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YOUTH
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q What is our national drug situation?
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q Adolescence is the period of (eecs)
a. experimentation,
b. exploration,
c. curiosity, and
d. search for identity.
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qIt is believed that young people with
problematic backgrounds are more
vulnerable and more like to continue
abusing drugs, once they have
started, and to develop other
aggravating problems, if not
processed.
q LACK OF GUIDANCE FROM THE FAMILY- is
the foremost reason why our youth is dragged into
the gulf of drug abuse.
moral sufferings.
medicine.
q Drugs affect the way the body and mind function; they
can change how a person feel, think and behave.
People take drugs for different reasons and in
different ways.
How are DRUGS MADE?
q Drugs come from different sources:
1. INJECTING
q The drug reaches the brain almost immediately. This
inject in to. Some users use the eye as this is the only
place left.
q Sharing or using dirty needles can lead to infections
2. SNORTING
q The drug is snorted up/ inhale through a tube or
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"smuggler's paradise".
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q In 1986, the abuse of methamphetamine was noted
among the affluent, entertainment and artist
population. The status of abuse that time seemed well
confined.
q In 1987, the abuse spread to the general population.
q Today, shabu is available in varying degrees
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q Street names: weed, jutes, pot, grass, damo, chongke
Philippines.
q But since the early nineties, it has seized to be the drug
of choice.
q Most of what is produced locally is intended for
foreign markets.
q In East Asia, the Pacific, Australia, Europe, and the
(carefulness).
“BAWAL NA GAMOT”
What is a DRUG ABUSER?
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q ANYONE can be a drug abuser.
q Drug abuse is no respect of age, sex and social status.
q It is very difficult to come up with accurate profile
q Problem Awareness
q Education and Strategy Implementation
q Positive Behaviour, including the constructive