B1b Use misuse and abuse

Smoking, Alcohol and other drugs

The effects of smoking and alcohol

brain

lungs

liver

In the table you have been given, decide if the statement is an effect of smoking or alcohol. Write the number in correct box in the table

4 Make you impotent – less able to make sperm

6 Causes lung and mouth cancer

2. Causes chest

infections and

emphysema

5 Causes slower

reaction, brain damage and

loss of memory

1.Can make you aggressive

7. Can cause liver

damage

3.Raises blood pressure

The effects of smoking and alcohol

Smoking

2. Causes chest infections and emphysema

3. Raises blood pressure

5.Causes lung and mouth cancer

Alcohol1. Can make you

aggressive4. Make you impotent – less

able to make sperm

6.Slower reaction times, brain damage and loss of memory

7.Can cause liver damageWere you

right?

Match the word to the definition

Sedative

Stimulant

drugs that speed up your reactions and make you more alert.

drugs that slow down your reactions and make you less alert.

Dependency

You become ADDICTED to the drug.

Tolerance

Your body gets used to the drug and you need more to get the same effect

block nerve impulses travellingto the part of the brain thatdeals with pain

Painkillers

Match the word to the definition

Sedative

Stimulant

drugs that speed up your reactions and make you more alert.

drugs that slow down your reactions and make you less alert.

Dependency

You become ADDICTED to the drug.

Tolerance

Your body gets used to the drug and you need more to get the same effect

block nerve impulses travellingto the part of the brain thatdeals with pain

Painkillers

Name the drugAre the following drugs sedatives, painkillers or stimulants?

Write the name of each drug in the correct box

cannabis

barbiturates

alcohol

paracetamol

cocaine morphine amphetamines

coffee

sedative stimulant painkiller

Name the drug (answers)

sedative

cannabisbarbiturates

alcohol

paracetamolcocaine

morphineamphetamines

coffee

stimulant painkiller

And finally…

• What does each of these do to the body?

What chemicals are found in cigarettes?

• Nicotine• Tar• Carbon monoxide

And finally…

• What does each of these do to the body?

• Nicotine – is highly addictive

• Tar – contains carcinogens – chemicals that can cause cancer

• Carbon monoxide – takes the place of oxygen in the red blood cells. Breathlessness.

What chemicals are found in cigarettes?

• Nicotine• Tar• Carbon monoxide