Vocabulary :

• Cold Turkey (answers.com)
  = (slang) "Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug."

• Drug Slang Terms (slang-terms.addictions.org)

• Junkie (Wikipedia)

• Drug (Wikipedia)

  1 Terminology 2 Efficacy 3 Risks 4 Distribution 5 Medications 6 Prohibition 7 Drug addiction 8 Classification 9 Regulations 10 UN documents 11 See also 12 External links 13 Bibliography

• Words you'll Run Across (U.S. Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration)

• Drugs and your body (teachervision.fen.com)
  
  
  

Facts :

• Synthetic drugs popular as use of opiates wanes - UN
  "Drug use is moving away from cocaine and opiates and towards synthetic drugs such as amphetamines, the UN says."
  (BBC)
  
  UN Says World Shifting to Synthetic Drugs - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  
  

• Festival organisers asked to warn against 'legal highs'
  "We are asking festival organisers and police to work with us to send out the message that these substances may not be safe and could contain illegal drugs... Some drugs previously sold as "legal highs" have now been banned, including mephedrone, now a Class B drug."
  (BBC)
  See Legal intoxicants
  (Wikipedia)

• Olympic officials testing for drug cheats
  "The International Olympic Committee has established policies, guidelines and procedures aimed at keeping the Games clean while weeding out dirty athletes...
  A minimum 2,000 tests are expected to be conducted during the Olympic in-competition period...
  VANOC will have 130 doping control officers and 70 blood collection officials. There will also be 300 chaperons...
  Doping control stations are located in each competition venue and at the medal plaza in both Vancouver and Whistler.
  There also will be stations in the athletes' village in Vancouver and Whistler. "
  (cbc.ca)

• Marijuana megastore opens in Oakland CA
  "Imagine, 15,000 square feet of warehouse store that's a one stop shopping center for everything you need to grow cannabis.
  No prescription, no problem, doctors are on site!
  However, there's one item that won't be on the shelves at iGrow - the plants.  " 
  (rackjite.com)
  
  
  
  Marijuana Megastore Plants Roots in Oakland, California
  "The 15,000-square foot warehouse is a one-stop shop for everything cannabis cultivation — from lights and fans to fertilizer and additives.
  An on-site doctor will issue recommendations and technicians will be on-hand to teach prospective growers how to get their roots into the business."
  (puppetgov.com)

  

• Reality check
  

  How can drug-taking be stopped, asks Clive James.
  "Even if you accept the idea that the war on drugs cannot be won and that legalisation could be the answer, persuading people that real life is
  better than narcotics is not an easy job."
  (BBC)

  
  "Coleridge was an enthusiastic quaffer of laudanum."

• 2009 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
  (emcdda.europa.eu)
  

  Table of contents :

  • Policies and laws
  • Responding to drug problems in Europe — an overview
  • Cannabis
  • Amphetamines, ecstasy and LSD
  • Cocaine and crack cocaine
  • Opioid use and drug injection
  • Drug-related infectious diseases and drug-related deaths
  • New drugs and emerging trends
    
    
    
    
    
• Cloned sniffer dogs begin duties
  "South Korea's customs service says it has deployed the "world's first cloned sniffer dogs" to check for drugs at its main airport and border crossings."
  (BBC)

  

• 'Cocaine cast' tests Customs
  ""A Chilean man with a broken leg has been arrested at Barcelona airport wearing a 'cast' made of cocaine.
  The 66-year-old carried six cans of beer and two hollowed-out stools that also contained the class A drug. "
  - with a VIDEO
  (BBC)

• Mexican navy seizes cocaine sub
  "The Mexican navy says it has seized nearly six tonnes of cocaine found inside a 10m-long (31ft) makeshift submarine in the Pacific Ocean."
  - with a VIDEO
  (BBC)

  

  
  VOCABULARY :
  - navy / submarine / crew / troops / Mexican forces / marines / helicopters / naval vessels / GPS / compass / sail /
  freeboard (distance from the deck to the water)
  - The US Homeland Security Secretary / US intelligence / A naval spokesman / President Felipe Calderon / Colombian crew members /
  Vice-Admiral / Officials / Authorities...
  - aerial surveillance / radars / electronic detection device / patrols / military barracks
  - seize / take into custody / the haul / cargo / intercept / to tow to shore / seizure / capture / detain / tackle trafficking / confiscate / to rid of
  - cocaine / drugs / packages wrapped in black plastic / drug cartels / marijuana / organised and drug-related crime / cartel bosses / traffickers /
  lucrative enterprise
  
  GRAMMAR :
  
  - TENSES ( + indirect speech) :
  The Mexican navy says it has seized / A naval spokesman said they had known / He added that the navy had stepped up patrols /
  They said they had sailed / Officials said that about three tonnes of the drug were found / the Mexican army says it has confiscated /
  Authorities say the traffickers are
  had been carrying its cargo / US intelligence had led Mexican forces... / This is going to force us / They did not specify
  
  - PASSIVE VOICE :
  have been taken into custody / it was intercepted / the submarine was equipped with... / is not detected by radars /
  Four people were detained / where the sub was seized. / three tonnes of the drug were found / the rest was discovered /
  the traffickers are extremely organised
  

• Doping (sport)
  "In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, particularly those forbidden by organizations that regulate competitions. Doping is mostly done to improve athletic performance..."
  (Wikipedia)

  

• History of Drug Use. (eeb.bio.utk.edu)
  
  

• Six-month jail sentence for Jones
  "American Olympian Marion Jones has been sentenced to six months in prison for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drugs fraud case."
  (BBC)

  

• Why do people use drugs?
  (tqnyc.org)

  

• The New Science of Addiction: Genetics and the Brain
  - with interactive activities
  (learn.genetics.utah.edu)

  

• Drugs of Abuse - Examples (abpischools.org.uk)
  alcohol - alkyl nitrites - amphetamines - barbiturates - benzodiazepines - cannabis - cocaine - ecstasy - heroin - khat -
  LSD - magic mushrooms - solvents - steroids - tobacco
  
  

  
  
  
• Alcohol and safer drinking - Know your limits
  (spired.com)

  

• The Effects of Drugs on the Nervous System (staff.washington.edu)

  

• List of deaths by accidental drug overdose From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

• List of drug-related deaths From Wikipedia

• Commonly Abused Drugs (nida.nih.gov) :
  - Substance: Category and Name
  - Examples of Commercial and Street Names
  - DEA Schedule*/ How Administered**
  - Intoxication Effects/Potential Health Consequences
  
  

• Drug facts (whitehousedrugpolicy.gov)
  

• Drugs (cyh.com)

  - What are drugs? - Types of drugs - Stimulants - Depressants - Hallucinogens - Drugs - some facts and figures - The Law and drugs - Helping your friend - Dr Kim says

• 10 reasons why Teenagers take Drugs (lcet.org)
  

• About Anabolic Steroids (U.S. Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration)

• Who will win the drug race ?
  Here we look at three of the better known drugs in sport : anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and EPO..".
  - with a glossary (science.org.au)
  
  

INTERACTIVE activities :

• Mouse Party
  "Take a look inside the brains of mice on drugs!
  Every drug of abuse has its own molecular mechanism.
  You'll learn how these various drugs disrupt the synapse to make the user feel "high".
  (learn.genetics.utah.edu)

  

• Drugs - (British Council)
  
  
  
  

Activities TO PRINT :

• Chile police find suitcases made of cocaine (msnbc.msn.com)
  Des valises fabriquées avec de la cocaïne (cyberpresse.ca)   
  Compare the 2 texts.

• How much do you know about alcohol and other drugs ? - a quiz with answers (rit.edu)

• What's the deal on drugs ? (U.S. Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration)
  "with a list of questions to see how much we know about drugs and their effects."

Lesson plans :

• UN Says World Shifting to Synthetic Drugs - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  
  

  Synthetic drugs popular as use of opiates wanes - UN
  "Drug use is moving away from cocaine and opiates and towards synthetic drugs such as amphetamines, the UN says."
  (BBC)

• Cloned dogs in training to sniff for drugs - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

  South Korea to use cloned dogs to sniff for drugs and explosives
  (iht.com)

  
  
  Cloned sniffer dogs begin duties
  "South Korea's customs service says it has deployed the "world's first cloned sniffer dogs" to check for drugs at its main airport and border crossings."
  (BBC)

  

• Binge drinking deaths double in 15 years - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)
  
  Alcohol-related deaths double, report shows (guardian.co.uk)
  
  Alcohol-related deaths 'rising' (BBC)

  

• Drugs. (British Council)
  "Have a look at the article, story, poll, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."
  
  

• Study says alcohol more harmful than marijuana (Breaking News English)
  - a lesson plan
  THE ARTICLE - WARM-UPS - BEFORE READING / LISTENING - WHILE READING / LISTENING -
  LISTENING - AFTER READING / LISTENING - DISCUSSION - SPEAKING - LANGUAGE - HOMEWORK
  
  
• Tougher steroid fines for U.S. sport - a lesson plan (Breaking News English)
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  
  

• How good is your nose? - a lesson plan : Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate - (english-to-go.com)

Webquests :

• Alcohol and Other Drugs - a webquest (academics.uww.edu)
  "This webquest has been designed to provide information about alcohol and other drugs. You will explore five main drugs that may effect you in some way throughout your life...
  Groups will explore the assigned drug on the links provided. Once they have looked through the sites they will answer a Guide Worksheet. The groups will then create a poster demonstrating what they have learned about their assigned drug. The group will then be responsible for presenting their poster and information to the class."
  
  

• Webquests on Addictions - Alcohol and Drugs (safehealthyschools.org)

• Drug Use at the Olympics - A webquest. (teachers.ash.org.au)

Conversation Questions :

• Drugs (iteslj.org)

• Drugs in Sport (idebate.org)
  "Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport be legalised?"
  Pros and Cons
  
  
  
  

INTERACTIVE games :

• You make me sick - A great educational game from the BBC (avec son)
  
  
  
  

Games TO PRINT :

• DRUGS AND THEIR KIN - "Find the drug-related words in the word search activity"
  (U.S. Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration)

• Drug Abuse Crossword Puzzle (pbskids.org)
  
  
  
  

Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille normale.)

Weapon and Drug Free School Zone - 'They're all free!' (cartoonstock.com)	Back to school Sale (cartoonstock.com)	Drug-free America ? (hempmuseum.org)
Trying to put air in my tires	Drug abuse (cartoonbox.slate.com) (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille normale.)	Alcohol and safer drinking Know your limits (spired.com)
I have never lied (cagle.slate.msn.com) (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille normale.)	Drug dependence (cartoonstock.com)
Just say no (members.cox.net) Lien modifié	Overdose (cartoonstock.com)	No way (dshs.wa.gov)
Baseball begins! (cagle.com) (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille normale.)	Drug-free America (cascadewellnessclinic.com)	Drug use (cagle.com) (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille normale.)

Songs :

• Cold Turkey by John Lennon (sing365.com)
  "My feet are so heavy
  So is my head
  I wish I was a baby
  I wish I was dead
  
  Cold turkey has got me on the run"
  
  Cold Turkey (answers.com)
  = (slang) "Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug."

• Not an addict by K's Choice (sing365.com)
  "It's over now, I'm cold, alone
  I'm just a person on my own
  Nothing means a thing to me"

• The drugs don't work by The Verve (lyrics007.com)
  "Now the drugs don't work
  They just make you worse"

• Cocaine by Eric Clapton (lyrics007.com)
  - with the VIDEO (YouTube)

• AaRON- U Turn(lili) (You Tube)
  - with the lyrics
  "Lili, easy as a kiss we'll find an answer
  Put all your fears back in the shade
  Don't become a ghost without no colour
  Cause you're the best paint life ever made"
  (greatsong.net)
  
  
  
• Five songs about drugs (BBC)

• Songs about Drugs (rateitall.com)

• Don't Do What I have Done by Sean Cononie (lala.com)
  

• Creating Anti-Drug Poetry or Songs (theantidrug.com)
  
  
  

Posters :

• The Overdose King - No Drugs (popartuk.com)
  
  

Cinema :

• Requiem for a Dream

• Trainspotting
• American Gangster Trailer
  (YouTube)
  
  American Gangster (film) - a true story
  It "is a 2007 crime film written by Steve Zaillian and directed by Ridley Scott...
  Washington portrays Frank Lucas, a real-life heroin kingpin from Harlem who smuggled the drug into the
  country in American service planes returning from the Vietnam War..."
  (Wikipedia)

  

Stories :

• Tomato botch-up in Wester Ross (Scotland) - an article
  "BUNGLING cops launched a full-scale raid on a 79-year-old gran's house - after mistaking her tomato plants for CANNABIS."
  (thescottishsun.co.uk)

  

• "HOOKED!" (1966) Comic book about heroin abuse. (ep.tc)