Drugs and Alcohol

Mr. Rodriguez - 6th Grade Health

Students will gain an...

● Understanding of the risks involved with doing drugs and/or alcohol

● Understanding of common drugs and dangerous substances
● Understanding of methods to avoid temptation
● Understanding of how to live a healthy drug-free lifestyle

Drugs Exercise
Alcohol Hobbies
Peer Pressure

● Peer Pressure- people influencing those around them to engage in poor behavior
● Almost everybody experiences peer pressure throughout school and activities
● Peer Pressure can be subtle or forceful and can be difficult to identify
● Peer Pressure can come from anybody, so it is important to stay alert.
● Pressure to engage in negative activity can come in many different forms.
Methods of Peer Pressure

● Force: physicality or threatening

forcing an action
● Verbal Persuasion: using words and
manipulation to suggest an action
● Advertising: using social media or
another platform to display a
negative action as a positive
How to Avoid Peer Pressure

● Choose friends carefully, avoid those partaking in negative activity

● Avoid situations where negative activity is likely, for example: when invited behind
the school during recess, decline the invitation
● Stay informed on the effects of negative activity to know what to avoid
● Get involved with healthy alternatives like sports or art
● Remember you always have the ability to say No!
 Effects of Drugs on the Body

● Drugs can alter and interrupt brain activity

due to chemical imbalances
● Some drugs stunt growth, and others can
result in organ failure
● Many drugs are illegal and can lead to arrests
or disqualification from certain opportunities
such as jobs
● Doing drugs is also expensive, many addicts
find themself in financial deficits
● Doing drugs can subject you to carcinogens,
such as in the tar in cigarettes
A Healthy Lung vs. A Smoker’s Lung

*carcinogens- cancer causing agents

Common Drugs and
Dangerous Substances

● Tobacco- found in cigarettes, vaporizers,

snuff, etc. causes lung cancer and is
highly addictive
● Alcohol- a depressant, causes problems
of the liver, alcoholism is genetic.
● Marijuana- not classified like other
drugs, rapidly being legalized in the U.S.
● Hallucinogens- Mushrooms, LSD, alters
brain activity and cause hallucinations
● Stimulants- Crack, methamphetamines,
causes rapid spikes in heart rate and
brain activity.
Time for a Mini- 2 Images/Text boxes will appear, raise your hand
when the correct answer appears on the screen.
Quiz!
The questions will test your ability to say no to
negative substances and live a healthy lifestyle.

Don't’ worry, it is not graded.

 YES NO

Always say no to tobacco, even when offered by

a close friend

A friend of yours pulls out a cigarette on your walk home and offers
you a hit, what should your answer always be?
Inform a Teacher
Even if you do not partake, it would
Ask to try be wrong to allow this behavior to
occur,

Act as if you did not see

Students are drinking alcohol on the playground during

school hours, what do you do?
 Go for a mile run

Try Marijuana Have a drink with friends

Always say no to drugs or alcohol,

exercise is a great alternative

Which one of these behaviors would be a healthy option to

participate in over the weekend?
Summary

Key ideas to remember about this lesson

● Drugs and Alcohol are substances to avoid for their harmful effects
● Practicing a healthy-drug-free lifestyle is vital to good health
● You always have the power to say NO!
Works Cited

All supplemental information was provided by:

https://drugabuse.com/drug-alcohol-effects/

All images were provided by Google Images, via the insert tool on the Google Slides program.