Drug abuse2

WEEK 11

Topic: Drugs

Subtitle: Drug abuse

Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Define drug abuse

2. State ways to identify someone abusing drugs
3. State drugs that are commonly abused

CONTENT

Meaning of drug abuse

We can define drug abuse as the wrong and harmful intake of drugs, especially without a doctor’s prescription.

Ways a person can abuse drugs:

1. Taking drugs wrongly, especially without a doctor’s advice.

2. Taking drugs when you are not sick.
3. Taking more than what the doctor prescribes.
4. Taking less than what the doctor prescribes

5. Buying drugs from the bus, markets, roadside or unregistered medicine stores.

Drugs that are commonly abused: can be grouped into;

1. 1. Common drugs: paracetamol and vitamin…