What is the law on legal highs and other drugs? How are drugs classified?
Should she take the laughing gas? Read through the blog post – what advice would you give? Should she give the laughing gas a go? Why?
What do you know about legal highs?
How are drugs classified? Drugs are put into classes A, B or C. This depends on 3 main things: 1.The effect on the individual 2.How addictive it is 3.What the cost to society is
Drugs Card Sort – What class? Using your cards, match the drug with what class you think it should be. Which drug do you think is most dangerous and why?
Britain’s Most Dangerous Drug This programme gives info on some of the most dangerous drugs. Is there a drug you would like to know more about?
The end of today and the beginning of next lesson! Is it possible to say that one drug is more harmful than another? How do you formulate your opinion on what you consider to be ‘harmful?’ How would you ‘categorise’ or ‘class’ drugs?