Drugs

Topics

• Cigarettes
• Alcohol
• Drugs and Symptoms

Drugs

• legal drugs
• illegal drugs

Legal Drugs

illegal Drugs

Cigarettes

Cigarettes

• legal: 16+
• why do people smoke?

Health Risks

Teeth

• teeth of heavy smokers: yellow
• terrible-smelling breath

lungs

• damaged lungs: no poperly breathing
• bronchitis, asthma or lung cancer

heart

• smoking weaks the heart muscle
• produces diseases of the arteries

young smokers..

Alcohol

Alcohol

• legal
• allowed: 18 +
• some things: 16 +

Why do people drink alcohol?

• celebrate
• relax
• feel adult
• all others do it

Why do pEOPLE DRINK ALCOHOL?

• bored
• enjoy the feeling
• taste
• going out

Alcohol

• slows the way the brain works down
• makes people sleepy
• increases blood pressure
• increases pulse rate

alcoholic

alcohol

• death by cirrhosis of the liver
• alcoholism is an illness

Drugs and Symptoms

most of the drugs are illegal

nervous-system-depressing drugs

• alcohol, barbiturates-downers, tranquillisers-valium, gases & solvents-glues
• make you feel less tense andmore relaxed
• you work less well mentally and physically
• you lose self-control

nervous-system-depressing drugs

• large amounts can make you drunk, feel drowsy or send you to sleep or unconscious
• you can become psychologically and physically dependent on drugs & the more often you use them, the more you need to get the desired effects

nervous-system-stimulating drugs

• Amphetamines, Cocaine, Caffeine, Tobacco, LSD
• make you feel more alert
• you are able to stay awake & active longer without becoming tired or sleepy

nervous-system-stimulating drugs

• later you become depressed, hungry and tired
• if you use it often it makes you anxious, agitated, unable to sleep
• You also can become psychologically dependent.

perception-altering drugs

• mushrooms, cannabis, and marijuana
• make all your senses more intense
• feeling of unreality
• can cause panic or anxiety

perception-altering drugs

• no risk of physical dependency, but repeated use may cause temporary psychological disturbance

Risks

• Crime
• Family
• Job
• Health

Cannabis

Cocaine

LSD