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A. Fill in the blanks.
1. Devisha encouraged all the party guests to try ________________.
2. Substance abuse usually starts in _____________ and _______________.
3. A drug is a ________________ substance which can change your body
processes.
4. When we take drugs to cure a ________________ condition, we call them
________________.
5. Substance abuse is mostly considered a ________________ subject.
B. Answer the following.
1. If you had been in Devisha’s place, would you have forced someone to try
cigarettes and alcohol?
2. If you had been in place of Anita, how would you have handled the situation?
Would you have disclosed what Devisha had done to your teachers?
3. Mention five things that you can do to stay away from substance abuse.
4. Why do you think some people get tempted to try drugs/alcohol?
5. Do you think trying drugs/alcohol once in a while is really that harmful?
A. This will be a discussion-based activity. The teacher will divide the class
into two groups and run a debate on the topic ‘Drugs—should you try or
completely avoid?’ One group will debate that one should try and then
decide and the other will debate that one should never try drugs. The
discussion will be allowed to run for 20 minutes and then each group will
write down the points that have emerged from both sides and submit to
the teacher.
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