Lucero Pauline Joy G

BSCRIM 4D

CDI 7: DRUG EDUCATION and VICE CONTROL

PCMS Rhodora L Manaig

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides the basic education and understanding about drugs, its categories
and effects to an individual. Its also includes study regarding the most commonly abused
drugs worldwide and in the Philippines as well as its adverse effects to human body
system. The course also introduces learning about Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act
(RA 9165), its investigation and of those laws pertaining to other vices.

Module 1

 Drug Education
 Definition of Drugs
 Nature of Drugs
 Types of Dosage
 Common Methods of Drug Education
 Dangerous Effects of Drugs
 Medical Uses of Drugs
 Drug Abuse Jargons

Drug Education - It is the study of the origin of drugs, their causes and effects, and legal
implications for the purpose of changing people’s attitudes and practices towards drug
abuse and its related vices.

Drugs

- Any chemically active substance rendering a specific effect on the central nervous
system of man.
- A chemical substance that affects the functions of living cells and alters body or
mind processes when taken into the body or applied through the skin.
- Is a chemical substance that brings about physical, emotional or behavioral
changes in a person taking it.
- Any chemical substance, other than food, which is intended for used in the
diagnosis, treatment, cure, mitigation or prevention of disease or symptoms.

- The term drug derives from the 14th century French word drogue, which means a
dry substance.

Nature of drugs

Two forms of Drugs:

a. Natural Drugs- are made by the Devine Providence which include natural plant,
flowering tops hashish, leaves, marijuana, opium and resin

b. Synthetic Drugs- made by man in clandestine laboratory.

b1. Prescriptive Drug- It is a drug that can only be purchased with the written
permission from a physician.
b2. Over the Counter Drug- It is a drug used to treat minor illness that can be purchased
even without permission coming from a license
doctor/physician.

Dosage - It is the amount of drug taken at a particular time.

Toxicology - It is a branch of knowledge, which deals with the study of poisons, their
effects and antidotes.
Types of Dosage:

1. Lethal- It refers to the amount of drug that will cause death.

2. Abusive- refers to the amount of drug needed to produce side effects.

3. Minimal- refers to the smallest amount of drug that will produce a therapeutic effect.

4. Maximal- refers to the amount of drug that will produce a desired therapeutic effect,
without any accompanying symptoms of poisoning.
5. Toxic- refers to the amount of drug that produces untoward effects or symptoms of
toxicity to the body of a person.

Common Methods of Drug Administration

1. Inhalation- It is a method of drug administration that is being done through the nose
going to the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract. It is the best method for taking
solvents.
2. Injection- It makes use of a needle or other instrument to directly administer the drug
into the body of a person.
3. Iontophoresis- It refers to the administration of drugs into the deeper layers of the
skin through the special type of electric current for local effect.

4. Oral- It is considered as the most convenient and safest way of administering drug
into the body of a person through the use of mouth.

5. Topical- It refers to the application of drugs directly to a part of the body that needs
to be treated.
6. Snorting - Inhalation through the nose of drugs not in gaseous form. It is performed
by inhaling a powder of liquid drug into the nose coats of the mucous membrane.
7. Buccal - The drug is administered by placing them in the buccal cavity just under the
lips. The active ingredients of the drug will be absorbed into the bloodstream through
the soft tissues lining of the mouth.
8. Suppositories - The drug is administered through the vagina or rectum in suppository
form and the drug will also be absorbed by the bloodstream.
9. Sublingual – under tongue

10. Mucous membrane – inside mouth and nose.

When are drugs harmful?

Any drug may be harmful when taken in:

- Excess;

- Dangerous combinations;
- By hypersensitive (allergic) person

DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF DRUGS

1. Poisonous Property- It produces harmful effect to the system of a person due to the
presence of toxin.

2. Idiosyncrasy- It is a peculiarity of the physical or the mental constitution, especially

susceptibility towards drugs, foods etc.
3. Side Effects- It is the undesirable effect of the drug when the treatment goes beyond
the desired therapeutic effect.
4.Overdose- It happens when the amount of drug taken by a person is too much or
above the prescription.
5.Allergy-It refers to an exaggerated reaction by our immune system in response in
bodily contact with certain foreign substances. It exaggerated because these foreign
substances are usually seen by the body as harmless and no response occurs in non-
allergic people. Allergic people’s bodies recognize the foreign substances and one part
of the immune system is turned on.

Medical Uses of Drugs

1. Sedatives and Tranquilizers- These are drugs that can calm and quiet the nerves and
relieve anxiety without causing depression and clouding of the mind.

2. Analgesics- These are sometimes referred to as painkiller medications. Examples of

these drugs are aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen.
3. Vitamins- These are drugs necessary for normal growth, development and proper
functioning of the body.

4. Expectorants- These are drugs that can ease the expulsion of mucus and phlegm from
the lungs and the throat.
5. Decongestants- These are drugs that relieve congestion of the nasal passages
6. Antibiotics- These are drugs used to fight and treat infection.

7. Antipyretics- These are drugs that can lower body temperature of fever due to
infection.

8. Laxatives- These are drugs that stimulate defecation and encourage bowel
movement.
9. Antihistamines- These are drugs that control allergic reactions
10. Contraceptives- These are drugs that can prevent the meeting of the egg cell and
sperm cell or prevent the ovary from releasing egg cells.

Drug Abuse Jargons:

The following are the commonly used words in the circle of drug dependents:
A Bag- refers to a pocket of drug.

Acid- the slang term for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide(LSD).

Acid Head- refers to LSD user.

A Fix- refers to one injection of opiate.

A Hit- the slang for injection of drugs.
Coke- street term for cocaine.
Cold Turkey- refers to withdrawal effects of opiate use.
Downer- the street slang for depressant,
Drop- the taking of drugs through the mouth.
Flashback- refers to a drug use after stoppage.
Head- refers to a drug user.
High- term used to describe that a person is under the influence of drugs.
Joint- refers to a marijuana cigarette.
Juni- the slang term for heroin.

Junkie- refers to an opiate addict.

Mainline/ To shoot- The injection of a drug into the vein.
On- the-Nod/ Nodding- refers to a suspended sleep

Opiate- the slang term for narcotics.

Overdose- the term used when death occurred due to the excessive use of drugs.
Roach- refers to butt end of a joint.
Rush- the beginning of a high.
Skin Popping- to inject a drug under a skin.

Speed- refers to amphetamine

Speed Freaks- refers to amphetamine addict.

Stoned- the intoxicating effect of a drug.
Trip- the reaction that is caused by drugs.

Track- refers to scars on the skin caused by injection of drugs.

Uppers- street slang for amphetamine.

Work- refers to apparatus for injecting a drug.