MODULE 2:
DRUG EDUCATION
Prepared by:
DENNIS D. AWING, MAEd
NSTP Instructor
WHAT IS A DRUG?
A DRUG is any
substance that brings
physical, psychological,
emotional and
behavioral changes
when used.
WHAT IS
DRUG ABUSE?
DRUG ABUSE is the
continuous misuse of any
substance, licit, illicit
which results to changes
in an individual’s
physical, mental or
behavioral condition.
WHY DO PEOPLE
TURN TO DRUGS?
✓ Peer pressure
✓ Curiosity
✓ Adventure
✓ Feel good
✓ Escape from reality
✓ Easy access to drugs
HISTORY AND COMMONLY
ABUSED DRUGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
PRE-MARTIAL LAW ERA
❑ HALLUCINOGENS
✓drugs which affects sensation, thinking
and emotion. Example: Marijuana
❑ SEDATIVES
✓drugs which reduces anxiety and
excitement Example: Barbiturates,
Tranquilizers, Alcohol
❑ NARCOTICS
✓drugs that relieve pain and induce sleep
Example: Opium and derivatives like
Heroin, Morphine, Codeine
MARTIAL LAW ERA
❑ COUGH SYRUPS
✓with narcotic and non-narcotic cough
suppressants
Example: Corex, Endotussin, Robitussin
AC, etc.
❑ INHALANTS
✓chemicals used by manufacturing
industries Example: Rugby, Glue,
Thinner
AFTER EDSA
REVOLUTION
❑ STIMULANTS
✓drugs which increases
alertness Example:
Amphetamine,
Derivatives, Cocaine
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF A
PERSON IS ON DRUGS?
CHANGES IN..
✓ Appearance
✓ Mood
✓ Behaviour
✓ Interest
ILL EFFECTS
OF DRUGS
A. MENTAL HEALTH/PSYCHOLOGICAL
EFFECTS
✓ Disturbance in Perception
Auditory and visual hallucination
✓ Disturbance in Orientation –
Paranoia, psychosis
✓ Disturbance in Memory
✓ Disturbance in Judgment –
Depression that may lead to suicide
B. PHYSICAL HEALTH/PHYSIOLOGICAL
EFFECTS
✓ Cardiac (HEART) Pathology – irregularity of heart
beat, elevated or lowered blood pressure, chest
pain,
✓ convulsions or death from cardiac arrest
✓ Pulmonary (LUNG) Illnesses
✓ Hepatic (LIVER) Problems
✓ Renal (KIDNEY) Diseases
✓ General Health
✓ Malnutrition or weight loss
✓ Infections
✓ Accidents
✓ Blood Transmitted Disease
[Link] EFFECTS
✓ Substance seeking behavior
can lead to various criminal
and anti-social acts.
COMMON SIGNS OF DRUG ABUSE
The profile of a drug dependent or a substance abuser
is as follows:
● Changes in attendance in school or work
● Changes in the normal capabilities in school/work
● Abrupt changes in overall attitude
● Generally lazy, irritable, discourteous, aggressive
● Usually untrustworthy and lacks self-confidence
● Manipulative
● Have a distorted view of reality Low frustration
tolerance
● Con-game player
● Lacks interest in his studies/work (withdrawal from
responsibilities)
● Blames everybody but himself (blame tosser)
COMMON SIGNS OF DRUG ABUSE
The profile of a drug dependent or a substance abuser
is as follows:
● No respect for the rights of others
● Prefers to stay with peers (barkada)
● May frequently go to odd places (to take drugs)
● Poor physical appearance (unconcerned with
grooming and hygiene)
● Wearing of sunglasses at inappropriate times
● Unusual effort to cover arms to hide needle marks
(long- sleeved garments)
● Stealing items which can be readily sold
● Unusual borrowing of money from relatives and
friends
● Association with known drug abusers
CLASSIFICATION
OF DRUG ABUSE
EXPERIMENTERS
✓ people who abuse
the drug(s) for
experimental basis
EXPERIMENTERS
✓ people who abuse
the drug(s) for
experimental basis
OCCASIONAL USERS
✓ abuse the drug
occasionally/whenever
there are special occasions.
They abuse the drug once
every two (2) weeks to two
(2) times a week.
REGULAR USERS
abuse the drug on a
regular basis
approximately three (3) to
four (4) times a week or
every other
day.
DRUG DEPENDENTS
✓people who tend to
abuse the drug(s)
everyday (almost every
day) or about five (5) to
seven (7) times a week.
MENTALLY ILL CHEMICAL
ABUSER/SUBSTANCE INDUCED
PSYCHOSIS
✓drug abusers who manifest signs
and symptom of psychotic disorders
caused by the effects of drugs
(hallucinations, disorientation,
delusions, etc.)
HOW CAN YOU STAY
AWAY FROM DRUGS?
✓ Devote yourself to your studies and other
productive activities at home or in school
✓ Stay away from people, places and
events that promote drug use
✓ Learn to manage feelings and cope with
stress without using drugs
✓ Develop a strong moral and spiritual
foundation
✓ Educate yourself about the effects of
drug abuse always
WHAT ARE THE
COUNTER-MEASURES
FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE?
CLASSIFICATION PREVENTIVE EDUCATION
Abstainer Preventive Education
Experimenters Counselling
Occasional Users Counselling
Regular Users Counselling
Drug Dependent Psychiatric Treatment
Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser Psychiatric Treatment
(Substance Induced Psychosis)
THE COMPREHENSIVE
DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT
OF 2002
SEC 5 - sale, administration,
dispensation, delivery, distribution and
transportation of dangerous drugs
SEC 6 - maintenance of den, dive or
resort
SEC 11 - possession of dangerous drugs
SEC 15 - use of dangerous drugs
SEC 19 - unlawful prescription of
dangerous drugs
SEC 36 - authorized drug testing
SEC 54 - voluntary submission of a
drug dependent to confinement,
rehabilitation
SEC 60 - confidentiality of records
under the voluntary submission
SEC 61 - compulsory confinement of a
drug dependent who refuses to apply
under the voluntary submission
Questions?
Get ¼ sheet
of paper.
1. It is the continuous misuse of any substance, licit, illicit which results to
changes in an individual’s physical, mental or behavioral condition.
2. It is any substance that brings physical, psychological, emotional and
behavioral changes when used?
3. Drugs which affects sensation, thinking and emotion Example: Marijuana
4. Drugs which reduces anxiety and excitement Example: Barbiturates,
Tranquilizers, Alcohol
5. Drugs that relieve pain and induce sleep Example: Opium and derivatives like
Heroin, Morphine, and Codeine
6. With narcotic and non-narcotic cough suppressants Example: Corex,
Endotussin, Robitussin AC, etc.
7. Chemicals used by manufacturing industries Example: Rugby, Glue, Thinner
8. Drugs which increases alertness Example: Amphetamine, Derivatives,
Cocaine.
9. People who abuse the drug(s) for experimental basis.
10. People who tend to abuse the drug(s) everyday (almost every day) or about
five (5) to seven (7) times a week.
Answer Key
1. Drug abuse
2. Drugs
3. Hallucinogens
4. Sedatives
5. Narcotics
6. Cough Syrups
7. Inhalants
8. Stimulants
9. Experimenters
10. Drug Dependents
“Why do some people
become addicted, while
others don’t?