Introduction | Task | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion |
LEGAL DRUGS
Author: Arrieta, Costan, Palomeras 2010

E-mail: juppiter21@hotmail.com
Subject English

Level 4rt ESO



INTRODUCTION A legal drug is not necessarily safe or non-addictive. Drugs that are both legal and freely available (such as alcohol and nicotine) are among the most often abused. Even prescription drugs at prescribed doses can be addictive, can have dangerous side effects and can cause drug interactions. Do you think you know everything about legal drugs? Let's answer some question with the help of different websites and check your knowledge.

TASK Answer these questions with the help of the websites proposed. Try to use your own words. Doctors prescribe different drugs in order to help ill people, but these drugs can also be bought illegally. List some of them and explain their effects on the human body with your own words. What are the dangers of underage drinking? List them and give a brief comment of each danger. How does alcohol affect the body? Explain it in 3 lines. Do you think that the estatistics of alcohol abuse in Spain are worrying? Why?Could it be any solution to avoid the amount of people that drink alcohol? What is binge drinking?What are the risks associated with it? List some of the health risks associated with smokin cigarretes. Are you impressed by any of them? Which are the physical effects of smoking marijuana? Is chewing smokeless tobacco dangerous?Why?

RESOURCES WEBSITES:

- http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/a/alcohol_abuse/stats-country.htm
- http://www.egetgoing.com/drug_addiction/legal_drugs.asp
- http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/hrc/health_topics/tobacco.htm
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs_marijuana.html?tracking=K_RelatedArticle
- http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/binge_drink.html#
- http://consumerist.com/2009/04/9-legal-drugs-with-extremely-disturbing-side-effects.html
- http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/alcohol.html#
- http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smokeless.html
- http://www.thecoolspot.gov/too_much.asp
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EVALUATION Throgh the activity you have learned a lot of things of legal drugs. Upload your answers to your blogs and we will comment them.

CONCLUSION Write a conclusion individually about what you think about the legal drugs now. Should they be illegal? or not? Why?