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Tobacco used in any form in early life tends to prevent normal 

 development of the heart. In adults, if used excessively, it may 

 produce a nervous condition known as "tobacco heart." It may 

 cause irritation of the membranes of the throat and lungs. 



Some remedies advertised to cure diseases depend to a greater 

 or less extent for their supposedly beneficial qualities on the 

 presence of an opiate. Their use may develop the drug habit. 

 One purpose of the Pure Food and Drugs Act is to protect the 

 public against the use of medicines containing habit-forming drugs. 



Alcohol in all its forms Belongs to the class of narcotics. 



Employers of labor report that the use of alcoholic drinks tends 

 to make workmen unreliable, and in the end diminishes their 

 efficiency. 



FACT AND THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



1. What is a narcotic? 



2. Name the most common narcotics. 



3. State the effect of the use of tobacco on the heart of a boy. 



4. Mention some effects of the use of tobacco on athletes. 



5. Why is it hard to break the tobacco habit by gradually reducing the 

 amount you smoke? 



6. What is cocaine? State the danger of using this drug. 



7. What is heroin? What are the dangers of its use? 



8. Suggest ways of breaking a drug habit. 



9. Give the main requirements of the Pure Food and Drugs Act. 



10. How can you tell whether a manufactured medicine contains habit- 

 forming drugs? 



11. How have you relieved a headache without use of a narcotic drug? 



PROJECT 



1. Make a list of narcotic substances that should be avoided, giving 

 reasons. 



REFERENCE 



The Next Generation.. ..Jewett 



