Life Ed - Addiction

Today we had Life Ed. We talked about addiction and learnt all about what different drugs do to you and how long you have to take them before you get addicted.

Addiction (definition) - when a person has to take a drug to feel normal.

The functions of the brain that are effected by drug use:

M emory
R eason
J udgement
M achanical Skills
I ntellect
C oncentration
E motions

Here are some graphs showing how long it takes you to get addicted to heroin and tobacco and showing you the effect.



This is how long it will take you to get addicted to Tobacco

  This is how long it will take you to get addicted to Heroin