Drug test positiv!

To prevent this from happening¹ to the students of the Oberstufe Handelsschule (BWO110), the police officer Mr Heß from Euskirchen came to the Berufskolleg Eifel to talk to us.

In his presentation he explained the difference between legal and illegal drugs. Alcohol, for example, is a legal drug. So, you are allowed to buy and to consume it. But only if you do not endanger other people: Both, as a learner driver² and a young driver, you mustn’t have alcohol in your blood. But sometimes even normal sweets (for example “Milchschnitte”) can contain little amounts of alcohol. So, in some rare cases³ , you can have a certain level of alcohol in your blood although you haven’t drunk any alcohol at all…

At the end of the presentation we were able to do a kind of a test pretending we were on drugs: We were wearing a pair of special goggles⁴ which simulates the perception of being on drugs⁵.

We had to walk on a line, catch a tennis ball and walk through an obstacle course⁶.

In the end it was good to know that a drug test would have been negative. And we are grateful to get to know the risks of legal as well as illegal drugs when taking part in road traffic because, as we all know, living in the Eifel means that you definitely need a driving licence!

¹to prevent this from happening= um zu verhindern, dass etwas geschieht
²learner driver = Fahranfänger
³in some rare cases = in seltenen Fällen
⁴a pair of special goggles = eine Spezialbrille (sieht aus wie eine Arbeitsschutzbrille)
⁵to simulate the perception of being on drugs = die Wahrnehmung so nachahmen als sei man auf Drogen
⁶obstacle course = Hindernisparcours
⁷ to feel dizzy = sich schwindlig fühlen
⁸exception = Ausnahme
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