This title looks at the effect of drink and drugs on our physical and mental health. It starts by answering the question "what is a drug?" and then goes on to look at alcohol, smoking, illegal drugs and medicinal drugs in depth. It finishes by balancing the risks drink and drugs present to your health against the beneficial qualitites that some drugs have. This book should be useful to support the Personal, Social and Health Education framework for 11-14 year olds where young people should be taught about alcohol and tobacco, illegal substances and the risks of misusing prescribed drugs. It can also be used as a cross-curricular resource to support Key Stage 3 Science National Curriculum where young people should be taught that the abuse of alcohol, solvents and other drugs affects health.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Emma Haughton is an experienced writer on health and family issues.