Risky substances: What do I need to know about illegal and prescription drugs?
Risky substances: What do I need to know about illegal and prescription drugs?
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Why this why now
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils should understand from Year 8 the risks associated with alcohol and tobacco, and have developed basic skills for resisting peer pressure around risky substances.
- Pupils should be familiar with making safe decisions about risky substances from previous units, including understanding peer influence and pressure.
- Pupils should know from earlier learning that illegal behaviours have consequences including criminal responsibility.
Threads
Why this why now
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils should understand from Year 8 the risks associated with alcohol and tobacco, and have developed basic skills for resisting peer pressure around risky substances.
- Pupils should be familiar with making safe decisions about risky substances from previous units, including understanding peer influence and pressure.
- Pupils should know from earlier learning that illegal behaviours have consequences including criminal responsibility.
Risky substances: What do I need to know about illegal and prescription drugs?
Pupils learn which drugs are illegal, understand the effects of stimulants, depressants and hallucinogens, recognise links between drug use and mental health, and develop skills to stay safe. This unit includes includes content on the increased risk of potent synthetic drugs.
4 lessons in unit
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