1. At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
Drugs (1)
At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
Define a drug
Describe the medicinal use of antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infection
Describe the effects of the abuse of heroin
Describe the effects of the excessive consumption of alcohol

2. Drugs (2)
Definition: any substance taken into the body that modifies or affects chemical reactions in the body
Drugs have been around a long time, originally coming from plants
to heal
to alter perceptions

3. Medicinal Drugs (3)
Antibiotics: a substance that kills bacteria, but does not harm our cells
Discovered 1944
Can loose potency

4. Misused Drugs: Heroin (4)
Opium Poppies: gave us heroin, morphine, codine
Depressant: slows brain functions, slows breathing, decreases pain, euphoria
Can be
Life threatening
Very addictive

5. Addiction (5)
Addiction is when a person becomes dependent on the drug and can’t stop taking it without suffering severe psychological and physiological symptoms

6. Misused Drugs: Alcohol (6)
Media Perception?
Quickly absorbed from stomach into the blood stream, eventually broken down by the liver
Depressant
slows reaction time
Increase aggression,
decrease inhibitions
Can kill in many different ways

7. Misused Drugs: Alcohol (7)
Alcoholism – what do you know?
Disease (cause unknown)
Alcoholics need to drink large quantities
Poisonous to the liver (cirrhosis)
Poisonous to the brain (memory loss, confusion)
Kills cells by osmosis.
Also is a diuretic.

8. Smoking (8) Cigarette smoke is FILLED with damaging substances
Nicotine – stimulant
Tar – carcinogens
Carbon Monoxide – oxygen deprivation
Smoke Particles – emphysema

9. Define a drug
Describe the medicinal use of antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infection
Describe the effects of the abuse of heroin
Describe the effects of the excessive consumption of alcohol