Topic: Drug Addiction

Specific Title: Drug abuse among the out-of-school youths living in the slums and
squatters area in Tondo, Manila
I. Profile of the respondents
Name: _________________________
Sex: ________ Age: ________ Civil Status: __________
Religion: _________ Educ.: ________ Occupation: ___________
II. Open-ended Questions:
1. What drugs you have or currently abuse?

2. At what age did you start using it?

3. Who influenced you to use this drugs?

4. What thought do you actually have in mind before taking this drug/s for the very first
time?

5. Weren’t you afraid on what will be the result of taking this substance?

6. How does it feel the first time you use it?

7. Is there really the so-called “tripping” after using drugs?

8. How many units of drugs would you need to take a “trip”?

9. As a first time user were you able to control or manage your emotions? How?

10. Have you ever hurt anybody while you are still under the influence of this drugs?
11. What are your usual imagination, hallucinations or tripping whenever you use it?

12. What made you fall in-love in using this drugs?

13. What do these drugs really make you feel like?

14. How often do you use drugs?

15. Do you ever use drugs early in the morning as an eye opener or just to get you
through the day?

16. What do you usually do after taking the substance?

17. Why do you need to abuse drugs?

18. What do you do whenever you get annoyed at criticism of your drug abuse?

19. Is there any cravings after taking this drugs?

20. How much does it cost you in a certain sachet?

21. Have you ever did something wrong or wicked thing just for you to afford to buy the
substance? What is it?

22. How many times you experience things like you really want to stop using drugs, but
can’t just resist because there is something in it that make you want it more?
23. Have your family learned this, about you, using the substance? How did they find
 out?

24. What are their initial reaction towards the issue? Are there any plans to help you get
Out of that thing?

25. Is there any guilt you felt the moment your loved ones learned that you are using
drugs?

26. When is that time you felt that you should already cut down your drug abuse?

27. What certain actions did you take to finally stop your addiction? Where did you seek
help? And did you ever think of putting yourself in a rehabilitation center?

28. How hard is it to stop yourself from this drug frenzy?

29. How long have you been drug free?

30. In any moment for any reason, will you consider going back again on using
prohibited drugs? What are your regrets on using these?