Unit3Unit3ProtectingourselvesProjectMakingaposteraboutthedangersofdrugsWhatistheposterabout?Whatisthepurposeofthepicturebeingshowntopeople?Whatshouldwedoornotdotostaysafefromthedangersshownintheposter?LookattheposterThewarning‘SayNotodrugs!’tellsusthatwemustnottakedrugs.Therearesomedrugsintheposter.Drug-takingisaglobalproblem,sothewholeworldispayingspecialattentiontothisproblem.26JuneistheInternationalDayagainstDrugAbuseAndIllicitTrafficking.Thethemeofthisdayin2006is‘Drugsarenotchild’splay’.Itaimstotellpeoplethatdrugsarenotfunandarenotsafe.Let’sjustsaynotodrugs.UNDaysInternationalDayagainstDrugAbuseandIllicitTraffickingReadingGooverthetitleofthebookletandpredictwhatthebookletisaboutfromthetitle.Thenanswerthequestions:Whatcanwelearnfromthetitle“JustsayNO!”?SayingNOtodrugsisanimportantpartofprotectingone’shealthandwell-beingforthefuture.Whatanswerswillbegivenunderthesubtitle‘Whydopeopletakedrugs?’Thereasons/causesfortakingdrugs.Fromthesubtitle‘Whathappenswhenpeopletakedrugs?’,whatdoyouthinkthispartisabout?Theeffectsorresultsoftakingdrugs.Whatinformationcanwelearninthispartfromthesubtitle‘Whatdoesthelawsayabouttakingdrugs?ThepunishmentsforcarryingdrugsWhatdoyouthinkthelastpartisaboutfromthelastsubtitle‘Howcandrugusersseekhelp’?Theassistancesdrugusersneed.Part1

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Question-solving

__________________________Whydopeopletakedrugs?

Whathappenswhenpeopletakedrugs?

Whatdoesthelawsayabouttakingdrugs?

Howcandrugusersseekhelp?FastReading

1.Howmanyclassesofdrugsarethere?

Whatarethey?Therearethreemainclassesofdrugs.Oneiscalleduppers;anotherisreferredtoasdowners;thelastis

thosethatchangethewaypeoplethinkandseetheworld.

DetailedReading2.Whathappenswhenpeopletakedrugs?Somedrugsmaymakepeoplefeel

happy,whileotherscanmakeusers

feeltiredorseethingsthatarenot

reallythere.3.

Whatarethesideeffectsofdrugs

calleduppers?Thesideeffectsofdrugsinthisclass

includedifficultysleeping,nervoustension,heartattacksand,insomecases,death.

4.

Whatarethelegalpunishmentsfor

carryingdrugs?Punishmentsrangefromasmallfine

andafewdaysinprisontoalarge

fineandeventhedeathsentence.5.

Howcandrugusersbeginanewlife

accordingtothewriter?

Theyshouldfirstadmittheirproblem

withdrugsandthentheyshouldseek

helpfromahospitalordrugclinic.Readthefirstpartandfinddetailsofthereasons/causesfortakingdrugs.becausetheyarecurious;torebelagainsttheirfamiliesorsociety;tobeacceptedbyfriendswhoaredrugusers.Theeffectofuppers:increasetheheartrateandmakeusersfeelveryenergeticandhappy;makeuserssufferfromhavingdifficultysleeping,heartattacks,nervoustension,and,insomecases,death;reduceone’sappetiteTheeffectofdowners:decreasetheheartrateandmakeusersfeelsleepy,giveanartificialsenseofpleasure,andcauseheadaches,feelingsofsadnessandaweakpulse;canleadtodeathTheeffectofdrugslikeLSD:causepeopletoseeand/orhearthingsthatarenotreal;increaseheartrateandacuteanxiety;usersmaykillthemselves.Readthesecondpartandfindoutthecommoneffectsofthethreeclassesofdrugs:Alladdictivethepunishmentsforpossessionofdrugsfromasmallfineandafewdaysinprisontoalargefineandthedeathaccordingtothetypeandquantityofillegaldrugsapersoniscarryingwhencaughtbypolice.theassistancedrugusersneedadmittheirproblemwithdrugsandseekhelpfromahospitalordrugclinic;stayinhospitalandtakespecialmedicinestohelpbreakaddiction;needsupportgroupstotalkabouttheirstrugglesandfindnewwaystomanageNowlet’sdiscusswhatourposterwillfocusonandwhatwewillneedtodoinpreparation.1.Whatarethedifferenttypesofdrugs?2.Willyoufocusondrugsingeneraloraspecifictypeofdrugs?3.Whataretheeffectsofdrugsonthebodyormind?Discussion4.Howdoyouthinktakingdrugsaffectstheuser’sfamily?5.Whatarethelegalpunishmentsforcarryingdrugs?6.Whowilldotheresearchfo