Drugs Year 7 Flashcards
Name 3 depressants
Alcohol, cannabis, tranquillisers, methadone, codeine, morphine, heroine
Name 3 stimulants
caffeine, cocaine, nicotine, ecstasy, amphetamines
Name 3 hallucinogens
LSD, PCP, psilocybin (magic mushrooms), mescaline and high doses of cannabis and ecstay
Name 6 reasons why people use drugs
Medical diseases boredom Headache Fun Enhance sporting performance Celebration Pressure Curiosity To rebel against something To relax
Name ways to sort drugs
Legal to illegal
What the drug does
Availability e.g. Needing a prescription, getting a drug over a counter like panadol, drugs you you can get in food and drink, drugs you get on the black market
What is a drug?
Any chemical substance which, when taken into the body, alters it’s function. This change can be physical or psychological.
What are the examples of obtaining legal drugs?
Over the counter medicines e.g cold and flu or panadol.
Prescription drugs e.g antibiotics or sedatives or antidepressants.
Social drugs e.g tobacco and alcohol.
Ingredients in foods e.g caffeine in tea and coffee
Give an example of how legal drugs can still be dangerous?
Alcohol impairs your judgment while driving or operating machinery so you can have an accident. It also damages you liver in excessive quantities.
Tobacco causes lung cancer.
Petrol and glue cause damage to your brain if sniffed.
What is the bottom left corner of the drug triangle mean
The drug
What is the bottom right corner of the drug triangle resemble
The environment
What does the top of the drug triangle resemble
The person or more precisely the individual
What are the different ways that effect the drugs effect
How much is taken
How it was taken
The individuals experience and relationship with the drug
The individuals size,weight and health
The individuals mood
Whether other drugs were taken at the same time
The setting e.g. Home alone or at a party
