Where Were You?Remembering September 11th

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Narcoterrorism

• According to the article, what two plants were responsible for funding the September 11th attacks?

• Terrorists see American consumption of illegal drugs as evidence of what?

• In 1999, what percentage of the world’s supply of heroin was produced in Afghanistan?

• According to Sun Tzu, what do we need to win a war?

Surprised?

• Were you surprised to know that the drug trade actually supports terrorist activities?

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Before You Risk It …

• Now that you’ve seen how drug use hurts our state and our country … are you still thinking about it?• What about how drug use affects your health?

Websites to Check Out

• http://www.freevibe.com/• http://www.drugabuse.gov/

DrugPages/DrugsofAbuse.html• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

units/addiction/drugs/index.cfm (Be sure to explore Drugs of Abuse, Mouse Party, and Cerebral Commando!)

Questions

• Which part of the brain is most influenced by marijuana?

• What diseases are often transmitted by sharing heroin needles?

• Is crack less addictive than cocaine?• What percentage of sexual assaults

are found to be drug related?

The “enemy” is clear.

•Now, what are you going to do about it? How can we win the war against drugs and the war against terror at the same time?

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