“Drugs”

By: Emily Duncan

Kaleigh PattersonRinese Hanson

A 5th Grade Lesson

Energizer

• Shooting a jump shot• Batting a baseball• Serving a tennis ball• Downhill skiing• Spiking a volleyball• Swinging a golfclub

• Throwing a football• Shooting an arrow• Swimming

underwater• Dunking a

basketball

The Standards

HE5.5- Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision making skills to enhance health

NHES.6- Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health

The topics to be discussed:

•Prescription Pills•Alcoholic Beverage•Street Drugs

Prescription Pills:a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be obtained. The term distinguishes it from over-the-counter drugs because those can be obtained without a prescription

• Prescription drugs are the second most commonly abused category of drugs, behind marijuana and ahead of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs.• Some prescription drugs can become addictive,

especially when they are used inconsistently with their labeling or for reasons they were not prescribed.• Only take prescription that is prescribed for you!• Only take the amount the doctor recommends!• Only take the medicine if you are having the

symptoms that the medicine was prescribed to you for!

Affects of Abused Prescription Pills

Alcoholic Beverage:a liquor or brew that contains alcohol is a central nervous system depressant and in smaller amounts can appear to have a mild stimulant effect

Effects of Alcohol Abuse

Statistics• About 5,000 youth under the age of 21 die from motor

vehicle accidents, other unintentional injuries, homicides, and suicides…all of which include alcohol consumption

• 1,900- motor vehicle crashes• 1,600- homicides• 300- suicide • 200- unintentional injuries

• More than 40% of children who tried alcohol before the age of 15 became alcoholics later in life

Street Drugs:a substance that is purchased from a drug dealer; it can be a legal substance but being used for the wrong reasons and sold without a prescription; it can be illegal to posses

Drug Short-Term Effects Long-Term Effects

Heroin Feeling of euphoria, dry mouth, heavy arms & legs

Infection of heart lining, liver & kidney disease, skin infections

Cocaine Paranoia, mood swings, anxiety, dilated pupils

Kidney failure, stomach ulcers, restricts blood flow, heart disease

Meth Body weakness, decreased appetite, insomnia, anxiety

Violent behavior, psychotic behavior, hallucinations, paranoia

Marijuana Sleepiness, bloodshot eyes, increased heart rate, dry mouth and throat, anxiety and panic attacks

Increased cancer risks, needing more of the drug to get higher because you become immune to small amounts, lower fertility rates

Which one would you rather look like:the picture on the LEFT or the RIGHT?

Which one would you rather drink:the picture on the LEFT or the RIGHT?

Which would you rather take:the picture on the LEFT or the RIGHT?

Which one should you take from your cabinets at home:the picture on the LEFT or the RIGHT?

Would you rather have:the picture on the LEFT or the RIGHT?

Would you rather look:pretty like the picture on the RIGHT or ugly like the picture on the LEFT?

Why risk it????

Pledge to be DRUG FREE!

As a Drug Free Kid, I pledge to lead the way by:

1. Living a drug-free life

2. Showing my friends that a drug free life is more fun

3. Helping my fellow Drug Free Kids

4. Learning more about how drugs really harm people

5. Telling people the truth about the harmful effects of drugs

6. Helping my family and friends to be drug-free

7. Setting a good example to all children, by leading the way to a drug-free USA