DRUG EDUCATION

How do you define Drug Education?

•Drug Education is

the planned provision of information and skills relevant to living in a world where drugs are common place.

Drugs

• A drug is any substance that, alters normal bodily function, resulting any psychological or behavioral change.

• Drug is a substance used to treat an illness.

A psychoactive substance people take to change either the way they feel, think, or behave.

DRUG

HISTORY OF DRUGS

HISTORY OF DRUGS

•When Chinese immigrants came to California in the 1850s to work in gold mines and then on the railroads, they brought opium smoking with them.

PRODUCTION PLACES

• Most of the world's opium is grown in Afghanistan, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar.

“What everybody should know about drug”

Statistics

86, 241,697

Philippine Population

1,268,260

Philippine Drug Prevalence

(2010)

Deaths From DrugsLegal: Alcohol = 6,627

Tobacco = 86,500

Prescription drugs = 1,089

Illegal: Heroin/morphine = 842

Cocaine = 176

All amphetamines = 103

Cannabis = 19

What is wrong with being YOUNG?

WHY?

Marijuana or Cannabis

Cocaine

Heroin

Amphetamine

Alcohol*

Different Types of Drugs

How is it used?

INJECTED

SMOKED

SNORTED

IT RUINS OUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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PRESENTATION ON

• During the 1960s, addiction of drugs like marijuana, amphetamines, and psychedelics came on the scene.

DRUG ADDICTION

DRUG USE• The intake of those

chemical substance which are use for the cure of a disease or for any reasonable purpose.

ANIMALS TAKING DRUGS

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Why Do People Use Drugs?

Why Do People Use Illegal Drugs?

Drug Addiction

• lose interest in school

• change friends (to hang out with kids who use drugs)

• become moody, negative, cranky or worried all the time

• ask to be left alone a lot

• have trouble concentrating

• sleep a lot (maybe even in class)

• get in fights

• have red or puffy eyes

• lose or gain weight

• cough a lot

• have a runny nose all of the time

DRUG ADDICTS

ADDICTION IN THE MODERN WORLD

•Since the 19th century when Americans first discovered new wonder drugs like morphine, heroin, and cocaine, our society has confronted the problem of drug abuse and addiction.

CAUSES OF DRUG ADDICTION

• Curiosity

• Gateway drugs

• Peer pressure

• Environment

CAUSES OF DRUG ADDICTION• Alteration of the perception

of reality

• Anxiety, depression, low self esteem and stress

EFFECT ON BRAIN

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF USING DRUGS

• When a person is addicted to certain drugs he got a physical and mental disorder.

EFFECTS OF USING DRUGS

• HEALTH

• PEOPLE HATE THEM

• IRRESPECTABLE PERSONS

• EDUCATION

• JOBLESS

• CRIMINALS

How do drugs work

in the brain to

produce pleasure?

Nearly all addictive drugs directly or

indirectly target the brain’s reward system

by flooding the circuit with dopamine.

Is drug abuse a

voluntary

behavior?

The

The initial decision to take drugs is mostly

voluntary. However, when addiction takes over, a

person’s ability to exert self-control can become

seriously impaired.

Can addiction be treated

successfully?

Yes.

Addiction is a treatable, chronic disease that can be managed successfully.

What You Can Do To Help• The best thing to do is to tell an adult that you

trust; a parent, other relative, teacher, coach, or school counselor.

• The person might need professional help to stop using drugs.

• Kids can also help others is by choosing not to try or use drugs. It's a good way for friends to stick together.

• Understanding drugs and why they are dangerous is another good step for a kid to take.

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Drug Trafficking is a global

illicit trade involving the

cultivation, manufacture,

distribution and sale of

substances which are

subject to drug

prohibition laws.

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in the Philippines remains difficult to bringto a halt due to new modus operandi and the involvement of persons of authority.

(shabu) remain the

preferred drugs by the drug users, thus making it still the most available drugs in the country.

According to the Philippine Drug

Enforcement Agency (PDEA), some

areas of the country are conducive

for marijuana cultivation, especially

in mountainous areas of Northern

Luzon, Eastern Visayas and

Mindanao.

Since 2010, drug syndicates

established small-scale

laboratories and kitchen-type

clandestine laboratories to lower

the risk of detection of shabu

production.

Marijuana Production

The Philippine Drug

Enforcement Agency

identified that the

mountainous parts of

Northern Luzon, Eastern

Visayas and Mindanao are

viable for marijuana

cultivation.

Methamphetamine Production

Drug syndicates have been producing methamphetamine in small-scale andkitchen-type laboratories to avoid detection by the Philippine authoritiessince 2010.

Transnational Drug Trade

International drug

syndicates use the

Philippines as a

transit hub for the

illegal drug trade.

Drug Trafficking &

Controlled Substances

When a state or federal

government classifies a

substance as "controlled," it

generally means that the use

and distribution of the

substance is governed by law.

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