History

Before the first civilizations there is evidence that the man knew the effects of certain plants such as opium poppy and used. In all civilizations, from the Assyrian to the current twenty-first century, humanity has consumed all the drugs for various reasons, religious rituals, and medicinal habits. Alcohol and tobacco are the drugs that killed more but are legal drugs.

Uses

A lot of drugs can be used as medicines for various diseases. But many drugs are used for recreational purposes, or for their psychological effects. This is a social problem in many countries. In most cases, the drug also has other harmful effects on health behaviour. The fact that many of these drugs are illegal in most countries has increased black market of these substances.

-A drug is a part of living beings where there is substance to be used. For example: Valerian, the drug would be the root, where it is extracted from the chamomile.

-From the point of view of psychology a drug is a substance with affects on the nervous system, capable changing the state of mood, knowledge and usually create addiction.

Trends in economic benefits globally

According to the report prepares annually by the UN, during the year 2005-2006 the market for illegal drugs was stagnant. The report says 42% of global shipments of cocaine and 26% of heroin were intercepted.

In 2006 opium production in Afghanistan would have grown 45% a year and represent 49% of total production worldwide. Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan are the golden triangle countries of highest opium production.

Tobacco

Tobacco is a legal recreational drug produced, among other things, with various species of the genus Nicotine that contain nicotine, although much of the nicotine in this product is added artificially. All governments agree that tobacco is a dangerous drug. But they do nothing to stop smoking because they earn lots of money to tobacco

Particular case of marijuana

Marijuana and hashish have been completely illegal in the Catalan countries, until recently. In Catalonia some hospitals have seen that in making marijuana tea, smoked, etc. Have beneficial effects on people with pain, nausea and vomiting that cannot take antimetic or other drugs, for example alleviate cancer or AIDS patients, caused by radiation.Taking marijuana, hashish and hallucinatory fungi is legal in Amsterdam. But in Spain the use of cannabis is legal with a prescription and therapeutic use.

Sanctions

Eating or taking illegal drugs in public spaces can mean a fine between 300 to 3000 Euros. In Catalonia consuming illegal drugs in public spaces or possession for personal consumption is not a crime, but you are fine from 300 to 30.050 Euros.

Observation of my oral presentation

My oral presentation was with Ignasi and we used a power point for recurse. On the power point there were some images about the subject. Also I use the support.And presentation lasted more on less 8-9 minutes, 4 minutes each person.

During the presentation I looked at the people of the class a bit, in particular I look at the teacher. Moreover, sometimes I read notes, but in the last paragraph I read all of it. All through the presentation I use a few gestures.

We organized the ideas in order of importance but, we left out the definition of drugs. When I explained the ideas I used some conectors. The grammar of the oral presentation was correct and varied with phrasal verbs and topic-related vocabulary. I used some sentences linkers; with, and, also, moreover,etc. And pause fillers.

My pronunciation was correct, but some words were difficults to pronunce , so I checked with the teacher. I think that I could improve the tane of voice.

From my selfevaluation I think I culd improve a little in everything, but on the other hand I think that I didn't do too badly. For this reason I think I deserve a 5,5.