Bawal na Gamot

activity 1
By: Seth Gabriel B. Bernardino
1. Why do some people
misuse and abuse drugs and
other substances?

• People here in the Philippines, drugs is a

way to escape from problems like no
money, family problems, etc. Drugs are
very cheap and can cause hallucinations
that makes people feel good and forget
about there problems in life. Drugs can
make good money because people are
addicted to it, that’s why syndicates
makes drugs even thought it can have
bad effects to people.
 • It can be both, because if
2. Do you believe that a person who
becomes addicted to illegal substances
in his or her choice? why or why not?
they only used drugs once,
there is a possibility that
he/she have been pressured
to use drugs, but if it was
repeated again and again it’s
his choice because he
repeated the use of drugs.
But it doesn’t really matter if
you it was or not his/her
choice here in the
Philippines, because in the
Philippines if you use a
drugs, you are already
broken the law of RA 9165,
you will be jailed for the act
of using drugs.
3. If you see your friend smoking marijuana
with other people, what would you do?

• I would avoid them, report them,

then find new friends. Because
friends pull each other upwards
not downwards. I would never
allow myself to use drugs because
my life is more important than a
substance.
4. If you could suggest a way for people to help our government
in the fight against illegal drugs, what would it be and why?

• Here in the Philippines, killing people just because of

drugs in common, some even are innocent, but the
police planted them drugs so it can be covered. If I
suggest a way is that don’t focus much on the
people using drugs, focus more on where the drugs
came from, and destroy the factory of illegal drugs.
So, people can’t buy drugs, people will be out of
drugs, people will stop using drugs.
5. Based on the music video that you watched, what do you
think is the message that the song lyrics want to conveyed and
how it will help you to not be engaged in any illegal drug
activity as teenagers?

• In the music video the

message is that drugs can
destroy a life, a small
substance can destroy
someone’s life, it even said
that his dreams was
destroyed because of drugs
and drugs can only do bad
things to your mind and
body. So, the message is
never use drugs.