Drugs Flashcards
What are over the counter drugs?
Drugs that can be purchased from the pharmacy or supermarket without a prescription. Eg: Calpol, Paracetamol.
What is doctor shopping?
Visiting several doctors to obtain multiple prescriptions.
What are social drugs?
Legal drugs, but they can be addictive. Eg: Alcohol, Caffeine.
What are illegal drugs?
Illegal to possess, sell, or use. Put into groups according to their addictivness & harm.
Examples of drugs in each of the groups.
Group A: Heroin.
Group B: Cannabis.
Group C: Anabolic steroids.
Timothy 5:23 teaching.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illness.
Buddhist views on drug addiction.
Suffering is caused by attachment and craving. 3 poisons of life: - Greed - Ignorance - Self Hatred.
How does punishment help addiction.
Shows right from wrong. - Justice.
Gives them time to reflect.
No access to drugs.
Acts as a deterrent.
Why people may take drugs.
- Get rid of pain.
- Escapism.
- Mental illness - depression.
- Peer pressure.
- Fun.
Reasons for not taking drugs.
- Long term physical and mental effects.
- Become reliant on the pain relief.
- Unsafe.
- Make injury worse.
Christian view on helping addicts.
Buddhist view on helping addicts.
Sikhs view on helping addicts.
It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick. - Mark 2:17. Alcoholics anonymous.
Good Karma.
“Sewa” duty to help others in society.
How can religion help addicts.
A community.
Admitting to God.
Something to focus on.
Christian view FOR intoxication
Intoxicate us and prevent us from communicating with God.
Christian view AGAINST intoxication.
Do not become intoxicated it leads us away from God.
Christian against harming our bodies with drugs.
Our bodies are the temple of the holy spirit.
