Grade 9 Health Education
Commet from Mr Brown:
     Health 9a is a drug education unit. We will study drug use and abuse in our culture with
the goal of healthy use of over the counter and perscription drugs and the avoidance/nonuse
of the drugs of abuse.

Course Grading Requirements:
        GRADING

Notes and comments for Health 9:
	Principles of Drug Action, Drug Regulation, & Drug Use
		Introduction Notes *** PDF COPY
		Classifications *** PDF COPY		** Class Work Assignment #1
		Naming Drugs *** PDF COPY
		Drug Action *** PDF COPY  
		      Drug Action 1 *** Drug Action 2
		Natual High *** PDF COPY
		Regulating Drugs *** PDF COPY
		Drug Absorbtion *** PDF COPY
		Drug Safety *** PDF COPY
		Harmful Effects *** PDF COPY
		Elimination *** PDF COPY
		Addiction Concepts *** PDF COPY
		Pharmacological Revolutions *** PDF COPY
		Drug Terms *** PDF COPY
		
	The Study of Specific Drugs
	   
		Alcohol *** PDF COPY
			Alcohol Equilivants *** Effects Of Alcohol  
			Distillation *** Chart #1 *** Chart #2
		Marihuana *** PDF COPY
		Anabolic Steroids *** PDF COPY
		A Drug Chart *** PDF COPY
		Mr. Brown's Chart-page1 *** Mr. Brown's Chart-p2
		DEA Schedules 	
		
	Dysfunction Caused By Drug & Alcohol Abuse
		Dysfunctional Family

	Final Exam Terms
		Terms to Study *** PDF COPY
	

Videos
	* Animated Neuroscience - How nerves work and How Drugs work on nerves.
	* World's Most Dangerous Drug - "Meth"
	   Shows the dangers of methylamphetamine - A stimulant drug which is easy to make and cheap to buy on the street.
	* FDA regulation of Plan B
	* Inhalants - 20/20 report shows the dangers of "huffing" household products that give off vapor.
	* Doping for Gold -  A historic look at the East German program to enhance athletic performance with drugs.
	* Under the Influence - A look at a dysfunctional family plagued by alcohol and drug abuse.

D.E.A.R.
	*Table of Cold Medicines
	*What the Law Alows - Describes the Dietary supplement issue.
	*Drug Ads Lure Patients ...
	*Addiction to Nicotine / cocaine...
	*Beware of Herb's Side Effects.