Drugs and disease 12.1 Drugs Worksheet 12.1.

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Lesson 1



Classifying drugs
1 The chart shows one way drugs can be classified.
Add a suitable drug to each of the boxes.
2 The three types of drug that effect the brain have names.
Write their names under the correct boxes

amoxil

alcohol caffein solvents

3 Give one advantage and one disadvantage of slowing your reactions.

advantage: none
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disadvantage: it is more dangerous

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4 Give one advantage and one disadvantage of speeding up your reactions.
advantage: you work faster and more affective
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disadvantage: none
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5 Drugs can also be classified according to the organs they damage.
Put cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis into the correct boxes below.
They may fit into more than one category.

Organ
heart lungs liver brain
damaged

Drug cannabis cigarettes alcohol alcohol

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