PRAYER

Heavenly Father, we thank you for today.

Thank you for ways in which you provide for us all.
Help us to focus our hearts and minds now on what we are
about to learn.
Inspire us by Your Holy Spirit as we listen to the lesson. Guide
us by your eternal light as we discover more about the world
around us.
We ask all this in the name of our Lord.
Amen.
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters to
reveal the correct word. You have 10
seconds to answer. Goodluck!
❖Let’s practice!

DURSG
 Answer:
✔DRUGS
 1.

G T EAWAY
 Answer:
✔ GATEWAY
 2.

SHBAU
Answer:
✔ SHABU
 3.

DERPESASNT
 Answer:
✔ DEPRESSANT
 4.

COAICNE
 Answer:
✔ COCAINE
 5.

NRACTOIC
 Answer:
✔ NARCOTIC
 Word Recall
✔ Gateway
✔ Shabu
✔ Depressant
✔ Cocaine
✔ Narcotic
QUARTER 3: Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse

Classifications of
Drugs of Abuse
Common Concepts in Drug Education
The following are the usual words you will encounter in studying
substance use and abuse:

DRUGS DRUGS OF
ABUSE
DRUG
TOLERANCE

DRUG
DEPENDENC DRUG ABUSE
E

🕮Lesson Recap
1. GATEWAY DRUGS
 GATEWAY DRUGS
⮚Drugs that a non-drug user might
try which can lead him or her to
more dangerous drugs such as
marijuana and shabu.

⮚Some common examples of these

are cigarettes and alcohols, which
are not allowed to minors.
2. DEPRESSANTS
 DEPRESSANTS
• Also known as “downers”, it slows down a person’s central
nervous system. It relaxes muscles and nerves.
• Depressants include alcohol, barbiturates and tranquilizers.
3. STIMULANTS
 STIMULANTS
• Also known as “uppers” or “speeders”, it speeds up a person’s
central nervous system.
• Caffeine is a kind stimulant which is found in softdrinks, energy
drinks, coffee, tea and chocolate.
• Illegal stimulants are Cocaine, Nicotine, and Methamphetamine or
Shabu.
4. NARCOTICS
 NARCOTICS
• Also known as “painkillers”, it relieves pain and induce
sleepiness.
• Some illegal Narcotic drugs are Heroin and Marijuana,
which if taken wrong may cause overdose leading to coma
and death.
5. HALLUCINOGENS
 HALLUCINOGENS
• Drugs which distorts reality and facts. It affects all senses and makes
a user see, hear and feel things that don’t exist and are not real.
• Long term use may cause Psychosis which is a mental disorder in
which reality is twisted.
• Examples are Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), Psilocybin, and
Mescaline.
6. INHALANTS
 INHALANTS
• These are found in ordinary household chemical products which are
huffed or sniffed.
• Continuous use and abuse leads to delusion, brain damage, liver
damage, coma and death.
• Examples of household products used as Inhalants are acetone,
Rugby, Spray Paint, Cleaning Fluids, and Airconditioner Fluid (freon).
 Generalization
⮚ Drugs of abuse are classified according to their effect on the body - gateway drugs, depressants,
stimulants, hallucinogens, narcotics and inhalants.

⮚ Gateway drugs are drugs that a non-drug user might try which can lead him or her to more
dangerous drugs.

⮚ Depressants slows down a person’s central nervous system, while Stimulants have the opposite
effect, it speeds up a person’s central nervous system.

⮚ Inhalants are chemical products which are huffed or sniffed, usually found ordinary household
products.

⮚ Narcotics are known as “painkillers”, it relieves pain and induce sleepiness.

⮚ Hallucinogens are drugs that affects all senses, it distorts reality and facts.
Classifications of Drugs of Abuse

Any questions?
 Assessment
JOHNSON
Recitation
HARITH
Wheel
HANZO
 Question No. 1

RAFAELA

HARLEY
These are any substances or
chemicals which when taken
JOHNSON

CLINT
into the body have
HARITH
psychological, emotional and
behavioral effects on a person.
HANZO
Answer:
DRUGS
 Question No. 2

RAFAELA

HARLEY
This type of drug is
JOHNSON
administered to those patients
who experience severe pain.
CLINT
HARITH
HANZO
 Answer:
NARCOTICS
 Question No. 3

RAFAELA

HARLEY
Which of the following is an
JOHNSON example of a Gateway Drug?
CLINT
HARITH

a. Barbiturates c. Meth
b. Cocaine d. Alcohol
HANZO
 Answer:
ALCOHOL
 Question No. 4

RAFAELA

HARLEY
These types of drugs are
known as “downers” because it
JOHNSON

CLINT
HARITH
slows down the person’s
central nervous system.
HANZO
 Answer:
DEPRESSANTS
 Question No. 5

RAFAELA

HARLEY
JOHNSON
These are drugs that distort
CLINT
HARITH
reality and create
hallucinations to a person.
HANZO
 Answer:
HALLUCINOGENS
 Assignment:
1. Answer the online quiz posted in our Google Classroom.
Deadline of submission of answers will be on Thursday at 6pm.
2. Do an advance reading about the different myths and
misconceptions about drugs of abuse.