The rate at which are taking drugs is very high, there is a need to curb this. This presentation is on the effect of the drugs on their brain and body.

1. DRUGS,
BRAIN
& THE BODY
FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS
PREPARED BY FOOD AND

2. WHAT ARE
DRUGS?

3. A drug is a substance
which has a physiological
effect when ingested or
otherwise introduced into
the body.

4. WHY ARE WE
TALKING
ABOUT
DRUGS?

5. BECAUSE TEENAGERS AND
CHILDREN ARE NOW GETTING
INVOLVED IN DRUG ABUSE
WHICH MEANS ANY USE OF
ILLEGAL DRUGS OR MISUSE OF
ANY LEGAL DRUGS.

7. LOCOMOTIVE CLAP
ENERGIZER

8. EFFECT OF DRUGS ON THE
BRAIN

10. THE BRAIN FUNCTIONS BY TRANFERRING INFORMATION FROM
ONE CELL (NEURON) TO ANOTHER CELL (NEURON) THROUGH
THE USE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
SEROTONIN
HAPPINESS
SLEEP
DOPAMINE
FOCUS
ENERGY/MOTIVATIO
N
LEARNING
ANXIETY
GABA
RELAXATIO
N

11. PART OF
THE BRAIN
AFFECTED
BY DRUGS

12. This is the part of the brain that motivates us to do healthy activities, like
eating or hanging out with friends.
Drugs flow into this area of the brain and cause people to feel really happy. But if you
use a drug a lot, the basal ganglia can get used to having the drug around, and make
it hard to feel pleasure from anything but the drug.
THE BASAL
GANGLIA
This part helps you think, make decisions, and control your actions.
So when someone uses drugs, they have a hard time making good decisions and
controlling their actions.
THE PREFRONTAL
CORTEX
This part makes you feel stressed out or cranky. When people use drugs, this
part of the brain gets very sensitive.
When your body is used to the drugs and you stop, the extended amygdala makes
you feel really sick, so people will use drugs again just to get rid of that feeling.
THE EXTENDED
AMYGDALA

13. FRUIT SALAD
ENERGIZ
ER

14. EFFECT OF TAKING
DRUGS ON THE
BODY

15. The body also has internal structures called
organs that makes it function well.
The body contains many parts that
functions together.

16. Pitifully, Drug Abuse cause harm to most of
these organs and it result to diseases and
death of people.

18. TANZANIA TANZANIA
ENERGIZER

19. IF YOU WANT TO BE GREAT IN LIFE
DON’T KEEP BAD FRIENDS

20. DON’T FORGET YOUR DREAMS, STAY AWAY FROM
DRUGS

21. STUDY YOUR BOOKS, DON’T DO DRUGS. KINGS
AND QUEENS DON’T TAKE ALCOHOL AND
DRUGS.

22. A man or woman with great dream does
not think about drugs and alcohol.

23. MAKE YOURSELF AND
YOUR PARENTS PROUD
WITH GOOD ACADEMIC
RESULT. EDUCATION IS
VERY IMPORTANT.

24. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING AND
COOPERATING
LOVE YOU ALL