For teachers only.TEACHING WITH THE POSTER The reproducible pages provided here are designed to touch on all the potential effects of drug abuse named on the front of the poster, i.e., "addiction, memory loss, heart failure, organ damage, or death." In reading the background information and completing the activities, students will come to understand the basic mechanisms of addiction as well as how substance abuse is potentially harmful to both brain and body. Before having your students work on the skills pages, use the front of the poster as a starting point for a discussion about drug abuse. You may want to ask, for example: * What do you think the slogan "You Can't Sniff Away Your Sorrows" means? For what reasons do people abuse drugs? * What do you think the cracked mirror, with its distorted image of the girl, suggests? * What does it mean to be addicted to a drug? RESOURCES For more information, go to ... www.scholastic.com/HEADSUP * close-ups on common drugs of abuse * pop-up diagrams exploring the brain and the effects of drugs on the body * teaching support, including printable skills pages www.drugabuse.gov * the latest scientific reformation on drug abuse and addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal-government research institute whose mission is to "lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. (NIDA NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA National Institute of Dramatic Arts (Australia) NIDA Northern Ireland Development Agency (UK) NIDA Northern Ireland Dairy Association ) * fact sheets, statistics and links to special sites on marijuana, steroids, and club drugs Club Drugs Definition Club drugs is the generic term for psychoactive drugs, usually illegal, that are used by participants of the rave and dance club and recreational drug subculture. www.BacktoSchool.drugabuse.gov * NIDA's new site for science-based information on drugs of abuse, designed for teachers and students in all grades--and for parents, too. www.sarasquest.org * NIDA's middle-school curriculum, including an online magazine and a comprehensive teacher's guide. ANSWER KEY Page 4: Path to a Healthy Future The correct path through the maze passes through these seven statements about normal brain function: 1. Brain cells or neurons send messages. 2. Chemicals called neurotransmitters carry messages between neurons, 3. Neurotransmitters fit into receptors in the receiving neuron. 4. The brain's limbic system limbic system n. A group of deep brain structures, common to all mammals and including the hippocampus, amygdala, gyrus fornicatus, and connecting structures, associated with olfaction, emotion, motivation, behavior, and various autonomic functions. creates feelings of pleasure after a good meal 5. Dopamine dopamine (dōp`əmēn), one of the intermediate substances in the biosynthesis of epinephrine and norepinephrine. See catecholamine. dopamine One of the catecholamines, widely distributed in the central nervous system. carries messages of pleasure when you hear your favorite song. 6. The brain's limbic system creates an appetite for food and good company. 7. Neurotransmitters cross synapses between neurons. The following statements also describe normal brain function, but they lead to "false paths" in the, maze: 8. When a neuron receives a neurotransmitter, it starts an electrical impulse. 9. When you learn a new dance step, shoot a three pointer, or land a skateboard move, you smile. Bonus answer: There are nine ovals in all with statements about normal brain function. Page 5: Drugs Change Your Brain Fill-in-the-blank answers: 1. shrink 2. stroke 3. breathing 4. myelin myelin /my·elin/ (mi´e-lin) the lipid-rich substance of the cell membrane of Schwann cells that coils to form the myelin sheath surrounding the axon of myelinated nerve fibers. 5. pain 6. memory 7. skills 8. craving 9. strategy 10. planning Bonus answer: Learn a new skill. Page 6: Cause and Effect Marijuana: short-term memory short-term memory n. Abbr. STM The phase of the memory process in which stimuli that have been recognized and registered are stored briefly. loss; hippocampus hippocampus fabulous marine creature; half fish, half horse. [Rom. Myth. and Art: Hall, 154] See : Monsters MDMA MDMA 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. MDMA n. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; a mescaline analog. MDMA 3,4 methylenedioxy-methamphetamine. See Ecstasy. : damage to language and planning skills: cerebral cortex Heroin: slowed breathing; brain stem Inhalants inhalants, n.pl 1. chemical vapors that are inhaled for their mind-altering effects. 2. in herbology, volatile herbal compounds that are delivered by holding a soaked pad to the nose and mouth, by placing the herbs in steaming water, or : muscle spasms; myelin sheath on neurons Cocaine: high blood pressure: brain blood supply Page 7: Stop Toxic Effects 1. muscle; 2. bones: 3. lungs; 4. lungs, heart; 5. Liver; 6. heart; 7. kidneys; 8. heart Page 8: Remember Your Brain
Across: 1. Synapse 4. Receptor 6. dopamine
7. stem 9. neuron
Down: 1. Stroke 2. Neurotransmitter
3. hippocampus 5. limbic 8. cortex
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