Year 11

Cocaine and heroin

This lesson will focus on the definitions, legal status, effects and risks involved with cocaine and heroin.

Year 11

Cocaine and heroin

This lesson will focus on the definitions, legal status, effects and risks involved with cocaine and heroin.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Effects
  2. Risks
  3. Status within the law

Content guidance

  • Contains distressing content.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

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5 Questions

Q1.
Cocaine is illegal.
False.
Correct answer: True.
Q2.
Cocaine is usually...
Smoked.
Correct answer: Taken through the nose.
Q3.
Both cocaine and heroin are...
Available on prescription.
Free from risks.
Correct answer: Highly addictive.
Q4.
Heroin and cocaine are both Class A drugs.
False.
Correct answer: True.
Q5.
Heroin is normally...
Correct answer: Injected.
Taken in the form of a pill.

5 Questions

Q1.
Cocaine and heroin carry up to a .......... sentence for supply.
12 year.
14 year.
Correct answer: Life.
Q2.
Heroin and cocaine carry up to a ........... sentence for possession.
14 year.
Correct answer: 7 year.
Life.
Q3.
Cocaine can cause damage to the...
Ear.
Correct answer: Nose.
Tongue.
Q4.
Which is not a risk of heroin use?
Collapsed veins.
Infections of the heart lining
Overdose.
Correct answer: Seeming arrogant and over confident to others.
Q5.
Both heroin and cocaine use can affect mental health.
False.
Correct answer: True.