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• Medicine


  A drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of diseases and promotion of health
• Identifying fake medicine


  • Not always easy to tell fake drugs from genuine ones
  • Buy only from registered pharmacies, never from the road side, motor parks or public transport
  • If the price is too good to be true, it is probably a fake drug
  • If the packaging appears suspicious or looks tampered with, has unusual fonts, or spelling errors, it is most likely a fake drug
  • If the batch number on the carton is different from that on the foil of the blister pack, it's another feature that indicates fake drugs
  • If it has an unusual colour, shape or smell different from that which you are used to, if it is a drug you have been taking before, it might be a fake drug
  • For drugs that have sms verification codes, if you don't receive a response confirming genuineness, then it might be a fake drug
  • If you experience any unusual side effects, stop using immediately and consult your doctor or pharmacist
• Safe use of prescribed medicines

  1. Follow directions carefully according to prescription

  2. Do not change doses without consulting your doctor

  3. Do not stop taking prescribed medication on your own

  4. Do not crush or break pills unless specifically instructed to do so

  5. Do not use drugs prescribed for someone else, and do not share yours
• Benefits/effects of taking medicines

  • Curing infections
  • Preventing and treating diseases
  • Relieving/ easing symptoms and pains
  • Help in the diagnosis of certain illnesses
• Effect of excessive use of medicine

  • Medicines if taken in excess, can lead to a side effect (unwanted or unexpected symptom or feeling that occur when medicine is taken)
  • Side effects can be relatively minor, such as headache or a dry mouth
  • Side effects can also be life-threatening, such as severe bleeding or irreversible damage to the liver or kidneys
• Drugs


  Chemicals that change the way a person's body works
• Medicines


  Legal drugs
• Hard drugs


  Illegal drugs
• Drug abuse


  Excessive use of a drug or the habitual taking of illegal drugs
• Addiction


  When somebody who uses certain drugs becomes dependent on them or cannot do without them
• Some common hard drugs

  • Cigarette
  • Alcohol
  • Narcotics
  • Heroin
  • Cocaine
  • Valium
  • Indian hemp
  • Marijuana
• Some health effects of drug abuse

  • Respiratory tract infection
  • High blood pressure
  • Stroke
  • Chest or lung pain
  • Nausea or vomiting
  • Diarrhea (purging)
  • Stomach pain
  • Weight loss
  • Having runny nose all the time
  • Skin can be cool and sweaty or hot and dry
  • Hepatitis B or C
  • HIV infection from needle sharing
  • Impotence
  • More frequent illness
  • Frequent hangovers or blackouts
  • Death
• Common psychological effects of drug abuse

  • Change in mood
  • Anxiety especially about the time when the drug should be taken again
  • Depression
  • Aggressiveness or irritability
  • Having trouble concentrating
  • Selfishness
  • Hopelessness
  • Sleeping a lot
  • Coughing a lot
  • Lack of pleasure from previously enjoyed activities
  • Pressuring others into doing drugs
• Some socio-economic effects of drug abuse

  • Poor performance in school
  • Truancy
  • Expulsion or dismissal
  • Creating money problem or illegal troubles
  • Prostitution
  • Financial problems
  • Loss of friendship and family due to choosing drugs over everyone
  • Discontinuing participation in sports and giving up hobbies
  • Stigmatization
• Mineral


  A pure inorganic (non-living) substance that occurs naturally in the Earth's crust
• All of the Earth's crust, except plants and animals, is made up of minerals
• Minerals


  • Valuable natural resources
  • Finite (limited)
  • Non-renewable
• Minerals constitute the vital raw-materials for many basic industries and are a major resource for development
• Minerals provide the materials used to make most of the things we use in our societies, such as: roads, cars, computers, fertilizers, and so on
• Mineral resources


  • Metals (iron, copper, gold, silver, aluminum)
  • Non-metals (salt, diamond (carbon), gypsum, clay, sand, phosphates)
• Some mineral resources and where they are found in Nigeria
• Aspects of human society influenced by computers (information technology)

  • Communication
  • Security
  • Military
  • Banking
  • Education
  • Hospitality
  • Exploration and exploitation of natural resources (gas, minerals, space)
  • Agriculture
  • Medicine
• Wrong notions (erroneous beliefs) about IT

  • It is very expensive
  • It encourages unemployment
  • There are some negative religious beliefs
• Career opportunities in IT

  • Programmer
  • Graphic designer
  • Database manager
  • System analyst
  • Website design and hosting
  • Data scientist
  • Network architect
• Common basic characteristics/properties of minerals

  • Solid
  • Inorganic
  • Fixed chemical structure
  • Lustre
  • Hardness
• Solid


  All minerals will be solids at normal temperatures on Earth
• Inorganic


  Minerals do not come from plants, animals, or other living organisms
• Fixed chemical structure


  Specific minerals will always have the same chemical formula. Minerals also generally are formed with a crystal structure (they are crystalline)
• Lustre


  Describes how well a mineral reflects light. Most minerals are lustrous. Examples of words that describes lustre include glassy, metallic, brilliant, and dull
• Hardness


  Describes how easy it is to scratch the surface of a mineral. Diamond is the hardest of all the minerals, while talc is the softest mineral
• Minerals found in Nigeria and what they can be used for

  • Asbestos: Fireproof fabrics, yarn, cloth, paper and paint filler, friction products, asbestos cement pipes and sheets, coatings and compounds, packing and gaskets, roofing and flooring products, paints and caulking, chemical filters
  • Bauxite: Aluminum for automobiles, airplanes, bottling, canning, building, electrical
  • Basalt: Railroad ballast, aggregate in highway construction, asphalt
  • Clay: Paper, rubber, dinnerware, pottery, floor and wall tile, sanitary wear, fire clay, firebricks, foundry sands, drilling mud, iron-ore pelletizing, absorbent and filtering materials, construction materials, cosmetics
  • Copper: Electric cables and wires, switches, plumbing, heating, electrical, roofing materials, electronic components, industrial machinery and equipment, transportation, consumer and general products, coins, jewelry
  • Calcium: Adhesives, sealants, cosmetics, foods, paint, paper, pharmaceuticals, plastics, rubber, lime production, construction
• Importance of Mineral Resources
• Diamond


  • Large diamonds used in tools and drilling bits to cut rock
  • Small diamonds (dust or grit) used for cutting and polishing stone and ceramic products
• Gold


  • Used in dentistry and medicine
  • Used in jewelry and arts
  • Used in medallions and coins
  • Used in ingots
  • Used for scientific and electronic instruments
  • Used in computer circuitry
  • Used as an electrolyte in the electroplating industry
  • Used in many applications for the aerospace industry
• Graphite


  Crystal form of carbon
• Graphite


  • Used as a dry lubricant
  • Used as a steel hardener
  • Used for brake linings
  • Used for the production of "lead" in pencils
• Gypsum


  • Used in industrial or building plaster
  • Used in prefabricated wallboard
  • Used in cement manufacture
  • Used for agriculture
• Iodine


  • Used as an antibacterial agent in soaps and cleaning products in restrooms
  • Used in iodized salt to prevent goiter
  • Used in first aid boxes as an antiseptic
• Iron ore


  • Used to manufacture steels of various types
  • Used to manufacture other metallic products, such as magnets, auto parts, and catalysts
• Lead


  • Used in batteries
  • Used in construction
  • Used in ammunition
  • Used in television tubes
  • Used in nuclear shielding
  • Used in ceramics
  • Used as weights
  • Used in tubes or containers