Social Drugs and Medicines

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand the differences between social drugs and medicines and why they are used.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Define the terms social drugs and medicines.

  • 1.2.

    Explain types of social drugs.

  • 1.3.

    Discuss why social drugs are used.

2.

Understand the legal classifications in relation to the supply of medicines.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Explain the legal classifications in relation to the supply of medicines.

3.

Understand the classification of controlled drugs and the major criminal offences relating to drugs.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Explain the classification of controlled drugs.

4.

Be able to analyse the personal and social effects of drug misuse.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1.

    Analyse the potential effects of one legal and one illegal social drug on the individual.

  • 4.2.

    Examine the effects of drug misuse on society.