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1 How medicine can help in our lives?

2 Medicines are drugs that are used to treat or prevent disease or other conditions.
Drugs are substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body or mind. Benefits of medicines

3 How is medicine used USE-appropriate use of drug or medicine.
Benefit Preventing disease Contracting specific disease Pain relief Neutralize the effects of toxins. Abuse- intentionally taking medications for nonmedical reasons. Misuse- involves using a medicine in ways other than the intended use. How is medicine used

4 CLASSIFYING MAJOR OPIOID DRUGS
OPIUM MORPHINE HEROIN OXYMORPHONE (Lortab) CODEINE HYDROCODONE (VICODIN) THEBAINE (PERCOCET) Oxycodone (OxyContin) CLASSIFYING MAJOR OPIOID DRUGS

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6 $1500 When refined cocaine leaves Colombia for Mexico
3 $20,000 sold across the US border in New York wholesale. $40,000 when bought on the street in small doses. 2. $1500 When refined cocaine leaves Colombia for Mexico 1. $400 Peruvian farmers paid for 400 pounds of coca leaves which takes one pound of cocaine

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8 Olive oil as a painkiller?
What similar chemicals does olive oil and pain killers have? What negative points does the article say about olive oil? What did you learn from the article? Do you agree with the article? Olive oil as a painkiller?

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10 Vocabulary Sobriety- living without alcohol.
Alcoholic-an addict who is dependent on alcohol. Leukoplakia- thickened, white, leathery looking spots on the inside of the mouth that develop into oral cancer. Environmental tobacco smoke- air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke. Nicotine- the addictive drug found in tobacco Addictive drug-a substance that causes physiological or psychological dependence. Depressant- a drug that slows the central nervous system. Stimulant- A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, an other organs. Intoxication- The state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance. Alters the brain and thinking. Binge drinking - Drinking five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting. Vocabulary


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