DRUG SCENARIO IN THE PHILIPPINES *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 DEPENDENCE DRUG MISUSE DRUG ABUSE DRUG TOLERANCE PROFILE OF DRUG ABUSERS (Facility Based) CY 2018 • AGE : Mean age of 32 years old • SEX : Ratio of Male to Female (9:1) • CIVIL STATUS : Single (51.20%) • STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT : Unemployed (50.06%) • EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT : High School Level (28.14%) • ECONOMIC STATUS : Average Family Income Php 11,265.10 • PLACE OF RESIDENCE : Urban (specifically NCR (4.81%) • DURATION OF DRUG USE : More than six (6) years • NATURE OF DRUG TAKING : Mono drug use (abuse of 1 drug only) • DRUGS/SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE : Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu) Cannabis (Marijuana) Contact Cement (Rugby)

1. DRUG SCENARIO
IN THE PHILIPPINES

2. LET’S PLAY
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3. AGREE
DISAGREE
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4. STATEMENT #1
DRUGS ARE NOT A CONCERN
IN THE PHILIPPINES

5. STATEMENT #2
FILIPINO MALES ARE MORE
PRONE TO DRUG USE THAN
FEMALES

6. STATEMENT #3
TEENAGERS ARE IN DANGER
TO DRUG USE, MISUSE AND
ABUSE

7. STATEMENT #4
ALL MEDICINES ARE DRUGS
BUT NOT ALL DRUGS ARE
MEDICINES!

8. STATEMENT #5
DRUGS CHANGE THE WAY THE
BRAIN THINKSAND PROCESS
INFORMATION

9. STATEMENT #6
THERE ARE MANY HEALTHY
ALTERNATIVES TO COMBAT
DRUGS USE AND ABUSE

10. STATEMENT #7
SHABU IS ONE OF THE
COMMONLY USED AND
ABUSED DRUGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES

11. STATEMENT #8
DRUG DEPENDENCE IS THE STATE OF
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE ON DRUGS BY A
PERSON FOLLOWING ITS CONTINOUS
USE AND ABUSE

12. STATEMENT #9
DRUG ABUSE IS THE CONTINOUS
USE OF A DRUG OR SEVERAL
DRUGS OTHER THAN THEIR
SPECIFIED PURPOSE

13. STATEMENT #10
A DRUG IS A SUBSTANCE WHICH
BRINGS OUT MENTAL, EMOTIONAL,
BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL
CHANGES TO A PERSON

14. LET’S PROCESS

15. COMMON
CONCEPTS IN
DRUG EDUCATION

16. The following are the usual words you will encounter in
studying substance use and abuse:
1. DRUGS
2. DRUGS OF ABUSE
3. DRUG DEPENDENCE
4. DRUG MISUSE
5. DRUG ABUSE
6. DRUG TOLERANCE

19. Any substances or chemicals
which when taken into the
body either through nasal,
oral, transdermal or
intravenous way have
psychological, emotional and
behavioral effects on a person

20. a drug that is taken for
nonmedicinal reasons (usually
for mind-altering effects);
drug abuse can lead to
physical and mental damage
and (with some substances)
dependence and addiction

21. PROFILE OF DRUG ABUSERS
(Facility Based)
CY 2018
• AGE : Mean age of 32 years old
• SEX : Ratio of Male to Female (9:1)
• CIVIL STATUS : Single (51.20%)
• STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT : Unemployed (50.06%)
• EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT : High School Level
(28.14%)
• ECONOMIC STATUS : Average Family Income Php
11,265.10
©DANGEROUSDRUGBOARD

22. • PLACE OF RESIDENCE : Urban (specifically NCR
(4.81%)
• DURATION OF DRUG USE : More than six (6)
years
• NATURE OF DRUG TAKING : Mono drug use
(abuse of 1 drug only)
• DRUGS/SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE :
Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu)
Cannabis (Marijuana)
Contact Cement (Rugby)

24. IMMEDICATE EFFECTS
• Produces anxiety, tension, irritability, irrational behavior,
talkativeness, and loss of self-control.
• Results in loss of appetite and inability to sleep.
• Euphoria, elation.
SHABU

25. LONG TERM EFFECTS
• Prolonged use or even a single exposure, especially if
administrated intravenously, can lead to manifestations of a
full blown “psychosis” which is similar to schizophrenia
characterized by the presence of paranoid delusions,
and visual hallucinations.
SHABU

26. BEFORE AND AFTER

27. BEFORE AND AFTER

28. MARIJUANA
Hallucinations/illusions
Faster heart beat and pulse rate
Forgetfulness/inability to think
Impaired reflexes coordination and
concentration
Acute panic anxiety reaction
Severe irritation of the nasal passages th
leads to frequent nose bleeding
Psychiatric consequences

29. BEFORE AND AFTER

32. Is a cluster of physiological,
behavioural and cognitive
phenomena of variable
intensity in which the use of a
drug takes on a high priority
thereby creating a strong
desire to take the substance

34. is the use of substance
incoherent or inconsistent
with the prescribed dosage or
frequency

37. Is the condition of the body
to adapt to the effects of
substances to the body thus
requiring an even larger
amount of the substance to
experience the same
physiological and mental
effect experienced when
taking smaller dosage

38. 6 CLASSIFICATION
OF DRUGS

39. GATEWAY
DRUGS
1

41. GATEWAY DRUGS
1
Gateway drugs are substances that,
when consumed, give way to harder,
more dangerous drugs.

42. DEPRESSANTS
2
Depressants are drugs that inhibit the
function of the central nervous system (CNS)
and are among the most widely used drugs
in the world. These drugs operate by
affecting neurons in the CNS

44. STIMULANTS
3
Stimulants are a class of drugs that speed up
the messages between the brain and the
body. They can make a person feel more
awake, alert, confident or energetic.

46. NARCOTICS
4
A substance used to treat moderate
to severe pain

48. HALLUCINOGENS
5
are a class of drugs that cause
hallucinations—profound distortions in a
person’s perceptions of reality

50. INHALANTS
6
are various products easily bought and
found in the home or workplace—such as
spray paints, markers, glues, and cleaning
fluids. They contain dangerous substances
that have psychoactive (mind-altering)
properties when inhaled.

52. FACT
OR
MYTH