If you plan to use the video "Drug Abuse: Altered States" in this lesson, show the program at this time. Students will draw for groups (7 total). Place individual drug categories on slips of paper ...

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Sue has a nightmare that involves a chicken leg that kind of has to be seen to be believed, and the film does suggest addictive behavior and substance abuse in the sense that Elisabeth/Sue cannot ...