Transcript BIOLOGY PRESENTATION ON DRUGS

PRESENTED BY:O LEVEL BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
OXFORD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Drug addiction or
dependence is
characterized by
destructive
pattern of drug
abuse that leads
to significant
problems
involving
tolerance or
withdrawal from
the substance.
ALCOHOLISM
Alcoholism, also known as alcohol dependence, includes
the following four symptoms:
Craving- A strong urge to drink.
Loss of control- Unable to stop drinking.
Physical dependence- Withdrawal symptoms such as nausea,
anxiety, vomiting, shakiness after drinking is stopped.
Tolerance—The need to drink greater amounts of alcohol
to get "high."
AMPHETAMINE
Amphetamine is a
psychostimulant drug.
 This group of drugs comes in
many forms, from prescription
medications to illegally
manufactured drugs like
methamphetamine ("meth").
 The drug is also used
recreationally and as a
performance enhancer.
 Amphetamine have coined
numerous street names such
as "speed".

AN AMPHETAMINE USER
TOBACCO
1. Nicotine
Addictive
2.Tar (a black sticky substance)
Forms in the moist lungs
3.Carbon monoxide
A poisonous gas that stops red blood cells from carrying
oxygen around the body.

SHORT TERM:
4.
Dizziness.
Nausea.
Weakened sense of taste and smell.
Loss of appetite.

LONG TERM
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Cancer (lungs, throat, pancreas, and stomach)
Asthma
Emphysema
Heart attack and other coronary diseases
PROCESS:
 Antibiotics destroy cell wall
components protein
producing machineries of
the bacteria and prevent
multiplication and cell
division.
BENEFITS:
 Cure the bacterial diseases
such as tuberculosis.
 Will cure the disease in the
shortest span of time.
Antibiotics is used to treat bacterial
infection.
TYPES:
1.Amoxicillin
2.Ciprofloxacin
3.Cefaclor
4.Ampicillin
5.Azythromycin
6.Streptomycin
7.Penicillin
8.Cephalosporin
People are pouring tons of
antibiotics into their systems,
often with no benefit except to
the manufacturers of
antibiotics.
 Leading to more resistant
bacteria, more patients with
difficult-to-treat secondary
infections AND quite
commonly, uncomfortable
side effects.
 Poor adherence to antibiotic
therapy.
 Missing and incomplete dose.

SAY
NO TO DRUGS