Transcript Why People Use Drugs?

Task
How many drugs do you know?
How Many Did You Get?
Cannabis
Caffeine
Steroids
Tobacco
‘Legal Highs’
Heroin
Magic Mushrooms
LSD
Prescription Drugs
Alcohol
Ketamine
Cocaine
Ecstasy
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Now divide these into legal and illegal
drugs
Legal or Illegal?
Cannabis
Caffeine
Steroids ??
Tobacco
‘Legal Highs’
Heroin
Magic Mushrooms
LSD
Prescription Drugs
Alcohol
Ketamine
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Meow Meow
Why do people use drugs? Think, Pair
Share your ideas.
Why People Use Drugs?
Name that
Can you tell a
drug by its
drug!appearance?
Aim of this
session is to
give factual
information
about illegal
and legal drugs
Ecstasy (Pills)
MDMA
Leah Betts
Leah Betts was a schoolgirl from
Latchingdon in Essex, England,
UK. She is notable for the
extensive media coverage and
moral panic that followed her
death several days after her 18th
birthday. On 11 November, she
took an Ecstasy tablet, and then
drank approximately 7 litres of
water in a 90 minute period. Four
hours later, she collapsed into a
coma, from which she did not
recover.
Pure Ecstasy is a white crystal powder which scientists call
MDMA
It usually comes in tablet form.
Highs
you have lots of energy. Sounds, colours & emotions are very
intense
Lows
Can cause anxiety, panic attacks and confusion.
Raises you body temperature and can cause your heart to
beat faster
Drinking too quickly interferes with your body’s salt balance,
which can be as deadly as not drinking enough water.
Heroin
(Brown, Gear ,H, Horse, Skag
Smack)
Rachel Withear
Was a student from Herefordshire
who died following a heroin
overdose. Her death in May 2000 led
to a large-scale anti-drugs campaign
in Britain, particularly in secondary
schools, when her parents allowed a
police photograph to be shown
publicly – it showed her discoloured
body collapsed in the foetal position.
The school campaign was centred on
a video called Rachel's Story.
She was 21 when she died
Looks like
Pure Heroin is a white powder, but owing to the range of substance it’s cult
with, street Heroin can be anything from brownish white to brown.
Highs
Heroin gives users a feeling of warmth and well-being, bigger doses can
make people sleepy and very relaxed.
It also slows down the way the body works and is a very strong pain-killer.
Lows
Overdoses can lead to coma and even death.
If heroin is taken with other drugs, including alcohol, an overdose is more
likely.
There's also a risk of death due to inhaling vomit
Mephedrone
(Meow Meow, Meph,
Bounce, MCAT)
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FACT
A fine off white powder which is snorted like cocaine or
wrapped in paper and swallowed. It can be smoked and in
some cases people inject.
Highs
Users feel alert, confident, euphoric and talkative.
Lows
Can cause anxiety and paranoia and can overstimulate the
nervous system which can cause fits, agitations and
hallucinations.
It can also overstimulate the heart and circulation.
It has been linked to a number of deaths in the UK.
Can make you smell of Cats Urine
Cocaine (Coke)
FACT
Is a white powder, which can be snorted, smoked or injected.
Highs
Makes you feel wide awake and confident. It can give you a real
boost, so you might think that you’re the worlds greatest dancer,
flirt or comedian (although you’re not)
Lows
Is very addictive and expensive. Snorting can destroy the inside of
your nose and high doses can stop you breathing.
Even young people can have a fit or heart attack after taking too
much and people have died from over dose.
Using it regularly can make you feel run down and panicky.
Cannabis
Legal Highs
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Drugs Awareness
To discuss the differences between
the possession and supply of drugs
and know the consequences of both
Classes of Drugs
Class A
Class B
Class C
Crack
Speed
Tranquilises
Cocaine
Cannabis
Methedrone
Some painkillers
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Heroin
Magic Mushroom
LSD
Ketamine
Gamma
hydroxybutyrate
(GHB)
Anabolic
steroids
Class A
If I get caught Dealing how long will I get
in prison?
up to life in prison or an unlimited
fine (or both) for a Class A drug
Class A
How long will I get in prison for possessing a
Class A drug?
up to 7 years
in prison or an unlimited fine (or both)
for a Class A drug
Class B
If I get caught Dealing how long will I get
in prison?
up to 14 years in prison or an unlimited
fine (or both) for a Class B drug
Class B
How long will I get in prison for possessing a
Class B drug?
up to 5 years
in prison or an unlimited fine (or both)
for a Class B drug
Class C
If I get caught dealing how long will I
get in prison?
up to 14 years in prison or an
unlimited fine (or both) for a Class C
drug
How long will I get in prison for possessing
a Class C drug?
up to 2 years
in prison or an unlimited fine (or both)
for a Class C drug
If you are caught and sentenced – what do you think
might be the consequences?
Discuss with your partner and feed back to the group –
you have 2mins.
What did you come up with?
Here are two examples:
Jobs
Travel
Drugs can make a job – or school or
college –really hard work.
They can mess up the way you act, how
well you can focus, what you remember
and how you deal with people. And a drug
conviction might stop you getting your
dream job or lose the one you have.
It might stop you
from going on
holiday to certain
countries e.g. The
USA