Day Three: Discussed how the brain uses chemicals to do it's "work" of sending and receiving messages. Also, how every person's chemical makeup might be different - some people have allergies that other's do not have. No one knows for sure how different drugs might ultimately affect them.
Why do people do drugs? Drugs cause pleasure releasing chemicals to be released in the brain. We discussed how putting drugs/chemicals into the body/brain may eventually make the normal function of the brain cells cease. How our brains might be forever altered because of the drug use.
We also discussed how that even though some things may seem like "fun" we recognize there is a great risk that might be associated with that activity. Like - the new "base jumpers" that jump off very high mountains in "flying squirrel suits" and fly down the cliff edges until they eventually release their parachute. Sounds like that would be a great "rush" but, not sure I want to risk slamming into the side of a mountain!!
Welcome!
Welcome! Life is a journey everyone takes. There are unseen, misleading and dangerous obstacles that can get us off the safest road. We all can use road signs and "driving instructors" to help us avoid being hijacked, sidetracked, or broken down!
This blog is designed to provide Trinity students and their parents "road maps" that can enable our students to stay on the safest and smoothest road for their journey.
Daily in Drug Education class we will be discussing information obtained from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Most specifically we will be using the "Mind Over Matter" curriculum. You will find this same information through the Drug Education Resources link on the sidebar.
Parents may follow along with the daily classroom topics by reading this blog. By checking the NIDA website parents will be able to electronically view the same information that the students will be seeing in brochure form. It is our hope that this will facilitate even more discussion between parent and child!
Contact information: sfaulkner@trinitywildcats.com
Parents: we urge you to peruse any drug education website to ascertain it's age-level appropriateness for your child before allowing full access.
Bible Verse for this year: "Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil." Hebrews 5: 13 - 14
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