Drugs Education: Unit 3

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Learning objectives

What are some different illegal drugs?

How do these drugs affect you?
What are the risks of taking them?
How does the law classify different drugs?
What are the legal consequences of
drug activity?
What is drug addiction?
What are the consequences of drug addiction?
How do I keep myself and others safe from
drug use?

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Illegal drugs fact file

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Illegal drugs: what are the risks?

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True or false?

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Drugs classification

Learning Objective:
To know what classification different types of drugs are

I can define what a drug is

I can explain what classification a drug is
I can compare different classifications of drugs

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Drugs and the law

In the UK, illegal drugs are divided into three different

classes – A, B and C – according to how harmful they are.
Class A drugs are considered to be the most harmful.
Class A drugs Class B drugs Class C drugs
Heroin Amphetamines Cannabis
Cocaine (speed) GHB
Crack Over a certain Ketamine
Crystal meth amount of Some painkillers.
Ecstasy codeine.
Magic mushrooms
LSD.

There are different penalties for possessing and dealing

drugs depending on whether they are class A, B or C.
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What is the name of the drug?

What classification is it?
What does the drug do?
What are the effects of the drugs?
What are the risks of the drugs?

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Drugs and the law

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Young people and drugs offences

If you are under eighteen and you commit a drugs offence,

you will not receive the same punishment as an adult.
However, there are a number of things that can happen to
you. The severity of the punishment you are given will
depend on on the type and quantity of the drug involved.
Your parents or carers can be informed.
You can be given a reprimand or final warning by
the police.
You can be given a fine.
You can be ordered to do community service.
You can be given a Drug Treatment and Testing Order.
You can be sent to a Youth Court for trial.
You can be given a custodial sentence for up to two
years in a Young Offender’s Institute (YOI).
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Drug addiction

Being addicted to a drug means that you are dependent on

it. Addiction can be physical or it can be psychological.
What is physical addiction?
A powerful and uncontrollable
craving for a drug.
Physical addiction to some drugs
such as heroin can happen after
using them only a few times.
Users may do anything to get more of the drug, including
committing serious crimes.
A certain amount of the drug may be needed just to
help the user feel normal.
Withdrawal can be horrible and can include vomiting,
diarrhoea, muscle ache and pounding headaches.
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Drug addiction

What is psychological addiction?

The user feels that they cannot cope
with day-to-day life without the drug.
The habit of using the drug becomes
part of the person’s daily routine.
Using the drug is a way of escaping
problems and unhappiness.

Which type of addiction do you think

would be the worst? Why?

Often drug addicts experience a combination of physical and

psychological addiction. Psychological addiction can be just
as hard, or even harder, to overcome than physical addiction.

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Drug addiction: Leah’s story

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The Rachel Whitear story

In May 2000, 21-year-old Rachel Whitear was found dead in

her bedsit, three days after she had overdosed on heroin.

Rachel’s parents decided to

allow this police photo of their
daughter’s body to be used in
a film which warns secondary
school students about the
dangers of drug abuse.

There was much controversy surrounding the use of the

photo. Many people disagreed with this ‘shock tactic’
approach to drugs education.
Do you think it was a good idea to use this photo?
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Are shock tactics effective?

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In the hot seat

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Sources of help

There are a number of organizations which provide

help and advice for people with drug problems, or those
affected by someone with a drug problem. Here are
some of them:
Addaction www.addaction.org.uk
Drugscope www.drugscope.org.uk
SOLVE IT www.solveitonline.co.uk
Talk to Frank www.talktofrank.com
TheSite.org www.thesite.org

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Glossary

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