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Drugs Flashcards

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What is drug abuse?

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Using drugs in a way that harms the user

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What is a drug?

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A substance that when taken affects the mind or body

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What is class?

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Types of drugs and how they are seen by the law

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What are prescription drugs?

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Drugs legally obtained with a doctors consent

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What are illegal drugs?

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Drugs which are illegal to possess

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What are social drugs?

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Drugs used for social reasons that can be addictive, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are examples

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What is rehabilitation?

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Process by which addicts are helps in their addiction to drugs

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Give a quote which explains why you shouldn’t use illegal drugs

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“Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit”

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Which parable explains that we should help drug users?

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The parable of the sheep and goats-“when I was hungry you fed me” etc

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Give a Qur’an quote which explains we shouldn’t use drugs

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“Everything intoxicating is haram”

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What is haram?

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Forbidden by Islamic rules

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Why do people take drugs? 6

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Boredom 
Experiment
Addiction
Curiosity 
Peer pressure
Rebellious actions
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Class A drugs are also known as ?

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Hard drugs

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What can dealing Class A drugs get you in prison?

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Life imprisonment

Possession has a max of 7 years

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Example of Class A drug?

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Cocaine

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Example of Class B drug?

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Cannabis

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What can doing Class B drugs get you in prison?

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Possession -5 years

Dealing - 14 years

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An example of Class C drug?

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Steroids

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What can doing Class C drugs get you in prison?

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Possession-max of 2 years

Dealing- 7 years

19
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What do Anabolic Steroids do?

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Build muscles

20
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What are the drawbacks of random drug tests?

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Athletes can avoid tests or detections

Mistakes can be made as our body creates banned substances naturally

21
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Why do some people think we should legalise drugs?

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Costs time and money prosecuting drug offenders
Drug dealers will go out of business
Drugs won’t appeal as much
Tobacco and alcohol are andthey are much more dangerous (seen 2 b)

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Arguments against legalising drugs?

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More people would use them
Deaths would increase
The healthy service couldnt be able to cope with addictions

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What are the arguments for legalising cannabis?

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Chasing cannabis users wastes police time
Drug dealers out of a job
Unfair to give people a criminal record for a minor offence
Can be used medically
Alcohol causes more damage

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Why are some people against legalising cannabis?

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‘Gateway drug’- you will move onto harder drugs
Harmful
More people would use it

25
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What do Christians believe about alcohol?

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Drink it in moderation but should not be abused

“Do not get drunk with wine, it will only ruin you”

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What do Christians believe about smoking?

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Anything that damages the body is destroys Gods creation and we should depend on God, not drugs

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Christian beliefs about illegal drugs?

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You should obey the law

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Islamic beliefs about alcohol?

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“Haram” because it is harmful- it doesn’t ,et you make the correct decisions for you and your family when you are under the influence, you lose control and can prey properly- which they are require to do 5 times a day.

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Why are Ismalic people against smoking?

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Because it destroys the body

30
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What are Islamic beliefs about illegal drugs?

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They are poison
They have no right to destroy Allah’s creation
Drugs stop people making clear decisions
Drugs are seen as a weapon of the devil

31
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What do Christians do for drug users?

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God forgives and cares for those whose life has been ruined bu drugs and drink.
Many Christians are involved in rehabilitation programmes

32
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What do Islamic people do for drug users?

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They should be offered forgiveness and help in coming off drugs

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