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PDHPE Drug & Alcohol Information Research Guide for Students in Year 7 - 10: Respect Your Brain Animated Series

This Research Guide is intended to help students in year 7 - 10 meet the outcomes of the new PDHPE syllabus.

Respect Your Brain Animated Series

Alcohol

Alcohol - Respect Your Brain

See how alcohol affects the brain from front to back. Alcohol reduces brain activity and if you’re under 25, can have a long-lasting impact on how your brain develops.

Run Time: 51 secs

 

MDMA

MDMA - Respect Your Brain

See how MDMA affects the brain. MDMA (ecstasy) boosts the feel-good chemicals in your brain but any amount is risky and the more you take, the more often, the more damage you can do.

Run Time: 49 secs

Cannabis

Cannabis - Respect Your Brain

See how cannabis affects different parts of the brain. Cannabis mimics our brain’s internal systems to alter our experience of the world and can also mess with our memory, concentration and coordination.

Run Time: 48 secs

References

References

NSW Health. (2020, July 7). Alcohol - Respect Your Brain [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/MLAzgX_vhzU

NSW Health. (2020, July 7). Cannabis - Respect Your Brain [Video]. YouTube.https://youtu.be/I2nsavS84zk

NSW Health. (2020, July 7). MDMA - Respect Your Brain [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/pN4Rq4P5EgM