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Drug Education: Nstp-Cwts Common Module

The document discusses drug education and provides information about substance use and abuse. It defines key terms, describes the effects of drug use on personal health, relationships, and social functioning. It also outlines the legal implications of drug use according to Philippine law and recommends skills for maintaining a drug-free life such as assertiveness, decision-making, and finding healthful alternatives to situations that could lead to substance abuse.

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Drug Education: Nstp-Cwts Common Module

The document discusses drug education and provides information about substance use and abuse. It defines key terms, describes the effects of drug use on personal health, relationships, and social functioning. It also outlines the legal implications of drug use according to Philippine law and recommends skills for maintaining a drug-free life such as assertiveness, decision-making, and finding healthful alternatives to situations that could lead to substance abuse.

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DRUG EDUCATION

NSTP-CWTS COMMON MODULE


TOPICS
Drug Related Terms and Concepts
Effects of Drug Use
Legal Aspect of the Use of Drug
Skills for a Drug-free Life
Objectives

Discuss the basic terms and concepts related to drug


use
Describe the general effects of drug use
Discuss the legal implications of drug use
Recommend ways on how to have a healthy and
drug-free life.
Drug Related Terms and Concepts

Drug Medicine
Any chemical agent that alters A drug with curative
the biological and processes
physiological processes of
tissues of organisms
MEDICINE MISUSE AND ABUSE
MISUSE ABUSE
Use of a medicine for a purpose that is Use of medicine that is not prescribed
not consistent with medical guidelines to “feel high” or to chase a euphoric
(not following the doctor’s feeling.
prescription)
Sign:
Signs: • Ongoing and compulsive use despite
• Taking too much negative consequences
• Taking for reasons other than the
reason they were prescribed
• Stopping a medication
• Accepting prescription medication
from others
SUBSTANCE USE

Use of psychoactive substances including


tobacco and alcohol, the illegal drugs of abuse,
inhalants and other nonmedical use of
prescription medications
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

 A chronic,relapsing brain disease that is characterized by


compulsive substance seeking and use, despite harmful
consequences
KNOWLEDGE CHECK: True of False

 All drugs are bad.


 Legal drugs are generally safe.
 Drug users are not morally weak
 Majority of people are non-users.
KNOWLEDGE CHECK: True of False
 All drugs are bad. FALSE
 Legal drugs are generally safe. FALSE
 Drug users are not morally weak TRUE
 Majority of people are non-users. TRUE
RISK FACTORS
 Genetic predisposition 40-60%
 Personality
 Traits such as risk-taking, sensation seeking and impulsive behavior
 Over-all Health Conditions
 co-morbid or coexisting health problems
 School failure
 Low commitment to school
 Rejection by peers/peer isolation
 Association with deviant and substance-using peers
PROTECTIVE FACTORS

 Self-control
 Academic competence
 School-based drug education
 Strong neighborhood attachments
 Parents’ attitudes and the kind of home they provide
 Enriched environments
 Enforcement of limits and discipline, forming strong bonds
with children, and monitoring children
THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
World Drug Report: UNODC, 2020

269 million drug users


5.3% of the global population
DSM 5
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders

Does not use drug addiction or dependence but rather it refers


to problematic use of drugs as SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER or as a SUBSTANCE-INDUCED
DISORDER
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA for
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
 Taking the substance in larger amounts or for longer than you're meant to.
 Wanting to cut down or stop using the substance but not managing to.
 Spending a lot of time getting, using, or recovering from use of the substance.
 Cravings and urges to use the substance.
 Not managing to do what you should at work, home, or school because of substance use.
 Continuing to use, even when it causes problems in relationships.
 Giving up important social, occupational, or recreational activities because of substance use.
 Using substances again and again, even when it puts you in danger.
 Continuing to use, even when you know you have a physical or psychological problem that could have been
caused or made worse by the substance.
 Needing more of the substance to get the effect you want (tolerance).
 Development of withdrawal symptoms, which can be relieved by taking more of the substance.
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
SEVERITY
MILD: 2-3 criteria
MODERATE: 4-5 criteria
SEVERE: 6 or more criteria
GENERAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSTANCE USE
can depend on the type of substance, duration and frequency of use

SHORT-TERM LONG-TERM
• Changes in appetite • Heart or lung disease
• Wakefulness/drowsiness • Cancer
• Change in respiratory and heart • Mental illness
rate change in mood • HIV/AIDS
• Slowed reaction time/reflexes • Hepatitis
• Nausea and vomiting • Phsical/psychological dependence
• Hallucination • Memory loss
• Decreased motor coordination • Brain damage
• Malnutrition
CAN LEAD TO SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER
EFFECTS 0F SUBSTANCE USE
PERSONAL HEALTH
 accidents, diseases, mental illness, depression, death

RELATIONSHIPS
 Marital conflict, disrupted friendships, child abuse, violence

SOCIAL FUNCTIONING
- Dangerous behavior, financial problems, employment difficulty, legal
problems
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF DRUG USE

RA 9165
COMPREHENSIVE DRUGS ACT OF 2002
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF DRUG USE

SECTION 15: USE OF DANGEROUS DRUGS

First Offense:
minimum 6-month rehabilitation in a government center
Second Offense:
6 years and 1 day to 12 years imprisonment and a fine of Php
50,000-200,000
SKILLS FOR A DRUG-FREE LIFE

ASSERTIVENESS
DECISION-MAKING
RESISTANCE/REFUSAL
ASSERTIVENESS SKILL:
THE OFNR SCRIPT
Steps to Assertive Action You might say:

1. State your Observation When you (did, gave, said, forgot…)

2. Tell the person how it made you Feel without I was (angry, disappointed, upset, hurt…)
blaming.

3. Express your Need. In that situation, I need to _______

4. State your Request So please…


DECISION-MAKING SKILL:
DECIDE MODEL
Determine the problem.
Explore the alternatives
Consider the consequences
Identify your values
Decide
Evaluate
STAY AWAY FROM
SITUATIONS WHERE ONE CAN
BE TEMPTED!
LEARN HOW TO SAY, “NO!”

 Maintain eye contact and say no firmly.


 Match verbal and non-verbal signals in refusing the offer.
 Use the broken record technique. Saying no as many times as needed.
 Use the cold shoulder approach.
 Give reasons or excuses.
 Give healthful alternatives.
HEALTHFUL ALTERNATIVES

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