal?
illegal
Cannabis is an illegal
class B drug
Legal or illegal?
Steroids
Are legal if the
person using them
has been
prescribed them for
medical reasons.
Legal or illegal?
Crack Cocaine
This is an illegal
class A drug
Legal or illegal?
LSD
This is an illegal
class A drug
Why do people drink
alcohol?
Think, pair, share- 3 mins
Reasons for
drinking alcohol...
Why do people drink
alcohol?
Reasons for
drinking alcohol...
‘Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;
whoever is led astray by them is not
wise.’
Proverbs 20:1
What does this quote teach us about
taking alcohol?
Why do people smoke
tobacco?
Think, pair, share- 3 mins
Reasons for
smoking tobacco...
Why do people smoke
tobacco?
Reasons for
smoking tobacco...
‘If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will
destroy him.’
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
What does this quote teach us about the
dangers of smoking?
There are lots of different reasons why people use drugs but
we can narrow these reasons down to four ones.
Task!
Match the columns and write the reasons in your book.
Experimental
Some drugs are used in a social
setting to help people relax, have
fun etc.
Recreational
Some drugs are used because of the
effect they have on us, e.g. make us
feel calmer
Experiential
Some drug users become dependent
in the drug and their bodies cease to
function correctly without it
Addiction
Some people use drugs to see what
they are like
Where are we now?
• Aim: To understand the main reasons
why people use legal drugs .
Reflect on today’s aim, fill in the first
section of your progress triangle.
Why do people use illegal
drugs?
Reasons for drinking and smoking are
similar in some respects, however, there
are greater differences when illegal
drugs are considered.
Why do people use illegal
drugs?
Watch the following clips and add any
other ideas to your bubble diagram as
you watch
Reasons for taking
illegal drugs...
http://www.truetube.co.uk/body-and-health/addiction/celebsand-drugs
Why do people use illegal
drugs?
Reasons for
taking illegal
drugs...
‘Make not your own hands contribute to
your destruction.’
Qur’an 2:195
What does this quote teach using illegal
drugs?
How can we apply
our learning?
Using the information we have learned today, can
you answer the following questions?
1) Explain the reasons, with examples, why
people use illegal drugs (6 marks)
2) ‘Drugs are a harmless way for young people
to enjoy themselves.’ Do you agree?(3 marks)
Reflection
Have you been able to achieve the goal today?
Fill in a new piece of learning in the last section
of your progress triangle.
Remember, it must be based on your learning
from the second part of the lesson...
Goal: To compare the reasons why people take
legal drugs to prescriptive drugs
Should all drugs be
legalised?
In exactly 12 words
write your response to
the question above and
stick it to the board
Take someone else’s response from the board and stick it in your
book. Now write a counter argument underneath, challenging the
opinion from your classmate.
This is good practice for 6 mark questions!