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DRUGS AND ALCOHOL: FACTS, MYTHS, EFFECTS
AND INFLUENCES PPL1Ob
Mr. Hamilton
GROUP ACTIVITY
• With a partner, make a list of the different types of
drugs or alcohol that you know of.
• If a drug had more than 1 name that you know of,
write it down too.
HONOURING GOD
• Do you now know that your bodies are temples of
the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have
received from God? You are not your own; you
were bought at a price. Therefore, honour God
with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
SOME DRUG STATS
• 47,000 Canadian deaths are linked to substance
abuse annually.
• 23% of Ontario students reported that they were
offered, sold, or given a drug at a school in the last
year. That’s about 219,000 students!
• 42% of Ontario students surveyed have used an illicit
substance in the past year.
• Substance abuse has cost our health care system
$8 billion.
MYTHS AND FACTS
IS MARIJUANA ADDICTIVE?
• Yes
• About 1 in 11 people who use marijuana become
addictive - FACT
• Code names: Cannabis, grass, pot, Mary Jane, and
many more
FACT
• Most people who start smoking in their teens
become regular smokers before they’re 18.
FACT
• More than 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before
age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
FACT
• When you can’t think straight because you’re drunk
or high, you have a greater chance of getting
raped, STD’s, or even pregnant.
MYTH
• Smokeless tobacco does not cause cancer.
• FACT: Smokeless tobacco (such as chewing
tobacco and snuff) increases the risk of cancer,
especially oral cancers.
MYTH
• Prescription drugs are not harmful.
• The FACTS:
• You need to ask who, how and why:
• Who were they prescribed for? You or someone else?
• How are you taking them? As prescribed or not?
• Why are you taking them? To get well or to get high?
• FACT: Prescription drug abuse is still drug abuse.
FACT
• Since 2003, prescription pain medications like
Vicodin and OxyContin have been involved in more
overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine
combined.
DID YOU KNOW?
A 2008 study found:
• 1 in 3 songs said something about drug, alcohol or tobacco use.
• 3 in 4 rap songs said something about drug, alcohol or tobacco use.
• 7 in 10 movies showed
characters smoking.
• 1 in 3 movies showed people
getting drunk.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Mixing pills with other drugs or with alcohol really
increases your risk of death from accidental
overdose.
• Abuse of prescription stimulants like Ritalin and
Adderall can cause serious health problems,
including panic attacks, seizures, and heart attacks.
DO DRUGS ACTUALLY HARM YOUR BRAIN?
• Though drugs all do different things, they ALL affect
the brain – that’s why drugs make you feel high,
low, speeded up, slowed down, or see things that
aren’t there.
• FACT: Drugs mess with your brain’s wiring and
signals.
DID YOU KNOW?
Repeated drug use can reset the brain’s pleasure
meter, so that without the drug, you feel hopeless
and sad. Eventually, everyday fun stuff like spending
time with friends or playing with your dog doesn’t
make you happy anymore.
WHY DO PEOPLE SMOKE WHEN THEY KNOW IT IS SO BAD FOR THEM?
• They may start for different reasons…
• To look edgy and rebellious
• Because of product placement (the tobacco industry trying to get into your head and your pocket)
• but can’t stop because…
• They are addicted
PRODUCT PLACEMENT
Consider this:
When you watch
TV or movies, are
you analysing the
messages that
advertisers are
sending you?
HONOURING GOD
• Do you now know that your bodies are temples of
the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have
received from God? You are not your own; you
were bought at a price. Therefore, honour God
with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
SOURCES
"Drugs: Shatter the Myths." National Institute on Drug Abuse, July 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2014. <http://drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov/files/teenbrochure_508.pdf>. "Canadian Drug Crisis." Canadian Drug Crisis. Teen Challenge, 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. <http://www.teenchallenge.ca/get-help/canadian-drug-crisis>. "Bible Gateway Passage: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - New International Version."Bible Gateway. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+6:19-20>.
"Mouth Cancer Pictures." TheQuitorg. N.p., 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.thequit.org/tools-resources/motivation-pictures-stories/cancer-pictures/>.
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