DRUG ABUSE AND

ITS PREVENTION
BSIT 1-B GROUP 2
 DRUG DEPENDENCE?
• ACCORDING TO “WHO” (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) -
A STATE, PSYCHIC OR ALSO SOMETIMES PHYSICAL, RESULTING
FROM THE INTERACTION BETWEEN A LIVING ORGANISM AND A
DRUG, CHARACTERIZED BY BEHAVIORAL AND OTHER RESPONSES
THAT ALWAYS INCLUDE A COMPULSIVE DESIRE OR NEED TO USE
THE DRUG ON A CONTINOUS BASIS IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE ITS
EFFECTS/TO AVOID THE DISCOMFORT OF ITS ABSENCE
2 STATE OF DRUG
DEPENDENCE
PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE (COULD BE BOTH)
PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE
• CERTAIN PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS - CAUSE A CHANGE IN A
BODY CHEMISTRY WHEN TAKEN FREQUENTLY IN LARGE DOSES
OVER LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
• IF NOT TAKEN, THE BODY SHOWS A “WITHDRAWAL EFFECT”
THAT CAN LEAD TO DEATH UNLESS IT IS DONE BY A HELP OR
UNDER SUPERVISION OF A DOCTOR.
• EXAMPLES – ALCOHOL, COCAINE, HEROIN
 PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE
• THE BODY OF A ABUSER DOESN’T TOTALLY NEED NOR CRAVE FOR
THE TAKEN DRUG
• THE ABUSER STILL CONVINCED HIS/HER MIND THAT HE NEEDS THE
DRUG
• FEELS NOT SATISFIED WHEN NOT TAKEN THE DRUG
• EXAMPLES - HALLUCINOGENS (TRAMADOL) NICOTINE (FOUND
MOSTLY IN CIGARETTES)
 PHASES OF DRUG
DEPENDENCE
• EXPERIMENTATION PHASE – THE NEW USER TRIES TO TAKE THE
DRUG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE BUT THE FIRST TIMERS ALWAYS
FIND IT FOR PLEASURE BUT NOT ALWAYS CAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN
RESULT IN BAD EXPERIENCE LIKE ILL-EFFECTS.
• EXAMPLES - A FIRST TIME SMOKER TRIES A CIGARETTE FOR THE FIRST
TIME THAT CAN LEAD TO TEARING/REDNESS OF THE EYES, COULD LIKELY
TO COUGH, UNPLEASANT SMELL OF SMOKE FOR THEM.
 PHASES OF DRUG
DEPENDENCE
• OCCASIONAL OR SOCIAL USE – PEER INFLUENCE ARE
THE MAJOR FACTOR WITH THEM. THE ILL EFFECTS ARE NO
LONGER EXPERIENCED. HE USING DRUGS ANYTIME HE/SHE
WANTS BUT NOT CRAVING INTO THEM, CAN CONTROL IT BY
USING ONLY WHEN AVAILABILITY WAS THERE.
 PHASES OF DRUG
DEPENDENCE
• REGULAR USE - CRAVING FOR THE DRUGS
ALREADY DEVELOP, CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR
NOTICEABLE.
• IN TIME CRAVING FOR DRUG USE INCREASE.
 PHASES OF DRUG
DEPENDENCE
• DRUG DEPENDENCE - USES DRUGS DAILY/TIME TO TIME.
• THE DRUGS BECOMES THE CENTER OF HIS/HER LIFE.
• FUTURE RUINED, ONLY LOOKS FOR DRUGS AND MORE DRUGS
(COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS CRIMES IF NOT APPROACHED)
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
A. SUBTLE SYMPTOMS
SECRECY
INCREASING ISOLATION
CHANGE IN FRIENDS
CHANGE IN DRESSING AND APPEARANCE
CHANGES IN INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
DROP IN GRADES
CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
B. NOT SO-SUBTLE SYMPTOMS
PERIODS OF DEEP DEPRESSION
INCREASED, UNEXPLAINED ABSENTEEISM
MONEY PROBLEMS
EXTREME LOSS OR GAIN OF WEIGHT
EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL
PHYSICALLY ABUSING IN OWN FAMILY
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
B. NOT SO-SUBTLE SYMPTOMS
REBELLIOUS OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOR
APPEARANCE OF NEW FRIENDS ( COMMONLY SAME
BEHAVIORS)
ACTING QUERY
LONG PERIODS OF TIME IN BATHROOM
AVOIDING TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN ASKING
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
C. SURE-FIRE INDICATORS
POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA
NEEDLE MARKS
SPENDING TIME WITH SAME DRUG ABUSERS
DEFENDING SAME ABUSER USES DRUGS
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
C. SURE-FIRE INDICATORS
THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE
ARRESTS IN A RELATION OF DRUG-RELATED CASE
POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
REPEATEDLY REDNESS OF EYES
DILATED EYE
PUFFY OR DROOPY EYELIDS
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
A. FAMILY
ESCAPE FROM STRICT/DOMINATING PARENTS
LACK OF COMMUNICATION
FREQUENTLY QUARRELING IN PRESENCE
OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS
NEGLECTED CHILDREN
NO FAMILY TIME FOR CHILDREN
FEELS OF PREFERRING TO BE WITH PEERS/FRIENDS FOR SATISFACTION
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
B. SCHOOL
ABSENCE OF DRUG EDUCATION
NOT GIVING PROPER DRUG EDUCATION
TEACHERS NOT ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT DRUG EDUCATION/NOT WELL TRAINED
TEACHERS ARE NOT SENSITIVE
TEACHERS ONLY FOCUSES ON ACADEMIC PURPOSES
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
C. COMMUNITY
EASILY ACCESSIBLE
INCREASING NUMBER OF PUSHERS/ABUSERS
NO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN COMMUNITY
NO VOCATIONAL OR SKILLED TRAINING FOR OUT-OF-
SCHOOL YOUTH
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
D. MEDIA

•OVERSENSATIONALIZATION OF NEWS
STORIES ABOUT DRUGS FOUND IN MEDIA
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
E. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
ILLNESS LIKE FATIGUE, CHRONIC COUGH, INSOMNIA,
PHYSICAL DISTRESS AND MENTAL DISORDERS RELIEVE BY
THESE DRUGS
WITH USING DRUGS, BODY WORKS ACTIVELY, BUT
CONTINUING USING OF THESE RESULT IN PHYSICAL
DEPENDENCY
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
F. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
LOW SELF-ESTEEM AND POOR SELF-IMAGE
NEED OF ACCEPTANCE
FEELING FOR MORE FREEDOM
ESCAPE FROM REALITY
MENTAL PROBLEM
ATTENTION SEEKING/GETTING
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
G. PARENTAL NEGLIGENCE
OVER DOMINEERING PARENTS
LACK OF PARENTAL CONCERN/CLOSENESS
REJECTION
ABUSE
FAMILY DISORGANIZATION
HARSH PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
CHILDHOOD STRESS AND TRAUMA
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
H. SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS
AVAILABILITY OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS
INFLUENCE OF MEDIA
IMPACT OF AFFLUENT LIFESTYLE OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
PROBLEM
EFFECT OF EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT CULTURES AND SOCIETAL
VALUES
MODELLING BY PARENTS OR KEY INFLUENCES
 PRIMARY CAUSE OF
DRUG ABUSING
H. SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS
SOCIAL PRESSURES BY PEER GROUPS
COLLAPSE OF RELIGIOUS VALUES
FEELING OF POWERLESSNESS
LOWER VALUE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
CORRUPTION
 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
A. MARIJUANA
• POT, GRASS, WEED, REFER, DOPE, MARY JANE,
SINSOMILLA, ACAPULCO GOLD, THAI STICKS,
DAMO (CANNAVIS SATIVA L)
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
MARIJUANA
EARLY STAGE MAY APPEAR RAPID LOUD TALKING AND BURST OF
LAUGHTER
LATER STAGES MAY APPEAR SLEEPY
EYES ARE DILATED
REMNANTS OF MARIJUANA JOINTS ARE IN THE POCKET OF USER
ODOR OF USER IS SIMILAR TO BURNT ROPE
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
MARIJUANA
VITAL SIGNS INCREASED
REDNESS OF EYES, DRY MOUTH AND THROAT
SHORT TERM MEMORY AND COMPREHENSION
POOR CONCENTRATION
ALTER SENSES OF TIME AND PLACE
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
MARIJUANA
MOTIVATION AND COGNITION MAY BE ALTERED
IN THE MALE, REDUCES SPERM PRODUCTION AND
DAMAGING SPERM CELLS
IN THE FEMALE, MENSTRUATION ARE IRREGULAR AND
DAMAGING EGG CELLS
RESULT IN PARANOIA AND PSYCHOSIS
 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
B. INHALANTS
• NITROUS OXIDE – LAUGHING GAS, WHIPPETS
• AMYL NITRATE – POPPERS, SNAPPERS
• BUTYL NITRATE - BOLT, LOCKER ROOM, BULLET
• CHLOROHYDROCARBON – KEROSOL SPRAY
• HYDROCARBON - SOLVENTS ( RUGBY, PAINT THINNER)
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
INHALANTS
ODOR OF SUBSTANCE IN BREATHING AND CLOTHING
EXCESS NASAL SECRETION AND LACRIMATION
POOR MUSCLE CONTROL
DROWSINESS
REDDENING OF NASAL MEMBRANE
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
INHALANTS
SLURRING OF SPEECH
POSSESSION OF PLASTIC BAG WITH SUBSTANCE
IMMEDIATE NEGATIVE EFFECTS IN BODY
DISORIENTATION/VIOLENT BEHAVIORS
PERMANENTLY DAMAGE OF NERVOUS SYSTEM
 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
C. STIMULANTS
• COCAINE – COKE, FLAKE, WHITE BLOW, NOSE CANDY, C,
SNOW BIRD, LADY
• CRACK OR COCAINE – CRACK, FREEBASE ROCKS, ROCK
• AMPHETAMINE – SPEED, UPPERS, UPS, BLACK PEP PILLS, CO-
PILOT, BUMBLEBEES, HEART, FOOTBALLS
• METHAMPHETAMINE - CRACK, CRYSTAL MATH, METHEDRINE,
SPEED, “SHABU”
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
STIMULANTS
EYES ARE DILATED WHEN TOO MUCH TAKEN
DRYNESS OF MOUTH AND THROAT CAUSING BAD
BREATH; USUALLY RESULT IN LICKING OF LIPS
WITHOUT EATING OR SLEEPING
CHAIN SMOKING
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
STIMULANTS
MAY HAVE NEEDLES, SYRINGES OR DROPPERS
ARGUMENTATIVE, ALERT, IRRITABLE BEHAVIORS
VITAL SIGNS ARE INCREASED
REDNESS OF EYES, LOW BODY TEMPERATURE
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
STIMULANTS
HYPERACTIVE, RESTLESS, TALKATIVE
MAY SUFFER FROM DELUSION OF PARANOIA
HIGH DOSE CAN CAUSE IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT AND
HEART FAILURE
NERVOUS AND IRRITABLE
 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
D. DEPRESSANTS
• BARBITURATES – DOWNERS, BARBS, BLUE DRILLS, RED DEVILS,
YELLOW JACKETS, NEMBUTAL, SECONAL, AMYTAL, TUINASLSD
• METHAQUALENE - QUALUDES, LUDES, SOPPERS, MANDRAKES
• TRANQUILIZERS – VALIUM, LIBRIUM, EQUANIL, MILTOWN, SERAX,
TRANXENE
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
DEPRESSANTS
ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION WITHOUT ALCOHOLIC BREATH
STAGGERING/STUMBLING GAIT
FALLING ASLEEP
DROWSINESS
LACK OF INTEREST
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
DEPRESSANTS
DIFFICULTY IN CONCENTRATION
VITAL SIGNS ARE DECREASED
EYES DILATED
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, SLURRING OF SPEECH AND
ALTERED PERCEPTION
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
DEPRESSANTS
COMBINATION WITH ALCOHOL HAS A POTENTIAL OF
THE EFFECTS AND MULTIPLYING THE RISKS
BABIES BORN WITH PARENT USING DEPRESSANT
COULD HAVE MENTAL/PHYSICAL DEFECTS
 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
E. HALLUCINOGENS
• PHENCYCLIDENE – PCP, ANGEL DUST, HOG, LOVEBOAT, KILLER WEED,
LOVELY, CYCLONE, DEAD ON ARRIVAL (DOA)
• LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE – LSD, ACID, GREEN OR RED
DRAGON, WHITE LIGHTNING, BLUE HEAVEN, SUGAR CUBES
• MESCALINE AND PEYOTE - MESC, BUTTONS, CACTUS
• PSILOCYBIN – MAGIC MUSHROOM, MUSHROOMS
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
HALLUCINOGENS
USERS USUALLY SITTING IN IMAGINATIVE STAGE
USERS MAY BECOME FEARFUL
ALTERED SENSES OF SIGHT, HEARING AND TOUCH
INCONSISTENT OF BEHAVIOR/MOOD
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
HALLUCINOGENS
EXPERIENCING UNPREDICTABLE FLASH BACK EPISODES
VIOLENT EPISODES OF SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES
ALWAYS HAVING MEMORY PROBLEM AND SPEECH
DIFFICULTIES
MAY PRODUCE CONVULSION, COMA AND DEATH
 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
F. NARCOTIC
HEROIN – SMOKE, HORSE, BROWN SUGAR, JUNK, MUD, BIG H,
BLACK TAR
METHADINE – DOLLY, DOLOPHINE, METHADOSE, AMIDONE
MORPHINE – PECTORAL SYRUP, SWEET AMORPHOUS
CODEINE – EMPIRIN COMPOUND WITH CODEINE, CODEINE IN
COUGH MEDICINES
 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
F. NARCOTIC
MEPERIDINE – PETHIDINE, DEMEROL, MEPERGAN
OPIUM – PAREGORIC, DAKERS POWDER, PARAPECTOLIN
OTHER NARCOTICS – PERCOCET, PARCODON, TUSSIUNEX,
FENTANYL, DARVON, VALIUM, LOMOTIL
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
NARCOTIC
IN THE BEGINNING, IT PRODUCES FEELING OF EUPHORIA
FOLLOWED BY DROWSINESS, NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
SHRINKING AND ITCHY EYES
MAY PRODUCE SLOW AND SHALLOW BREATHING, GRAYISH
COLOR OF SKIN, CONVULSION, COMA AND DEATH
POSSESSION OF INJECTING, NEEDLES AND SYRINGES, ALCOHOL
BURNER, MATCHES, COTTON AND SPOON
 SYMPTOMS OF USING
NARCOTIC
PRESENCE OF HAVING MULTIPLE INJECTION SCAR MARKS IN ARMS
USER PREFERRED TO COVER THE SCAR MARK THROUGH DRESSING
LONG SLEEVES
LEAVING OF TRACES OF WHITE POWDER AROUND THE NOSTRILS
TOLERANCE DEVELOPS QUICKLY
USING CONTAMINATED NEEDLES USUALLY RESULTS TO AIDS AND
OTHER DISEASES SUCH AS ENDOCARDITIS AND HEPATITIS
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
A. MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL DETERIORATION
RESPIRATORY DISEASES – ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS,
BRONCHIECTASIS, TUBERCULOSIS, LUNG ABSCESS,
EMPHYSEMA, LUNG CANCER
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES – PEPTIC ULCER, GASTRITIS,
HEPATITIS
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
A. MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL DETERIORATION
INFECTION
ANEMIA
PHYSICAL CONDITION – FATIGUE, MUSCLE WASTING,
LOSS OF WEIGHT, WEAKNESS, INSOMNIA, POOR
MUSCULAR COORDINATION
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
B. PERSONALITY DETERIORATION
WITTY AND MANIPULATIVE
NEGATIVE ATTITUDES
SELFISH AND DEMANDING
LOW FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE
POOR FAMILY RELATIONS
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
B. PERSONALITY DETERIORATION
NON-TRUSTWORTHINESS
USUALLY DEPRESSED AND SELF-CENTERED
ABSENCE OF GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT
ASSOCIATION TO KNOWN DRUG USERS
LOSSES OF SO MANY THINGS AT HOME, AT NEIGHBORS,
AT SCHOOL AND AT WORK
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
C. MENTAL DETERIORATION
LACK OF INTEREST TO ANY ACTIVITIES
NO PRODUCTIVITY IN WORK
EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE
NO INITIATIVE FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT
LOW IQ AND USUALLY DROP-OUT FROM SCHOOL
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
C. MENTAL DETERIORATION
DIFFICULTIES IN CONCENTRATION
EASILY TO FORGET
SUFFERING FROM WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
NERVOUS IMBALANCE
IRRITABLE
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
C. MENTAL DETERIORATION
AGITATED
IRRESPONSIBLE
PSYCHOSIS
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
A. EFFECT TO THE PERSON
D. SPIRITUAL DETERIORATION
BEING GODLESS
NO SPIRITUAL BELIEF AND SPIRITUAL OBLIGATION NOR
RELIGIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
B. EFFECT TO THE FAMILY
INTENSE FEELING OF HUMILIATION AND GUILTY
SELF-ESTEEM ARE GENERALLY LOW
BROKEN OF BEING UNITY
OCCURRENCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
LOSS OF MONEY
LOSS OF UNITY AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
C. EFFECT TO THE COMMUNITY
INCREASING OF NOT SERIOUS CRIMES (PHYSICAL
INJURIES, RAPE, STEALING, HOLD-UPPING AND OTHERS)
INCREASING OF DRUG DEPENDENT AND DRUG PUSHER
FEAR OF RESIDENTS TO DRUG DEPENDENT AT NIGHT TIME
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECOMES INACTIVE
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
D. EFFECT TO THE SOCIETY
INCREASING OF ANTI-SOCIAL CRIMES
INCREASING OF IMMORTALITY AND LOSS OF MORAL
FIBER (PROSTITUTION, PEDOPHILIA, CHILD ABUSE)
FAILURE OF SOCIAL VALUES IN THE COUNTRY
LIMITING MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE BEING FEAR TO DRUG
DEPENDENT AT NIGHT TIME
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
E. EFFECT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
CORRUPTION OF SOME PERSONNEL
INEFFECTIVE OF NARCOTIC LAW
PRODUCES BAD IMAGE AND CREDIBILITY TO THE POLICE
AGENCY
LOSS OF TRUST, CONFIDENCE AND INTEGRITY AMONG SOME
POLICE PERSONNEL
TOO MUCH CARE OF DRUG DEPENDENT BY THE POLICE
PERSONNEL
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
F. EFFECT TO THE ECONOMY
SABOTAGE
USING A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE COUNTRY
SEVERE PROBLEM OF POVERTY
SLOW ECONOMIC GROWTH
MASSIVE CORRUPTION BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
OFFICIALS
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
G. EFFECT TO THE JUDICIARY
CORRUPTION OF THE COURT AND ONE-SIDED CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM
CORRUPTION OF SOME JUDICIAL PERSONNEL
CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF
NARCOTIC CASES
TOO MUCH CARE OF DRUG ABUSERS OF THE
DANGEROUS DRUG ACT
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
G. EFFECT TO THE JUDICIARY
PLEA BARGAINING AND DELAY OF INSTITUTING JUSTICE
ABOUT DRUG ABUSE
RECIDIVISM ON DRUG ABUSE INCREASES
LOSS OF TRUST, CONFIDENCE AND INTEGRITY OF
JUDICIAL SYSTEM BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE

H. THREAT TO THE
NATIONAL SECURITY
 WEAPONS TO COMBAT THE
DRUG MENACE
WHAT PARENTS CAN DO?
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
PARENTS MUST SET AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR THEMSELVES
MAKE ALWAYS EMPHASIS OF “YOU CAN DO IT” AT HOME
HAVING AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP BASED ON TRUSTING AND
UNDERSTANDING
THEY MUST GIVE ALL THE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING THEY CAN DO
 WEAPONS TO COMBAT THE
DRUG MENACE
MOST IMPORTANT DO’S AND DON’TS ABOUT
PARENTAL ATTITUDE OVER DRUG TAKING:
MAKE SURE YOU SET YOURSELF AS BEST EXAMPLE BEFORE
CONDEMNING ANY DRUG HABIT
BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE
TALK TO YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
DON’T BE TOO SUSPICIOUS
 WEAPONS TO COMBAT THE
DRUG MENACE
DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
PROVIDING PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP HEALTHY
BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE DRUG TAKING
INTEGRATING DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION IN SCHOOL WITH
EMPHASIZING OF EFFECTS OF DRUG USE, EXCELLENCE IN
TEACHING AND OVERALL PERSONAL WELL-BEING
 WEAPONS TO COMBAT THE
DRUG MENACE
WORDS AS WEAPONS
MUST INCLUDE AN INTENSIVE INFORMATION CAMPAIGN
TARGETING PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO BE PART OF
SUCCESS EFFORT IN REDUCING PRODUCTION OF DRUGS
JOINING THE CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE A “DRUG-FREE”
HOLISTICALLY
 WEAPONS TO COMBAT THE
DRUG MENACE
THE VALUE OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS
TREATMENT STRATEGY:
RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR A NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL
NETWORK OF DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND ESTABLISHED
REFERRAL SYSTEMS
CONTINUING THE EVOLUTION OF SUCCESSFUL DRUG TREATMENT
DELIVERY SYSTEMS BY ENCOURAGING FUNDING AND PRIORITIES
BASED ON SPECIFIC NEEDS
 WEAPONS TO COMBAT THE
DRUG MENACE
THE VALUE OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS
TREATMENT STRATEGY:
INTEGRATING DRUG TREATMENT SERVICES INTO THE GENERAL HEALTH
AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTING
DRUG-FREE TREATMENT PROGRAM WHERE APPLICABLE
COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002
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