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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A [[drug]] is a [[chemical]] that affects the way the body works.
===About Drugs===
: Drugs can be [[medicine]] to make us better or they can be harmful.
: All drugs have [[Side Effect|side effects]].
: Drugs can change the way you think and make you do things you wouldn't normally.
: Some common [[medicine]] types you may have heard of:
*[[Pain Killer]]s - They can reduce pain or even make it go away.
*[[Antibiotic]]s - They weaken [[bacteria]] when you have an infection.
*[[Antihistamine]]s - They reduce the [[symptom]]s of [[Hay Fever|hay fever]].
: The [[legal]] [[drug]]s we take that are not [[medicine]] are:
*[[Alcohol]] - Slows your reactions and makes you over confident.
*[[Caffeine]] - Speeds up your reaction speed.
*[[Nicotine]] - Makes you feel relaxed but speeds up your heart rate.
: Some dangerous [[illegal]] [[drug]]s that you may have heard of:
*[[Cannabis]] - Can make you feel happy or paranoid but makes you lazy and can lead to psychosis.
*[[Cocaine]] - Speeds up your reactions and makes you more confident but is extremely addictive, makes you feel depressed when you don't have any and damages the blood vessels that it touches leading the cartilage in your nose to die, makes you lose teeth and can cause the bones in your face to crumble.
*[[Heroin]] - Makes you feel happy and sleepy but is extremely addictive, makes you feel depressed when you don't have it, can lead to infections that need amputation and spreads diseases like [[HIV]].
*[[LSD]] - Gives you [[hallucination]]s that can seem fun or can seem very scary. Hallucinations might include: Thinking you're invincible so you walk into traffic on the motorway. Believing spiders are chasing you and jumping out of a window to escape them. Feeling constantly thirsty and drinking so much water that it kills you.
: These drugs are illegal because they are so much more dangerous than caffeine, alcohol and nicotine. What makes them even worse is that the people that sell them may have added other ingredients that can be even more harmful.