Life Ed

In Life Ed Michael told us all about drugs and alcohol and that there were 7 steps of the ladder, and that you should wait till you get to the 7th stage of the ladder until you make your decision on weather or not to use drugs. Drugs can affect you a lot like, family violence, jail, not be able to travel, and the worst being dead. There are many types of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, wine, ecstasy, sprites, beer and tons more. There are about 3-5% alcohol, in beer, 12-15% alcohol in wine and 35-40% alcohol in sprites. It takes 1 hour for the body to consume a cup or glass of alcohol. Teenagers get drunk more easier\quicker because they have a faster absorption rate and that is when they do silly and stupid things.


We learnt that when\ before you go out to drink you should always have food before so that the process of digestion the alcohol can take a little longer. Class A drugs in New Zealand are: Methamphetamine, Magic Mushrooms, Cocaine, Heroin and LSD. If someone is caught with any of these drugs they can face up to 6 months in jail or if you are the supplier of the drug then you can face life in jail. Kids can start taking drugs at the age of 13 and do it for the rest of there life. Once you start it is really hard to quit but talking drugs can ruin your life make you go bankrupt and steal from family members. Taking drugs can make you look 20 years older then you already are and you also can get scabs on your face and make you ugly.