3. What is a drug? What is drug abuse? What are the different types of abuse? What is drug classification?

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What is a drug? What is drug abuse? What are the different types of abuse? What is drug classification?

Drug: a substance which when taken affects the body or mind. Prescription Drugs: drugs legally obtained only with a doctors consent. Drug abuse: using drugs in a way that causes harm to the user.

Illegal drugs: drugs which are illegal to possess, sell, or use. Social drugs: legal drugs which are still addictive such as alcohol, nicotine, caffeine etc. Drug classification: Three legal categories by which illegal drugs are classified according to British Law. The categories are based on the level of harm they do and how addictive they are.

Brain time In pairs/groups can you name the drugs on the worksheet? Are they legal or illegal? What ‘class’ are they? Time: 5 minutes Time: 5 minutes. 5

Brain time We are now going to go through each of the drugs. On your worksheet record the name of the drug, its class and details about it.

Brain time Time: minutes Time: minutes.

Brain time Time: minutes Time: minutes.