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HEALTH 9
Let us all stand for the opening prayer. (student will stand up)
Good afternoon class! Good afternoon Mrs. Yap!
How are you this afternoon? We are good Ma’am.
Good to hear that, meaning you are absolutely ready for
another exciting lesson this afternoon. Yes Ma’am!
Okay, let me check the class attendance this afternoon. Say
present if you are present.
Before we start with our lesson for Today, let us have first an
action song entitled “It’s I who build community”
Ready? Yes Ma’am!
“Class, what was our lesson last meeting?” Our lesson last meeting was all about the Drug scenario in the
Philippines and the concept of substance use, misuse, abuse
Very Good Jaspher! So last meeting we’ve learned the drug and dependence
scenario in the Philippines and the concept of substance use,
misuse, abuse and dependence.
So what is a drug? A drug is any substance substances or chemicals which when
taken into the body either nasal, oral transdermal or intravenous
way have psychological, emotional and behavioral effects on a
person.
Well said Arjanette. So what are the three drugs of abuse in
the Philippines? The drugs of Abuse in the Philippines are Shabu, Marijuana and
Inhalants.
Very Good Arnold. So those were the three drugs of abuse
of our country.
Now, to furtherly evaluate your learning about our last topic.
I have prepared scenarios that will assess how far you have
understood. All you have to do is to identify the given situation.
Are you ready?
Situations:
Frank is using Paroxetine, an anti-depressant drug
without signs of depressions.
Bella is given an anti-hallucinogen drug, psilocybin
10 ml to be taken once a day, instead of following
the prescription he drinks 20 ml 3x a day.
Miguel has a drug mentainance for his gout
arthritis 250 mg per day but does not feel any relief at
all and decided to take higher dosage of the said
drug.
Keith is taking a methamphetamine hydrochloride
and thinks that he can no longer survive without the
drug.
What does situation number one presents? Situation number 1 shows Drug Abuse.
Excellent Cris! How about situation number 2? Situation number 2 shows Drug Misuse.
That’s correct Mike! How about situation 3? Situation number 3 shows Drug Tolerance.
Brilliant Pearl! How about the last situation? Situation number 4 shows Drug Dependence.
Motivation
I will group you into 5 groups. Each group will be given a Students do as told.
balloon and a marker. Then, you are going to inflate the balloon
and write something that has a lot of meaning to you, e.g., your
family, friends, sport, money, etc.
After inflating the balloon, I will play a music then you will
pass the balloon to your groupmates, make sure to keep
their balloons aloft, never allowing them to touch the floor. You
may do this by hitting the balloons with their arms, head, hands,
etc. It was fun Ma’am.
Yes Ma’am! It hard to protect the balloon from not dropping in
How do you find the activity? the floor.
Do you find it hard protecting your balloon?
The balloon is sometimes high and sometimes low.
What happens to the balloon?
Very good. So the same as the balloon, it has the same
effect to a person’s body.
So what do you think happens when a person uses a
drug? The person will have a high or low feeling when he will use drug.
Excellent Ana! Meaning to say drugs has different effects
to our body system.
Now, who can guess the lesson for this afternoon? Our Lesson for this afternoon is the Effects of Drugs to our body.
Presentation
This afternoon, we will discuss the effects of Drugs to our
body.
As learned on the previous lesson, there are three Drug of
abuse in the Philippines according to the Dangerous Drug
Board:
Methamphetamine Hydrochloride or “shabu”
Cannabis sativa or “marijuana”
Inhalants or “solvents”
Lesson Proper
1. Gateway drugs
- Includes cigarettes and alcohol and are considered as
legal drugs.
- They are referred to us gateway since this can lead
the non-drug users to use dangerous drugs.
2. Depressant drugs
- Slows down the persons central nervous system
(CNS).
- Help certain persons to be less angry, less stressed,
or tensed.
- It relaxes muscles and nerves.
- Makes patients feel sleepy and light headed.
Ex: alcohol, barbiturates and tranquilizers
3. Stimulant drugs
- Speeds up person’s nervous system.
- Makes persons energy high.
- negatives effects includes depression and tiredness
- ex: Amphetamines which includes shabu, caffeine,
nicotine and cocaine.
4. Narcotics
- Relieves pain and induce sleepiness.
- It is administered to patients with mental disorders in
moderation and patients in severe pain like
cancer.
- Ex: cocaine, heroin and marijuana
5. Hallucinogens
- A drugs that distorts reality and facts.
- It affects all senses and makes a user see, hear and
feel things that don’t exist in the time being.
- Ex: lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin obtained
from mushrooms and mescaline.
6. Inhalants
- Are found in ordinary household chemicals products
and anesthetics.
- Inhalants intoxication is similar to the signs and
symptoms of alcohol intoxication.
- One difference is the foul smell of chemicals sniffed,
inhaled or huffed by the user.
- Continuous use and abuse leads to delusions, brain
damage, liver damage, coma and death.
- Ex: acetone, rugby or solvent, ordinary and spray
paint, cleaning fluids and air conditioner fluid (Freon)
Uppers Narcotics
* Heart attack *Development of diseases
* Damage of organs like like hepatitis, tetanus and
brain, liver, kidney HIV-AIDS due to needle
* Coma or death sharing.
*Overdose may lead to coma
and death
Hallucinogens Inhalants
*Hypertension *Brain damage
*Bain damage *Nerve damage
*Psychosis *Loss of hearing
* Coma or death *Bone Marrow damage
* Coma or death
Time is up1 You may present your answers in the class. Group presentation.
Students do as told.
Excellent class! So those were the negative effects of drugs
to our body. Let’s give ourselves a Grade 9 clap.
Generalization
Brilliant Elna! What about Hallucinogens? Hallucinogens may cause hypertension, brain damage,
Psychosis and Coma or death to the drug user.
Assignment