4B Flashcards
(23 cards)
Myth: Drugs aren’t not really a big problem
Facts:?
The problems caused by drug abuse and illicit trafficking are among the most serious facing the world today, threatening future generation and thus the future of life.
Myth: Recreational use of drug is not harmful
Fact: ??
All illegal drugs are dangerous and harmful and can cause physical and psychological changes in users and prolonged drug use can lead to addiction
Myth: Marijuana is no worse than using alcohol or tobacco.
Fact: ??
Unlike alcohol which usually leaves the body within 24 hours because its water soluble, marijuana is fat-soluble, which means that psycho-active chemicals attach themselves to the fatty parts (i.e. brain) of the body and be detected up to 30 days.
Myth: Everybody is taking drugs
Fact: ??
Everybody is not using drugs; those who are using it are tar less likely to have happy and productive lives than those who remain drug-free
Myth: Only weak individuals become addicts.
Fact: ??
The reverse is true: addicts become weak individual
Myth: Drug abuse is a victimless crime. It only hurt the users
Fact: ??
The family of the drug users suffers disharmony and pain in witnessing the self-destruction of a loved one. The consumer ultimately suffers for the cost of drugs by buying inferior goods at higher prices. The taxpayers suffer because it is their money which is needed to support the governments, law enforcement officials, the community, society, and nation suffer in all of the above.
Myth: If a person wants to take drugs, governments should not interfere
Fact: ??
No individual has an inalienable right to behave in a manner destructive to others.
Myth: All drug addict should be imprisoned
Fact: ??
imprisonment of a drug addict as such does not solve the problem.
Placing an addict in a prison cell does not cure the disease and when the addict is released, he will usually return to a destructive and deviant lifestyle.
Myth: The cultivation of a drug crops gives a poor farmer a chance to make money.
Fact: ??
the farmer is breaking the law and usually knows it. This kind of illegal activity creates an artificially-based cash economy making the farmer completely dependent on the influx of money from drug dealers
Myth: Peddling drugs is one way the poor can earn money.
Fact: ??
The money they earn does not help them or their families. Most drug peddlers become addict themselves.
Myth: Drug use is a way of life in some countries.
Fact: ??
It is not a way of life in other countries. Statistics shows that in areas where drug is common, economic development can be seriously retarded.
is the intensive and unrelenting campaign against the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs, and other similar substances through integrated system of planning, implementation, and enforcement of anti-drug abuse policies, programs, and projects.
The Comprehensive Drug Act
? is an act instituting the Comprehensive Drugs Act of 2002 repealing R.A. No.
6425, known as the _________________________?
R.A. 9165
dangerous Drugs Act of 1972.
? is an act instituting the Comprehensive Drugs Act of 2002 repealing R.A. No.
6425, known as the _________________________?
R.A. 9165
dangerous Drugs Act of 1972.
P.D. 1619-
Volatile Solvents
provide continuing in-service training for teachers on drug education; continuous monitoring of the effectiveness of drug education; secure funds from local and foreign donors for the implementation of drug education programs
CHED & TESDA
Integrates drug abuse prevention concepts in all of their courses and instructional materials.
TESDA
Drug-Abuse Prevention and Control should be part of the school curricula according to___________________. Topics such as adverse effects of drug abuse; preventive measures against drug abuse; health, social-cultural, psychological, legal and economic dimensions and implications of drug abuse; misconceptions about drug abuse; and the difference between medical patience and drug dependents in order to avoid confusion and stigmatization.
Article IV Section 43 of R.A. 9164
The Dangerous Drugs Act was established
1972
- The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act was implemented
2002
Government Response to Problems
Preventive education programs
• Treatment and rehabilitation
programs
• Intensified campaign against illegal drugs
• Judicial and legislative measures
• National, international, and regional cooperation to fight illegal trafficking and abuse of dangerous drugs
• Drug testing
• Drug information action line
10 Ways To Say No to Drugs
• Be vocal. Just say “NO” to drugs
• Project an image of clean living to yourself
• Get into sports
• Choose your friends and influence them positively
• Get involve into a community-based projects
• Join organizations or youth clubs or form drama-group
• Learn how to manage stress
• Join seminars or anti-drug -abuse seminars
• Talk to your family, listen to the problems of your brothers and sisters
Enhance your talent or skills by taking part on workshops, trainings, and seminars
As responsible youth today, always be strong and remember:
S-
T-
R-
O-
N-
G-
what do they mean?
• S - teadfast personality
• T - rustworthy in words and deeds
• R - espectable in relating with others
• O - pen minded in facing situations
• N - oble character
• G - ustily actions and idees
