Unit 3
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- Religious attitudes to drug abuse
- Types of drugs
- Prescribed drugs
- Morphine
- Sedatives
- Illegal drugs
- Heroin
- Cannabis
- Legal social drugs
- Alcohol
- Tobacco
- Caffeine
- Prescribed drugs
- Reasons for taking drugs
- To keep awake
- Pain relief
- Addiction
- Escapism
- To enhance sporting performance
- Rebellion
- Peer pressure
- Social reasons
- Benefits
- Pain relief
- Temporary escape from problems
- Part of social scene
- Relaxation
- Social enjoyment
- Eases inhibitions
- Harms
- Lead to premature death
- Hurt others
- Lead to crime
- Damage relationships
- Mental illness
- Budhism
- Take care of body to increase spiritual life
- Fifth precept- not harming anyone
- Kammic consequences
- Only medicinal drugs are acceptable
- Practice of right livelihood
- Right actions- no performance enhancing drugs
- Metta and karuna help sufferers
- Christianity
- Human body and mind are gifts from God
- Body is the temple of the holy spirit
- Not good stewardship of money
- Attitudes vary about alcohol
- Disrespect of body and mind
- Using performance enhancing drugs is dishonest
- Duty to obey law of land
- God gave herbs and plants to be used
- Classes
- Class A
- Most harmful and addictive e.g. heroin/ ecstasy. Severe penalties for possession and dealing
- Class B
- Can be very harmful e.g. amphetamines/ cannabis. severe penalties for dealing and possession
- Class C
- Can be harmful e.g. tranquillisers. severe penalties for dealing but less for possession
- Solvents
- not illegal, shops not allowed to sell them to under 18s
- Class A
- Types of drugs
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