PRAYER:

ATTENDANCE:
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Boys:
Girls:
TOTAL:
REVIEW: SIX CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
1. RUGBY OR SOLVENT INHALANTS
2.MUSHROOM HALLUCINOGENS
3.MARIJUANA NARCOTICS
4.SHABU STIMULANT DRUGS
5.TRANQUILIZERS DEPRESSANT DRUGS
6.CIGARETTES GATEWAY DRUGS
OBJECTIVES:
THE LEARNERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
• Analyze Myths and Misconceptions About Substance Use and Abuse.
• Describe Signs and Symptoms of Possible Substance Use And Abuse
Among Adolescents.
• Make an Advocacy Brochure About the Truth of Drug Use and Abuse
And The Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use And Abuse.
 YT H S, M IS C O N C E P T I O NS ,
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SIG N S A ND S YM P T O M S O F
D R U G A BU S E
LESSON 4
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND ANALYZE THE GIVEN PICTURE:
1. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DRUGS USE?
2. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DRUG OF ABUSE?
 READING TIME:

People give several reasons for taking drugs. Some believe that these drugs can make feel and look
good. Certain drugs of abuse produce pleasure or euphoria. Euphoria is the high sensation of feeling
good extremely relaxed. Euphoria is a sensation brought about by the chemical reactions of the
neurotransmitters in the brain. Thus, drug affect your brain process.
Continuous and prolonged drug use has a very bad effect in a person. It can alter his behavior, and
his mental, physical, and psychosocial condition. Most importantly, drug dependence results in drug
abuse, drug tolerance, problems with society and law, withdrawal symptoms, severe health problems,
poor quality of life and eventually death.
You must understand that it is not easy to know and feel the effects of drugs on the body. Effects are
not always the same with drugs users. A small amount of a substance may create a feeling of pleasure to
a person but the same amount may cause restlessness, stress or even immediate death to another
person. It is important to remember that each individual’s brain capacity and function and total body
chemistry are different from other persons, thus we have different reactions to drugs and substances.
GUESS IF IT IS MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS OR IT IS FACTS ABOUT DRUGS OF
ABUSE:

1. DRUGS OF ABUSE IMPROVE MEMORY. 1. MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS

2. DRUGS OF ABUSE DO NOT HELP IN THE 2. FACTS
DIGESTION OF FOOD.
3. DRUGS OF ABUSE PLACE A USER IN A
3. FACTS
DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.
4. 4. DRUGS OF ABUSE REMOVE LIFE’S PROBLEMS
4. MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS
AND WORRIES
5. DRUGS OF ABUSE DO NOT HEAT UP THE BODY; 5. FACTS
INSTEAD THEY MAKE THE BODY LOSE HEAT
FASTER THAN NORMAL.
PROFILE OF DRUG USERS:

THE DANGEROUS DRUGS BOARD LISTED THE FOLLOWING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
OF DRUG ABUSE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HAVING A FEW OF THESE SIGNS
DOESN’T IMMEDIATELY MAKE A PERSON A DRUG USER. THEREFORE,
OBSERVATIONS OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORS
MUST BE CAREFULLY DONE TO CONFIRM IF A PERSON I A DRUG USER.
 THERE ARE SOME OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DRUG USE:

 DECLINING INTEREST IN STUDIES AND WORK  SUDDEN LOSS IN WEIGHT

 IDENTIFICATION WITH KNOWN DRUG USERS  FREQUENT COMPLAINTS OF HEADACHE AND STOMACH
 NEGATIVE OUTLOOK IN LIFE PAINS
 UNCONTROLLED IRRITATION  CONVULSIONS
 PARANOIA (FEAR THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS STALK AND TALK  FREQUENT ATTACKS OF COUGH AND RUNNY NOSE
ABOUT HIM/HER)
 BROWN STAINS ON FINGERTIPS
 SEVERE FEELING OF DEPRESSION AND LONELINESS
 FOUL BODY SMELL
 COMPLAINTS OVER FATIGUE (PSYCHOLOGICAL OF
PHYSIOLOGICAL)  WEARING OF SUNGLASSES EVEN AT NIGHT
 FREQUENT INVOLVEMENT IN PETTY FIGHTS AND CRIMES  LOSS OF BALANCE
 FREQUENT CHANGES OF MOOD AND EXTREME MOOD  LOSS OF INTEREST IN SPORTS AND HOBBIES
SWINGS
 POOR JUDGEMENT AND LOSS OF INHIBITION
 LOUSY PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
 REDDISH EYES  LOSS OF CONCENTRATION
LIST THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DRUG USE AND ABUSE BASED FROM THE DISCUSSION ABOVE. LIST
THEM ACCORDING TO THE CHANGES THEY CAUSE IN A PERSON. (AT LEAST 3 CHANGES IN EVERY TABLE
BELOW)

Physical Mental Emotional Social Moral-

Changes changes Changes Changes spiritual
changes
1.

2.

3.
EVALUATION:
• MYTHS OR FACTS: WRITE MYTHS IF THE STATEMENT IS FALSE AND FACTS IF THE
STATEMENT IS TRUE.

1. DRUGS OF ABUSE DO NOT IMPROVE MEMORY.

2. DRUGS OF ABUSE MAKE A PERSON BOLD AND BRAVE.
3. DRUGS OF ABUSE HELP IN THE DIGESTION OF FOOD
4. DRUGS OF ABUSE WORSEN LIFE’S PROBLEMS AND WORRIES.
5. DRUGS DO NOT HEAT UP THE BODY.
ASSIGNMENT: INDIVIDUAL TASK
• ADVOCACY BROCHURE
Now that you learned the myths, misconceptions and signs and
symptoms of drug use and abuse, create an advocacy brochure about drug
use and abuse and their signs and symptoms. Have your teacher review
and approve the advocacy brochure. Produce five copies of the advocacy
brochure and distribute it to your friends. Have them sign on a piece of
paper as a proof of receipt. Submit the original brochure to your teacher
with the receipt form. The rubric on how you will be graded are shown
below.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
-MA’AM JEN