Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. What we want • • We are keen on adventure. We want to experience everything for ourselves. We respect our peers´ opinions. We follow those who know ‘where it’s at’. AND • Deep inside we know our parents anxiety isn’t entirely stupid What Teens Wish Their Dads Knew About Them Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Why do we take risks? • We just want to have fun. • We don’t want to think about whether our liver, lungs or brain will be damaged. • We think that those things are not going to happen to us. • Anyway, we would rather take the risks. Why Teens Take Risks http: //preveni rparavivir. blo gspot. com/20 08/11/tiposde-drogas-ysusefectos. html Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. An option to get what we want may be drugs (although, of course, we don’t agree) http: //www. dbtechno. co m/health/2008/10/14/stu dy-links-drinking-alcohol -to-shrinking-of-thebrain/ http: //www. disidencia sexual. cl/2009/03/co mentario-a-testoyonqui-de-beatrizpreciado/ http: //blogsessed. com/2009/0 3/09/cigarettes-up-gotblogsessed-feelin-down/ Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs There are medical and recreational drugs. Recreational drugs may be: • Legal or • Illegal http: //monkey features. blog spot. com/200 8_04_01_arc hive. html http: //images. google. es/imgres? imgurl=http: //lati mesblogs. latimes. com/photos/uncategorized/200 8/04/29/drinking 500. jpg&imgrefurl=http: //latimesb logs. latimes. com/booster_shots/medicine/page/3/ &usg=__g. KEBi. Wfh. KCmj. Exbovb. NJcc. YGGs=&h=299&w=500&sz=72&hl=es&start=20 &um=1&tbnid=RBo 0 n. XHr. Li 8 u. QM: &tbnh=78&tbn w=130&prev=/images%3 Fq%3 Dteenagers%2 Bdr inking%2 Balcohol%26 hl%3 Des%26 rlz%3 D 1 T 4 S KPB_es. ES 297%26 sa%3 DN%26 um%3 D 1 Legal and illegal drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Medical drugs • Doctors prescribe drugs to their patients to help them recover from an illness of a bad condition. http: //rcrawford 7 9. wordpress. co m/2007/03/27/is -tv-saturatedwith-drugcommericals/ Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Recreational drugs are used for pleasure or relaxation of the body or mind. As a pastime or for amusement. They may be: • Legal or • Illegal http: //prevenirpa ravivir. blogspot. com/2008/11/tip os-de-drogas-ysus-efectos. html Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs Legal drugs • Alcohol, tobacco and caffeine are legal in our society. • Nevertheless: – Alcohol causes an enormous http: //www. blog. joelx. com/ number of deaths each year. alcoholism-alcoholicsanonymous-willpower-or– Smoking cigarettes lead disease/860/ to a whole variety of life-threatening diseases. – Caffeine increases the level of stress that modern society puts on us.

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs Alcohol effects: • It is a central nervous system depressant (even if most people think the contrary) http: //w ww. flick r. com/p hotos/n abscab/ 220078 1847/ • It produces a lack of inhibition and this is why we feel able to do or say what we wouldn’t do or say in normal condition. • Most of the road accidents are caused by alcohol.

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Alcohol effects: • The effects may vary according to the age, sex, weight, the quantity and rapidity of consumption. • False security feeling. • IT is the drug that causes most social (educational, work, family) problems. http: //m yspace. soulpho niks. co m/mysp acegraphic s/47/pa ge/2 Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Alcohol is: http: //www. elblogsalm on. com/en torno/lasleyes-delmercado-y -los-vicios • The most consumed drug in Spain • The drug that causes more problems both: – Social (vandalism, fights, economical and legal problems, mistreatment and so on) and – Sanitary (suicide, traffic accidents, deaths, psychological illness, work and traffic accidents and so on) Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Tobacco http: //chirags hah 1982. blog spot. com/200 8/05/skinageingeffects-ofsmoking. html Skin-ageing effects Drugs • It is a nervous system stimulant (although people may think otherwise) • The components are: Nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, irritants. • It produces: wrinkles and rides (ageing), you feel tired when doing sport, it gives you bad breath, it makes your fingers and teeth yellow. • It costs a lot of money we could use in a different way

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Illegal drugs There are many. Some of them are: • Cannabis • Ecstasy • Other drugs http: //www. brisbanetimes. com. au/new s/diet/ecstasy-can-especially-hit-fatpeople/2007/05/30/1180205303218. h tml http: //panoja. wordpress. co m/2008/06/2 5/cannabis-la -planta-de-ladiscordia/ http: //bienvenidsafexad. blogspot. com/2009/01/el-consejo-deministros-aprueba-la. html Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs Cannabis • Even if many people campaign for its decriminalization because it is: – An anti-depressant, sleeping aid, painkiller – Less harmful than alcohol and tobacco http: //www. blogthe coast. com/runway _ready/archives/20 08/12/new_years_f ashi_1. html • Others think: Cannabis Effects – It isn’t physically addictive but one can become psychologically dependent. – It frequently causes unpleasant experiences like having a hangover – It can make people lazy, docile and it makes them lose motivation. • In fact, cannabis may cause psychotic disorders.

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs Drug industry The income of the ‘drug barons’ is amounts to $500, 000 million a year: more than the American defence budget. When they get into trouble, ‘drug barons’ are able to hire the best lawyers, ‘buy’ corrupt governments and RAISE their own private armies. A person buying 2 grams is making a person like this even richer. The Constant gardener / Trailer http: //article. wn. co m/view/2008/11/28 /Man_jailed_for_s muggling_cocaine/ The dark trade

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drug Industry The global drugs industry is responsible for many unfair, unethical and damaging practices like dividing the dose and mixing it with other substances to earn more money. The business flourishes through a combination of greed and vested political interests together with criminal operations and society's demand for drugs. http: //verdesvillalba. blogia. c om/temas/tierra. php CIA drug trafficking http: //www. nato. int/do cu/review/2006/issue 1/english/analysis. ht ml Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs Black market Poor tropical countries have little choice but to produce drugs. The big market is in drug distribution. We normally always buy something at the lowest possible prize, regardless of the reason why it’s cheaper. Would people accept to pay more for cigarettes, coffee and alcohol if it prevents damage to their own country’s economy? http: //www. flickr. com/ photos/sm okers/272 3195804/ Why Drugs Will Never Be Legalized

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Marketing is the weapon they use and its influence is as powerful as any form of violence People are invited to consume through the use of many different ways of persuasion. http: //engine eringjohnson. blogspot. com /2008_11_01 _archive. html The global drugs industry knows our needs and hopes and plays with them using us to earn more money. Drugs

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Conclusion http: //www. to baccolobbyis t. com/ Even if we are invited to behave in a different way and even if it isn’t easy, we should want to take up the challenge. We want to be free, to try to decide by ourselves. Would you like to join us? Drugs http: / /ww w. tob accol obbyi st. co m/

Social problems in our actual world THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF HUMAN LIFE. Drugs Now, we would like to discuss: http: //www. dailymail. co. uk/news/article 444105/How-did-realhero-anti-slaverymovement-airbrushedhistory. html • Do we really want to live our lives as slaves of a substance? • Do we want to make those criminal people, who abuse other people and countries, richer? • Do we realize the effects that drugs cause at both physical and psychological levels?