1. Thinking about crime... What connects these three people?
Write down your answer on your post-it . We will revisit these at the end of the lesson

2. The Heroin Trail Lesson aims:
To understand that crime is an international problem
To decide whether drug crime is ‘victimless’

3. The Heroin Trail
Watch the following video clip and write down the answers to the following two questions... Which country does Heroin come from? What plant does Heroin come from?

4. The Heroin Trail
Many people are involved in smuggling Heroin into the UK. This is known as the Heroin trail...

5. Is the trade in Heroin a ‘victimless’ crime?
Look again at source A
With the person next to you identify...
Which two people make the most money from the Heroin Trail?
Which two people are the worst off in the Heroin Trail?
Which two people are risking the most on the Heroin Trail?
In your pairs discuss whether you agree or disagree with this statement...
“Drug dealing is a crime with no victims- people buy drugs because they want to!”

6. DRUG DEALING IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME
This is Jane, she is a young girl who is addicted to drugs
She has to steal from shops to get enough money to buy Heroin
She lost contact with her family years ago

7. DRUG DEALING IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME
This is Private Jane Doe
She is a soldier in the British Army, serving in Afghanistan
She is risking her life to prevent drugs from reaching the streets of Britain

8. DRUG DEALING IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME
This is Hamid, a poppy farmer
He is forced to grow poppies by the Taliban
If he stops producing poppies he will be punished or even killed

9. DRUGS PAY FOR TERRORISM
The Taliban make their money from drugs
They use this money to buy weapons, train their fighters and support terrorism

10. Homework
Design a poster highlighting the victims of the trade in Heroin. This poster should aim to persuade people to avoid buying drugs by showing them where their money goes

11. Thinking about crime... What connects these three people?
So, what connects these three people. How close were you before?