This presentation states what a drug is. And this is not what seems at first glance. This concept can mean a lot more.

1. On Taking Drugs
Prepared by a student of the PO-31 group
Ivano-Frankivsk College
Liudmyla Fedoriv

2.  It’s easy to have a pretty negative view of drugs:
the news is always going on about police raids on
drug dealers, kids tripping dangerously at raves,
overdoses and rehab.
 It goes without saying: things can go horrifically
wrong around drugs. But our intense awareness of
the negatives is in danger of creating a
misleadingly narrow view of the subject. Drugs are
– at best – serious, dignified, noble and important,
and we need more of them in our lives.

3. The real issue is: we don’t have a correct sense
of
what a drug is – and what the drugs might be
that
we truly stand in need of.
Essentially a drug is a thing, anything, that
alters

4. The task of a drug is
simply to alter mood in
any positive direction in
sympathy with one’s
highest ambitions. So we
need drugs to help us be
more self-analytical,
more hopeful, less prone
to irritability, more
politically tolerant and
better at listening to
other people, especially
partners, when they have
legitimate complaints
against us.

5. Fortunately, there are a lot more things that are drugs than we
ordinarily suppose.
The word ‘drug’ happens to be sitting on a crucially important and
large idea: the generation of benign and positive states of mind through
The use of external physical resources. Any properly accurate list of
drugs we have available should include the following:
Pomegranate Juice

6.  Coffee stimulates, but
in the right dosage,
just-squeezed orange-
juice (with a touch of
lemon) briefly
strengthens the will –
and makes us more
able to face tricky
tasks. The much less
well known
pomegranate juice has
a soothing, calming
effect which helps one
be less prickly around
perceived insults and
slights.

7. This physical object,
titled Morning in the
Riesengebirge by the German
19th-century Romantic artist
Caspar David Friedrich, is a
drug that hangs on a wall and
is intended to produce an
expanded state of
consciousnessin which the pain
of immediate troubles is lessened
by a euphoric recognition of the
immensity of nature.

8. It’s mild, savoury
taste and yielding (but
not crumbly) texture
quickly bring on a
feeling of repleteness.
Emmental is a quick
anxiety reducer. Like
chocolate and hot
buttered toast,
Emmental cheese is an
envy-suppressing
drug.

9. This musical drug briefly induces a heightened state of
tenderness towards strangers and a mood of generosity
towards one’s own and others’ stupidity when it comes
to relationships.

10. A very popular drug – tea – was employed in
Buddhist ceremonies in Japan from the 13th
century onwards. The drug was used to promote
focus, concentration and a feeling of strong
connection to other human beings. You might have to
sit in a particular way taking your tea drug; wait
patiently to be served and consume a very specific
quantity while contemplating the branch of a pine
tree moving ever so slightly in a breeze outside.

11. The Ancient Greeks were also very
interested in drugs. Their ritual – known as
the Dionysian Mysteries – was built around
the highly structured use of red wine as
part of a religious festival. Participants
would drink and dance in search of a sense
of collective belonging, as decreed by the
God Dionysus.

12. Some of them is coffee.
I really love coffee and it seems incurable.
Coffee helps me feel more energized and
perform tasks more efficiently and better.

14. There are people who can’t start the day without
having a freshly brewed cup of coffee. They love
coffee so much that sometimes they call
themselves “coffee addicts”.
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16. This is an extremely interesting story that I have
come back to numerous times.

17. I improve my English by reading these books in
the original and also watch movies in English
with subtitles.

18. My
synopsis

19. I liked the webinar in general, but I didn't understand
everything because the lecturer spoke very quickly.
It is hard for me to understand everything at the
moment, but I hope that I can do it eventually.

20. I think a webinar is
a great method of
learning English
because it involves
improving your
listening and
reading skills and
helps you
understand English
better in real life.

21. We need to broaden our sense of what a drug is,
because it's not just pills, alcohol, or cigarettes,
but much more.
They are different for each of us and these tools
do not always bring harm to us. Usually, they
help us feel happy. Let's keep it in mind!