Drug Education

3. DRUG
EDUCATION

4. 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.

5. Drugs

6. • 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.

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

8. HISTORY OF DRUGS

9. 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.

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

11. “What everybody
should know about
drug”

12. Statistics
86, 241,697
Philippine Population
1,268,260
Philippine Drug Prevalence
(2010)

13. Deaths From Drugs
Legal: Alcohol = 6,627
Tobacco = 86,500
Prescription drugs =
1,089
Illegal: Heroin/morphine =
842
Cocaine = 176
All amphetamines =
103
Cannabis = 19

15. WHY?
What is wrong with
being YOUNG?

16. Different Types of Drugs
Marijuana or Cannabis
Cocaine
Heroin
Amphetamine
Alcohol*

17. How is it used?
INJECTED
SMOKED
SNORTED

20. IT RUINS OUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

22. Thank You and God Bless 

23. PRESENTATION ON

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

26. DRUG ADDICTION

27. DRUG USE
• The intake of those
chemical substance which
are use for the cure of a
disease or for any
reasonable purpose.

28. ANIMALS TAKING DRUGS
catnip

29. Why Do People Use Drugs?

30. Why Do People Use Illegal Drugs?

31. Drug Addiction

32. • 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

33. DRUG
ADDICTS

34. 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.

35. CAUSES OF DRUG ADDICTION
• Curiosity
• Gateway drugs
• Peer pressure
• Environment

36. CAUSES OF DRUG
ADDICTION
• Alteration of the perception
of reality
• Anxiety, depression, low
self esteem and stress

37. EFFECT ON BRAIN

38. NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF USING DRUGS
• When a person is
addicted to certain
drugs he got a physical
and mental disorder.

39. EFFECTS OF USING DRUGS
• HEALTH
• PEOPLE HATE THEM
• IRRESPECTABLE
PERSONS
• EDUCATION
• JOBLESS
• CRIMINALS

42. 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.

43. Is drug abuse a
voluntary
behavior?
The
Theinitial decision to take drugs is mostly
voluntary. However, when addiction takes over, a
person’s ability to exert self-control can become
seriously impaired.

44. Can addiction be treated
successfully?
Yes.
Addiction is a treatable, chronic
disease that can be managed
successfully.

45. 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.

46. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS 

48. Drug Trafficking
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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51. in the
Philippines remains difficult to bring
to a halt due to new modus
operandi and the involvement of
persons of authority.

52. (shabu) remain the
preferred drugs by the drug users,
thus making it still the most
available drugs in the country.

53. 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.

54. Since 2010, drug syndicates
established small-scale
laboratories and kitchen-type
clandestine laboratories to lower
the risk of detection of shabu
production.

55. Marijuana Production
The Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency
identified that the
mountainous parts of
Northern Luzon, Eastern
Visayas and Mindanao are
viable for marijuana
cultivation.

56. Methamphetamine Production
Drug syndicates have been
producing methamphetamine in
small-scale and
kitchen-type laboratories to avoid
detection by the Philippine
authorities
since 2010.

57. Transnational Drug Trade
International drug
syndicates use the
Philippines as a
transit hub for the
illegal drug trade.

58. 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.

59. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS 