ABSTRACT
This chapter consists of activities that highlight the differences between medicines and illegal drugs. There are activities which explore why people take illegal drugs, what an addiction is, what effects drugs have on drug-takers and their lives and the laws about drugs. There are also opportunities to discuss myths and facts about drugs and what to do in various situations involving drug-taking. To make children aware that drugs may be either medicines or illegal drugs. Encourage the children to talk about medicines that they have been prescribed during their lives and point out that drugs are used to cure infections, to control diseases such as asthma and diabetes and to reduce pain. The groups of mythmakers have the task of writing graffiti which are misleading because they are myths about drugs and drug-taking. The chapter discusses which of the actions can become a habit that we may find difficult to control and which can become addictions.
