This document provides information about drugs and their effects. It begins with defining what a drug is - any substance that changes the body's functioning when taken. Drugs are then classified into categories like depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. The document discusses why people use drugs, listing reasons like peer pressure, stress relief, and curiosity. It also outlines some of the physical effects of drug misuse like shakiness, loss of appetite, and sudden death as well as psychological effects like mood swings, paranoia, and hallucinations. In the end, it suggests creating a poster with contact information for local organizations that provide help and information for people dealing with drug problems.

1. Introduction to drugs awareness

2. What is a Drug?
Learners will be asked to come up with a
definition of a drug and discuss what makes a
drug “a drug”

3. Definition of a Drug
A drug is any substance that when taken into
the body changes the way it functions.
Name at least one type of drug you might have heard

4. Classification of Drugs Word
Word Definition
Depressants changes perception of reality
Stimulants
slow down the way the body
works
Hallucinogens
speed up the way the body
works

5. Classifying Drugs

6. Why People Use Drugs

7. Why People Use Drugs Answers
1.Peer pressure 8.To celebrate
2.To get rid of stress 9.To copy someone who is a
role model
3.To get over problems 10.To enhance your mood,
makes you feel good, high
4.Because of feeling
unwanted
11.To increase confidence
5.Trying to fit in 12.To get attention
6.To forget parent child
conflict situations
13.Curiosity
7.Makes them feel grown up 14.To be popular

8. Aim: To list some of the effects of drug
misuse on others.
Effect of Drug Misuse on others
Friends, Family and Society

9. Aim: Is to identify some of the psychological
and physical effects of drugs.
Physical and Psychological Effects Of
Drug Misuse
Physical Effects: are results of taking drugs that affect the state of your body
Psychological Effects: are results of taking drugs that affect to your state of mind

10. Physical and Psychological Effects Of Drug
Misuse Task
Physical Psychological
Shakiness
Dramatic mood swings
Sudden death
Paranoia
Teeth clenching
Schizophrenia
Long-term depression
Irreversible brain damage
Loss of Appetite
Confusion
Respiratory failure
Hallucinations
Constricted blood vesselPanic attacks
Sort these effects into physical and psychological

11. Physical and Psychological Effects Of Drug
Misuse Worksheet
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12. Physical and Psychological Effects Of Drug
Misuse Answers
Physical Psychological
 Shakiness
 Teeth clenching
 Irreversible brain damage
 Sudden death
 Agitation
 Loss of Appetite
 Constricted blood vessel
 Chest pain and respiratory failure
 Seizures and headaches
 Schizophrenia
 Long-term depression.
 Paranoia
 Confusion
 Violence
 Hallucinations
 Suicidal Thoughts
 Panic attacks
 Dramatic mood swings

13. Sources of Help and Information Poster
Task
Create an A4
poster with
names of local
organisations
that provide
information
and help to
people with
drug problems
Success Criteria
1. At least three names of
organisations
2. Physical address
3. Web address
4.Contact telephone
number
4. What sort of help and
information do they
provide.

14. The End
Acknowledgements:
Pictures and information used in this lesson presentation are not my own intellectual
property and can be found on Google images and search engines
Maria Politou
English language teacher