Drugs

Why do teenagers take drugs?

What are drugs and what are they doing with you?

• curiosity
• fun (Parties)
• stress (e.g. school)
• love sickness
• loneliness
• communication problems
• lure of the forbidden
• sense of belonging

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• they are substances (soothing and stimulating)
• act on the central nervous system
• perception and mind-altering effects
• enable a pleasent or unpleasent mood
• can be addictive

How are drugs taken?

• What are drugs and what are they doing with you?
• Why do teenager take drugs?
• How are drugs taken?
• What are they good for?
• Why are they bad?
• What are worst drugs?
• What are legally drugs?
• How can you become dependent?
• What are symptoms for drug addiction?
• How can you become clean?
• Our opinion

How can you become clean?

What are symptoms for drug addiction?

• Withdrawal (reduce consumption)
• Therapeutic counseling/supervision

What are they good for?

• eye bags
• chewing finger nails
• disorder
• hallucination
• altered sleep habits
• limited in life
• hearts races
• tremble
• nervous, uneasily
• altered eating habits

Our opinion

• you feel better
• the brain switches off (dreamworld)
• pain can be forgotten
• you can do extraordinary things (doping)

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How can you become dependent?

• to often and to much
• through friends
• to be a part of a group
• relaxing or fun
• through habit

Why are they bad?

• harms the body (e.g. the liver, the heart)
• expensive
• illegal and difficult to obtain
• overdose can be fatal
• addiction
• leads to crime
• no contact with people

Drugs

What are the worst drugs?

What are legally drugs?

• The Devil's Breath
• LSD
• Heroin
• Opiates
• Cocaine
• Street Methadone
• Ketamine
• Crystal Meth
• Cloud nine

• prescription
• organize themselves (pharmacy, drugstore, shops).
• for example:
• alcohol
• caffeine
• nicotine (cigarettes)