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EQ 3: What are the effects of stimulants and nicotine?. Bell Ringer:. What do you know about stimulants? What do you know about nicotine, cocaine and/or crack, ecstasy, meth? How are all of these drugs the same?. Psychoactive drugs. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EQ 3: What are the effects of stimulants and nicotine?
Bell Ringer:What do you know about stimulants?
What do you know about nicotine, cocaine and/or crack, ecstasy, meth?
How are all of these drugs the same?
Psychoactive drugs
Psychoactive drugs: chemicals that change mental processes and behavior
Alter consciousness by attaching to synaptic receptors in brain and blocking or stimulating neural activity
***Review HW reading
Drug abuse Abuse: Take drugs to the point that it interferes with behavior or social relationships
StimulantsDrugs that speed up or stimulate the nervous system and increase mental and physical activity
Increase heart rate and breathing, pupils dilate, appetite diminishes and energy increases
EX: Caffeine, Nicotine, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Ecstasy, Ritalin
Reading on nicotineRead and annotate Define words at the bottom
Anti Smoking Campaigns
EQ: What are the effects of cocaine and crack?Bell Ringer: Read and annotate explanation of cocaine and crack
What is the difference between crack and cocaine?
Draw diagram of how cocaine effects neurotransmitters
Cocaine and crackDiagram of neuron: http
://www.cengage.com/school/psych/franzoi/int_figs/ch15/int_figs.html
Video on Crack addiction: Drug free world http://www.drugfreeworld.org/real-life-stories/crack-cocaine.html
Author’s purpose: Myths about crackRead and annotate: myths about crack (individually)
In groups fill out author’s purpose (part 1 and 2)
DiscussionIndividually fill out part 3
EQ 4: What are the effects of methamphetamines (stimulants)?
BR-Where did meth start? What is the pattern of it’s spread?
What types of places have the highest incidence of meth users?
Effects of Methamphetamines ReadingMeth effects reading-read and annotate
Frontline Video: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/Answer movie questions on sheet (#1-4)
Watch brain video (#5)Scroll through pics