Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drugs use is a essentially a choice. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
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Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drugs use is a essentially a choice. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. use drugs, alcohol or tobacco ?. Do “good” kids use drugs, tobacco or alcohol?. What are the most commonly abused drugs?. What are Gateway Drugs?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drugs use is a essentially a choice.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
use drugs, alcohol
or
tobacco?
Do “good” kids use drugs, tobacco or alcohol?
What are the most commonly abused drugs?
What influencesa person'sdecisionto useor not usedrugs?
What are the What are the consequences?consequences?
Why do some drug users “OD”?
What government agency controlswhat’sin a “street drug”?
How is medicine advertised today?
Why do some people make poor decisions
about important things?
Why do some people think …
“as long as I don’t do it too much”?
What would you
doif a friend
used drugs, alcohol or tobacco?
What are some
healthy alternatives
for dealing with stress?
Can teens go to jail?
Do under-age drinking convictions have to be
reported on college applications or military
recruitment applications?
What would you do if you were at a place
where alcohol or drugs were offered?
What are some verbal
orphysical
refusal skills?
What choice will you make?
What’s in the newsaboutdrugs?
American Tobacco Company also known as Lorillard sells an eCigarette called Blu.
Altria makers of Copenhagen, Marlboro, Skoa(Phillip Morris) l has come out with an eCigarette called MarkTen.
RJ Reynolds, the second-largest U.S. tobacco company – makers of Camel, Kool and Kodiak has come out with an eCigarette called Vuse.
The cartridge holds a liquid carbohydrate called glycerin mixed with nicotine.
Elvis PresleyBorn: January 8, 1935Died: August 16, 1977
A cultural icon, known as"Elvis," and referred to as"The King of Rock 'n' Roll“.
Heart attack
brought on from
chronic abuse of
a combination of
drugs.
Jimi HendrixBorn: November 27 1942
Died: September 18, 1970
American guitarist. He is considered thegreatest guitarist by other musicians.
Pulmonary aspiration
due to mixing sleeping
pills with alcohol.
Jim MorrisonBorn: December 8, 1943Died: July 3, 1971
Lead singer and lyricist for therock band The Doors.
Died of a heroin
overdose, having
inhaled what he
believed to be
cocaine.
Bon ScottBorn: July 9, 1946. Died: February19 1980
AC/DC lead singer. Found ina car on a London road.
Pulmonaryaspiration due toalcohol poisoning.
Janis Joplin Born: January 19,
1943
Died: October 4, 1970
Heroin
overdose.
NOSTRUMSOld time Medicines, Elixers
and Patent DrugsMost early “medicines”
contained drugs - with names we’re familiar with today …
Laudanum is Opium. Cloves for toothaches. Quinine – for malaria. Willow Bark Extract - acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin). Castor Oil - castor beans; laxative.Powered Nitre - potassium nitrate (saltpeter) – for asthma; toothpaste. Whiskey.
Laudanum has25 times more Opium than a Paregoric.
These are examples oftinctures. A tincture is a medicinecontaining
alcohol.
A grain equals weight of a seed.
Coryza is from the Greek kara = “head” and zeein = “to boil”.
Chloroform - an anesthetic – like ether.
Min is short for
Minim
= 1/60th of a
Dram
A Dram is 1/8th of an ounce
a very small amount
Prohibition in the United States began in 1920 and lasted until 1933. Here’s prescription for whiskey dated 1929.
Which Amendment banned alcohol?1st 5th 18th
What year did “Prohibition” begin? 1812 1919
Who was President when Prohibition began?
Woodrow Wilson Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which amendment ended Prohibition? 18th 21st
