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Name: Visbal, Celine E. Score: ___________________


Section: BSTM 1.1A Date: 11/27/23
Crossword Puzzle: Use the provided clues to fill out the puzzle. (10 items x 2 points)

Across
3. drugs used for treating anxiety and sleeping disorders
4. type of drug prescribed by doctors
5. misuse or habitual taking of drugs
8. most commonly abused drug
9. unable to resist urge to use drugs

Down
1. drugs banned by law
2. also known as “shabu”
6. prescribed for ADHD medications
7. contains psychoactive compounds
10. alters the body’s function when taken

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I. Enumeration: Fill in the boxes below and provide what is being asked. (2 items x 15 points)

People take drugs because they want to change something Someone who is sad might use drugs to get a feeling of
about their lives. Some of the reasons young people have given happiness, but it does not work. Drugs can lift a person into a
for taking drugs Is to to fit in, to escape or relax, to relieve fake kind of cheerfulness, but when the drug wears off, he or she
boredom, to seem grown up, to rebel, and to experiment. They crashes even lower than before. And each time, the emotional
think drugs are a solution. But eventually, the drugs become plunge is lower and lower. Eventually, drugs will completely
the problem. destroy all the creativity a person has.

WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE


DRUGS?

There are many reasons people turn to drugs, which we’ve Many times people use drugs because they want to get “high.”
previously cover here. Often, it is because they want to feel good, They hear about the euphoric effects that drugs create. These
to feel better, or to feel like they belong. This is one of the most effects are also what cause many people to continue using drugs,
common reasons people use drugs for the first time is to Feel- despite the risk for addiction.
good effects.

Negative Effects of Drug Abuse

Short-term Effects Long-term Effects

If you have been abusing drugs there are some


short term effects that you may or may not have
experienced yet. Some of the most common short- Some of the most common long-term effects of drug
term effects of drug abuse include getting abuse that you should be aware of include major
hangovers, withdrawals, feeling a crash, anxiety, depression, early-onset Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia,
panic attacks, being paranoid, hallucinating, being hallucinating, being paranoid, having stomach
paranoid, getting very irritable, becoming very sad issues, and much more. These long-term effects of
or depressed and many other short term effects as drug abuse are dangerous to the body and the mind.
well. Even if you have not yet experienced these The short and long-term effects of drug abuse that
short term effects you should not wait for them to were mentioned above are mostly physical and
occur. You can get into a detox program before mental negative effects. However, anyone who
these occur or before you have any long term effects abuses drugs is also likely to incur damage to their
arise. lifestyle, personality, relationships and other aspects
In addition to the short-term effects of drug abuse, of their life as well.
there are some long-term effects of drug abuse as
well.

Rubric for grading:


CRITERIA PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POINTS
Content Provided pieces of evidence, supporting details, and factual scenarios 6
Content Used correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization 3
Organization of ideas Expressed the points in clear and logical arrangement of ideas in the 3
paragraph
Format Adhered to the required style/appearance 3

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