NSTP 111 -

CWTS
WEEK 4
 LESSON
Module 4- DRUG ADDICTION
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Module Overview
Welcome to module 4! Where you can fill in your knowledge about the different
types of prohibited drugs, how it’s used and the signs/side effects to the person using it. I
hope this topic will enlighten your minds and encourage you to avoid using drugs.
LESSON 1

Module Objectives/Outcomes

 Understand what drug addiction is.

 Understand and digest the R.A 9165.
 Identify the role of the youth on the drug detection and intervention.
Learning Outcomes

 Know the difference of drug abuse and addiction

 Enumerate the kinds of drugs
 Identify the Illicit drugs
Activity: Word Search Puzzle.

Direction: Find a word and encircle it.

M A R I J U A N A H
S B D C E E T I L E
H U R H N C S C C R
B S U B I T D O O O
N E G A A A O T H I
W O S G C S I I O N
I U F W O Y P N L E
T O B A C C O E C E

Analysis

1. What do you think is the activity all about?

2. What comes in your mind, when you hear the word drug? Is it good or bad? Why?
3. How many words did you formed?
4. Can drugs affect animals?
Abstraction

What is Drug?
 A chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of
disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
 Any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the
nation.
 Any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or
prevention of disease in humans or other animals.
 Any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of
the body of humans or other animals.
 Any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device
or a part of a device.
 a habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, especially a narcotic

Drug Abuse

 Refers to the use of certain chemicals for the purpose of creating pleasurable
effects on the brain.
  The use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription over-the-counter drugs for
purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used, or in excessive
amounts. Drug abuse may lead to social, physical, emotional, and job-related
problems.

Drug Addiction

 Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive

drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences. It is considered a brain
disorder, because it involves functional changes to brain circuits involved in
reward, stress, and self-control. Those changes may last a long time after a
person has stopped taking drugs.

 Addiction is a lot like other diseases, such as heart disease. Disrupt the normal,
healthy functioning of an organ in the body, both have serious harmful effects,
and both are, in many cases, preventable and treatable. If left untreated, they
can last a lifetime and may lead to death.

How drug abuse and addiction develops

There’s a fine line between regular drug use and drug abuse and addiction. Very few
drug abusers or addicts are able to recognize when they’ve crossed that line. While
frequency or the amount of drugs consumed do not necessarily constitute drug abuse or
addiction, they can often be indicators of drug-related problems.
If the drug fulfills a valuable need

 You may find yourself increasingly relying on it. You may take illegal drugs to calm or
energize yourself or make you more confident. You may start abusing prescription drugs
to relieve pain, cope with panic attacks, or improve concentration at school or work. If
you are using drugs to fill a void in your life, you’re more at risk of crossing the line from
casual drug use to drug abuse and addiction. To maintain a healthy balance in your life,
you need to have positive experiences and feel good about your life without any drug
use.

Drug abuse may start as a way to socially connect.

 People often try drugs for the first time in social situations with friends and
acquaintances. A strong desire to fit in to the group can make it feel like doing the drugs
with them is the only option.
Problems can sometimes sneak up on you

 As your drug use gradually increases over time. Smoking a joint with friends over the
weekend, or taking ecstasy at a rave, or painkillers when your back aches, for example,
can change from using drugs a couple of days a week to using them every day.
Gradually, getting and using the drug becomes more and more important to you.

As drug abuse takes hold, you may miss or frequently be late for work or school, your
job performance may progressively deteriorate, and you may start to neglect social or
family responsibilities. Your ability to stop using is eventually compromised. What began
as a voluntary choice has turned into a physical and psychological need.

Eventually drug abuse can consume your life, stopping social and intellectual
development. This only reinforces feelings of isolation.
 Warning signs of commonly abused drugs

Marijuana: Glassy, red eyes; loud talking, inappropriate laughter followed by sleepiness;

loss of interest, motivation; weight gain or loss.

Stimulants (including amphetamines, cocaine, and crystal meth): Dilated pupils;

hyperactivity; euphoria; irritability; anxiety; excessive talking followed by depression or
excessive sleeping at odd times; may go long periods of time without eating or sleeping;
weight loss; dry mouth and nose.

Inhalants (glues, aerosols, vapors): Watery eyes; impaired vision, memory and thought;

secretions from the nose or rashes around the nose and mouth; headaches and nausea;
appearance of intoxication; drowsiness; poor muscle control; changes in appetite;
anxiety; irritability; lots of cans/aerosols in the trash.

Hallucinogens (LSD, PCP): Dilated pupils; bizarre and irrational behavior including

paranoia, aggression, hallucinations; mood swings; detachment from people; absorption
with self or other objects, slurred speech; confusion.

Heroin: Contracted pupils; no response of pupils to light; needle marks; sleeping at

unusual times; sweating; vomiting; coughing, sniffling; twitching; loss of appetite.

 Cocaine

Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant made from the leaves of the South
American coca plant, and normally comes in a powder form. Street names for
cocaine include blow, bump, coke, and snow. Cocaine is most commonly snorted
or injected, and can also be smoked or administered to the skin.
 Crack Cocaine

Crack is the purer and potent form of cocaine, which typically comes in solid
blocks or crystals. Crack cocaine is typically smoked, allowing it to reach the brain
more quickly and result in a short-lived – yet intense – high. It is also increasingly
commonly injected.

 Ecstasy

Used by many high-schoolers and young adults, ecstasy is considered a party

drug or rave drug. Its psychoactive effects include enhanced sensory perception
and can cause lowered inhibition. Ecstasy is most commonly taken orally in pill
form or dissolved in water, but can also be snorted or injected.
 Hallucinogens

Mushrooms and salvia are all examples of psychoactive or mind-altering drugs.

While an addiction to this type of drug is less common than other drugs, use and
abuse of these substances can cause severe negative side effects.

 Heroin

Heroin is an extremely addictive substance that is synthetically derived from the

opium poppy plant. It comes in the form of white of brownish powder, or as a
black and sticky substance known as “black tar.” Heroin is most commonly
injected, though it can also be snorted, smoked, or consumed orally.
 Inhalants

Inhalants include household items such as spray paints, markers and cleaning
supplies which are inhaled through the mouth or nose in order to achieve a high.
Inhaling certain types of these substances can lead to heart failure, resulting in
death.

 Ketamine

This substance is medically used as an anesthetic in veterinary practice. When

abused, ketamine can cause hallucinations, sedation and confusion.
 Marijuana

Marijuana is one of the most commonly abused illicit substances. The main
psychoactive ingredient, THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), causes temporary
euphoria followed by drowsiness, slowed reaction time and increased appetite.

 Meth

Meth is an extremely dangerous stimulant that can cause users to become

instantly addicted. The short-term effects of meth include alertness and
euphoria. However, long-term use of meth can lead to problems such as violent
behavior, severe dental problems, psychosis, and severe paranoia.
  Synthetic Marijuana

Synthetic marijuana refers to the growing number of manufactured substances

that contain a chemical similar to THC. Although synthetic marijuana is marketed
as a legal alternative, the substance’s effects can be unpredictable and more
intense than its natural counterpart.

When a loved one has a drug problem

If you suspect that a friend or family member has a drug problem, here are a few things
you can do:

Speak up. Talk to the person about your concerns, and offer your help and support
without being judgmental. The earlier addiction is treated, the better. Don’t wait for
your loved one to hit bottom! List specific examples of your loved one’s behavior that
have you worried and urge them to seek help.

Take care of yourself. Stay safe. Don’t put yourself in dangerous situations. Don’t get so
caught up in someone else’s drug problem that you neglect your own needs. Make sure
you have people you can talk to and lean on for support.
Avoid self-blame. You can support a person with a substance abuse problem and
encourage treatment, but you can’t force an addict to change. You can’t control your
loved one’s decisions. Letting the person accept responsibility for their actions is an
essential step along the way to recovery.

 R.A 9165 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002(Download this

PDF)

Application:(Please refer to the pdf)

1. Why do people abuse drugs?

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2. What signs do you look for to detect if someone may be using drugs?
__________________________________________________________________
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3. What is R.A 9165 all about?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

4. What are the short and long-term effect of drugs on the body and mind?
__________________________________________________________________
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5. How you can help someone to stop using drugs?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Test II (Identification)
1. What is the title of R.A 9165? ________________________
2. Any facility used for the illegal manufacture of any dangerous drug and/or
controlled precursor and essential chemical. __________________________
3. Any act of knowingly planting, growing, raising, or permitting the planting,
growing or raising of any plant which is the source of a dangerous drug.
________________________________________

4. Any act of giving away, selling or distributing medicine or any dangerous drug
with or without the use of prescription.__________________________________

5. The illegal cultivation, culture, delivery, administration, dispensation,

manufacture, sale, trading, transportation, distribution, importation, exportation
and possession of any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential
chemical,___________________________

6. Refers to the drug having such chemical composition, including any of its
isomers or derivatives in any form. _________________________

7. Refers to the drug having such chemical composition, including any of its
isomers or derivatives in any form. _________________________

8. A rapid test performed to establish potential/presumptive positive result.

____________________________________

9. Its psychoactive effects include enhanced sensory perception and can cause
lowered inhibition. _______________________________
10. Most commonly snorted or injected, and can also be smoked or administered
to the skin. ___________________________

Test III
Make poster- slogans about ” Against Drug Abuse’’

Rubrics:
Criteria Very Good Good Fair Poor Score
Required The poster All required Only few Several
Elements includes all elements are required required
required included on elements elements
elements as the poster are are missing
well as missing on on the
additional the poster.
information poster.
Attractiveness The poster is The poster is The poster The poster
exceptionally attractive in is is
 attractive in terms of acceptabl distractingly
terms of design, y messy or
design, layout layout and attractive very poorly
and neatness. neatness. though it designed. It
may be a is not
bit messy. attractive
Slogan The Slogan The slogan The slogan The slogan
has the has the does not does not
required required follow the follow the
number of number of required required
words. It is words. It is number of number of
original and original but words. words. It is
catchy. not catchy. However, not
it is catchy originally
but not and catchy.
original
Graphic All graphics All graphics All Graphics do
Relevance are related to are related graphics not relate
the topic and to the topic relate to to the topic
make it easier and most the topic. or several
to make it One or borrowed
understand. easier to two graphics do
All borrowed understand. borrowed not have a
graphics have Some graphics source
note about graphics have a citation.
their source have a note sources
about their noted
source.

Closure
Congratulations for a job well-done! You may now proceed to the next module.
Thank you and God bless.

Chapter Summary
 Drug- A chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis
of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
 Drug Abuse- Refers to the use of certain chemicals for the purpose of creating
pleasurable effects on the brain.
 Drug Addiction - Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing disorder
characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse
consequences. It is considered a brain disorder, because it involves functional
changes to brain circuits involved in reward, stress, and self-control. Those
changes may last a long time after a person has stopped taking drugs.

 Marijuana: Glassy, red eyes; loud talking, inappropriate laughter followed by

sleepiness; loss of interest, motivation; weight gain or loss.

 Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant made from the leaves of the South
American coca plant, and normally comes in a powder form
 . Crack cocaine is typically smoked, allowing it to reach the brain more quickly
and result in a short-lived – yet intense – high. It is also increasingly commonly
injected.
 Ecstasy is most commonly taken orally in pill form or dissolved in water, but can
also be snorted or injected.
 Heroin is an extremely addictive substance that is synthetically derived from the
opium poppy plant
 RA 9165 repealed RA 6425 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972. The law
mandates the Dangerous Drugs Board to be the policy- and strategy-making body
that plans and formulates programs on drug prevention and control. ... These
two, ideally, work hand in hand to fight drugs.

Reference:
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/drug-abuse-and-addiction.htm

http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Philippines/RA_9165.html

Prepared by: David Laurence C. Baylon