Year 8 Health Education

Drugs (Alcohol)
Revision Checklist

Topic Sub-Topics Can I explain the following? Where

can I
find out
more?
Drugs Types of Drugs  Drug definition: A drug is any substance (except food
and water) which, when taken into the body, changes
the way the mind and body works.
 Classification of alcohol.
 What is a depressant drug?
 What is a stimulant drug?
 Why should young people not drink? -Brain
development.
Under Construction: Alcohol and the Teenage Brain -
YouTube
Four L’s of Drug  Liver
Abuse  Lover
 Livelihood
 Law
 What do these mean/refer to? Can you provide an
example for alcohol?

Research Roizen’s 4 L’s to find out more. Or try link below

https://www.ultimateyouthworker.com.au/2013/01/roizens-
4ls-helping-young-people-begin-to-deal-with-substance-
misuse/
Alcohol Values  Why do teenagers drink/not drink alcohol?

Blood Alcohol  Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

Concentration  Legal Limit for Driving
(BAC)  Factors affecting BAC
Short-term Effects  What are the immediate effects of alcohol?
+ Practical  Definition of Binge Drinking
experiment  Gross and fine motor skills and impairment.
Long-term Effects  What are the long-term effects?

Standard Drinks  How many grams of alcohol is in a standard drink?

 Differences in types of alcohol:

- Wine: 100ml
- Spirits: 30ml
- Full-strength beer: 285ml
- Mid-strength beer: 375ml
- Light beer: 425ml
How does alcohol
leave the body?  Which organ breaks down alcohol in the body/
 How much alcohol is metabolised by the body per hour?

Alcohol and the law  Legal age to drink

 Alcohol and minors and penalties (booklet)

E cigarettes  Why do people Vape?

(Vaping)  Short term effects?
 Long term effects?
 Vaping and the Law?
 Chemicals in Vapes
 Myths about vaping
 Strategies for refusing a vape, if offered