Drugs

Drugs

Performance Enhnacing Drugs
1. Improve performance in sport
2. Anabolic Steroids
  1. Increase Muscle Size
3. Stimulants
  1. Increase heart rate
4. Negative Effects
  1. High Blood Pressure
5. Banned in Sport
Impacts
1. Addiction
  1. Physical withdrawal symptoms
2. Unfair in sport
3. Heart and Circulatory Problems
4. Harms Lungs (smoking)
5. Brain Damage
Medicinal Drugs
1. Medically Useful
2. Paracetamol
3. Antibiotics
Recreational Drugs
1. Used for fun
2. Some are illegal
3. Relieve Stress
4. e.g. Heroin, Ecstasy, alcohol, tobacco
Cannibis
1. Stepping Stone
2. Gateway drug
3. Effects
  1. Paranoia
  2. Hearing things
  3. Harm yourself and others
  4. Anxiety
4. Legalised?
  1. For
    1. Illegal doesn't stop anyone from taking it
    2. People can be told the effects
    3. Economic benefit
    4. Stops Drug Gangs profiting
    5. Know what you are smoking
  2. Against
    1. Gateway drug
    2. Addictive
    3. Mental Illness
    4. Cancer
    5. Too dangerous
Testing
1. Research
  1. Medicines tested on cell & tisue culture & whole organs
    1. Tested on Animals
      1. Tested on Humans
        Tested on humans with relevant illness
        Approved for Commercial licence
2. Single Blind Trial
  1. Volunteers know what drug it is, doctor doesn't
3. Double Blind Trial
  1. No one knows which drug is which
4. Placebo
  1. Drug which looks real but contains no active ingredient

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