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Health
Quarter 2, Wk.3 - Module 3
(Drugs/Substance of Abuse)

Department of Education ● Republic of the Phil

What This Module is About

This module will help us aware the types of drugs or substances most abused by
adolescents. We all know the importance of these drugs , but we need to remember that it
can still lead to abuse, addiction, legal offenses, serious health problem and even death.
We must understand that there is no way to predict the effects that a drug can have on a
person, especially if it is their first time to try regardless of dosage and amount. Given that
each person’s brain and body chemistry are different, each person would also have a
different effects or tolerance for drugs.

What I Need to Know

CONTENT STANDARD

Demonstrates understanding of substance abuse prevention strategies.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD

Shares responsibility with community members through participation in

community efforts to prevent and control substance abuse.

LEARNING COMPETENCY:

Identifies the types of drugs/substances of abuse

How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that

Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.
 What I Know

COMPLETE ME.

Complete the statement below by supplying the correct answer listed inside the box. Write
your answer on the blank provided for you.

Rugby Lotion Fresh fruits Narcotic Alcohol

Depressant Drug Abuse Acetone Methamphetamine Hydrochloride

Spray paint Hallucination Cigarettes Tobacco Coffee

(1)___________________ and (2)_______________ are legal drug which may lead to

dangerous drug use.

3. Drugs should be used properly to prevent ________________.

4. Doctors commonly prescribe _____________ drugs to help certain persons to be less

angry, less stressed or tensed.

5. The name hallucinogen came from the word _________________ which is to perceive
illusions.

6-8 Examples of household products used as inhalants are (6)___________________,

(7)___________________, (8)_______________________.

9. __________________ _________________ is also called Shabu.

10. In medicine, ___________________drugs are administered in moderation to patients

with mental disorders and those in severe pain like cancer.
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What I Need to Know

Learning Competency:

Identifies the types of drugs/substances of abuse

What’s New

Drug abuse or substance abuse are chemicals once taken, creates negative effects
to our body physically, emotionally and psychologically. Even people knows its side
effects to our body but millions are still using it and has been increasing day after
day. This problem is very alarming especially to the teenagers and young adult
under the age of 30.

Activity 1. Let Me Know.

Write the words that associated with drug abuse. Write your answer in the circle
below.

DRUG
ABUSE
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Answer the question below”:

1. How this words related to drug abuse? Cite an example.

2. Why drug abuse is dangerous to the teenagers?

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 What Is It

Classification of Drugs of Abuse

Drug should be used properly to prevent drug abuse. But despite how careful
we are it can still lead to abuse, addiction, legal offense, serious health problems and
even death. The three major drugs of abuse use in the Philippines are
methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu”, cannabis sativa or “marijuana”, and
inhalants known as “solvent”. These drugs of abuse are included in the six
classifications of drugs.

Gateway drugs such as cigarettes and

alcohol are legal drugs that a non-drug
user might try, which can lead him/her
to more dangerous drugs such as
marijuana and shabu. Teenagers who
engage in early smoking and early
drinking have a higher chance of using
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smoking

Depressant drugs slow down a

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person’s central nervous system (CNS).
The Central nervous system includes
the brain, spinal cord and nerves.
Doctors commonly prescribe depressant
drugs to help certain persons to be less
angry, less stressed or tensed.
Depressant drugs relax muscles and
nerves. These drugs also make patients
feel sleepy and light headed.
Depressant drugs include alcohol,
barbiturates, and tranquilizer.
Stimulant drugs speed up a person's
central nervous system. Stimulant drugs
have the opposite effect of depressants.
Stimulants make a person’s energy
high. Negative effects of stimulants
include depression and tiredness.
Stimulants include amphetamines which
include shabu, caffeine, nicotine and
cocaine.
Narcotics are drugs which relieve pain
and induce sleepiness. In medicine,
these drugs are administered in
moderation to patients with mental
disorders and those in severe pain like
cancer. Narcotic drugs include cocaine,

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Hallucinogens are drugs which distorts

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reality and facts. It affects all senses
and makes a user see, hear and feel
things that don’t exist in the time being.
The name hallucinogen came from the
word hallucination which is to perceive
illusions. Hallucinogens include lysergic
acid diethylamide, psilocybin obtained
from mushrooms and mescaline

Inhalants are found in ordinary

household chemical products and
anesthetics. It is readily available and
accessible to young children. Inhalant
intoxication is similar to the signs and
symptoms of alcohol intoxication. One
difference is the foul smell of chemicals
sniffed, inhaled or huffed by the user.
Continuous use and abuse leads to
delusions, brain damage, liver damage,
coma and death. Examples of
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household products used as inhalants
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are acetone, rugby or solvent, ordinary
poppers
and spray paint, cleaning fluids and air
conditioner fluid (Freon).

Activity 2. Concept map on Drug

Fill in the concept map on drugs that are commonly use in the Philippines and
their effects.
Drug abuse in
the Philippines

Answer the following question:

1. How important is depressant drug in medical aspect?

2. Give two examples of hallucinogen drugs?

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 3. How stimulant drug differ from depressant drug?

What’s More

What is Substance Abuse?

Substance abuse is when you take drugs that are not legal. It’s also when you use
alcohol, prescription medicine, and other legal substances too much or in the wrong
way.
Substance abuse differs from addiction. Many people with substance abuse
problems are able to quit or can change their unhealthy behavior. Addiction, on the
other hand, is a disease. It means you can’t stop using even when your condition
causes you harm.
Substance use disorder is also called addiction, is a disease that affects a person's
brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or
illegal drug or medication.

Commonly Abused Drugs

Both legal and illegal drugs have chemicals that can change how your body and
mind work. They can give you a pleasurable “high,” ease your stress, or help you
avoid problems in your life.

Alcohol
Alcohol affects everyone differently. But if you drink too much and too often, your
chance of an injury or accident goes up. Heavy drinking also can cause liver and
other health problems or lead to a more serious alcohol disorder. If you’re a man and
you drink more than four drinks on any day or more than 14 in a week, you’re
drinking too much. For women, heavy drinking means more than three drinks in one
day or more than seven drinks a week.

Heroin
This illegal drug is the natural version of manmade prescription opioid
narcotics. Heroin gives you a rush of good feelings at first. But when it wears off,
everything slows down. You’ll move and think more slowly, and you may have chills,
nausea, and nervousness. You may feel a strong need to take more heroin to feel
better.

Cocaine
This drug speeds up your whole body. When you use cocaine, you may talk, move,
or think very fast. You may feel happy and full of energy. But your mood may then
shift to anger. You may feel like someone is out to get you. It can cause you to do
things that don’t make sense. It is also know Blow, Bump, C, Candy, Charlie, Coke,
Crack, Flake, Rock, Snow, Toot

Marijuana is made from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. The main psychoactive
(mindaltering) chemical in marijuana is delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC It can
make you feel silly and laugh for no reason. Or you may feel sleepy and forget things
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that just happened. Driving while high on pot is just as dangerous as drunk driving.
And heavy marijuana use can leave some people “burned out” and not think or care
about much.
Methamphetamine is a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central
nervous system. Also known as meth, blue, ice, and crystal, among many other
terms, it takes the form of a white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder that
easily dissolves in water or alcohol.

Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products

You may not think of these as drugs. But tobacco has a chemical called nicotine that
gives you a little rush of pleasure and energy. The effect can wear off fast and leave
you wanting more. You can abuse and get addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes, just
like other drugs.

Signs of a Substance Use Problem

When you first start taking a substance, you may think you can control how much
you use. But over time, you may need more of the drug to get the same feeling or
effect. For some people, that can lead beyond abuse to addiction. Signals that you
may have a problem with substance abuse include if you:

 Lack interest in things you used to love

 Change your friends a lot
 Stop taking care of yourself
 Spend more time alone than you used to
 Eat more or less than normal
 Sleep at odd hours
 Have problems at work or with family
 Switch quickly from feeling good and bad

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/substance-abuse#1
Activity 3. Watch out!
Refer to the link below in YouTube. Answer the guided questions below. (Note: guide
question will be answerable by with or without internet access. No net access will
read the above text What is substance abuse?).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPhcRBkVmUM
Substance use Disorder
1. What is the difference between substance use to substance use disorder?

2. How the substance use affect the following?

a. Brain

b. Body

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 c. Behaviour

What I Have Learned

Substance abuse are alarming in our locality. There are a lot of information on
commonly used drug with the potential for misuse and lead to addiction. We know
that the effects of this drugs can alter a person’s thinking and judgement, and can
lead to health risk.

Activity 4. Facts on Drugs

Write some facts about the most common drug abuse. Fill in the table below.
Cocaine Shabu Marijuana Inhalant
Description

Street name

Commercial
name

Common
forms

What I Can Do

Activity 5: My Craft on Drugs

Poster making: Create a poster that showcasing the types of drugs/substance of
abuse and its effects to individual, family, community and to the country.

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Rubrics:

Category 4 3 2 1
Title Title can be Title can be Title can be Title is too
read at 6ft. read at 6ft. read at 4ft. small and
away and away and away and does not
quite creative describe describe describe the
content well content well content well.
Attractiveness Poster is Poster is Poster is Poster is too
exceptionally attractive in acceptably messy, not
attractive in terms of attractive attractive and
terms of layout, design though it may poor design.
layout, design and neatness bit messy
and neatness
Graphics- Several on the One or two on The graphics No graphics
originality graphics used the graphics are made by made by the
reflects the used reflects student, but student are
students the students based the idea included
creativity creativity on others.

Summary

The use of drugs were categorized into six classification namely: gateway
drugs, depressant drug, stimulant drugs, hallucinogens, narcotic drugs and inhalant
drugs. The three major drugs of abuse use in the Philippines are methamphetamine
hydrochloride or “shabu”, cannabis sativa or “marijuana”, and inhalants known as
“solvent”. Both legal and illegal drugs have chemicals that can change how your
body and mind work. They can give you a pleasurable “high,” ease your stress, or
help you avoid problems in your life.

Assessment: (Post-Test)

Matching Type: Match column A with Column B. Write the letter of your correct
answer on the space provided before the number.
A B
________ 1. This can be found in an ordinary household a. Hallucinogens
chemical products and anesthetics b. Nicotine
________ 2. This illegal drug is the natural version of c. Mary Jane
manmade prescription opioid narcotics d.
Methamphetamine
________ 3. This drug slows down a person’s central e. Cannabis Sativa
nervous system f. Inhalant
________ 4. It relieves pain and induce sleepiness. g. Heroin
________ 5. This drug speeds up your whole body h. Depressant
drug
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________ 6. A drugs that distorts reality and facts. i. Narcotic drugs
________ 7. A chemical substance present in tobacco j. Cocaine
________ 8. Common street name for marijuana
________ 9.A white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder.
________10. Marijuana is made from the hemp plant

Key to Answers

Pre-Test Post test

1. Alcohol 1. F 6. A
2. Cigarettes 2. G 7. B
3. Drug abuse 3. H 8. C
4. Depressant 4. I 9. D
5. Hallucination 5. J 10. E
6. Rugby
7. Acetone
8. Spray paint
9. Methamphetamine Hydrochloride
10. Narcotic

References

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/substance-abuse#1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPhcRBkVmUM

https://www.britannica.com/topic/smoking-tobacco/Health-consequences-of-smoking

https://www.wallpaperflare.com/search?wallpaper=abuse&sort=relevance

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https://www.earth.com/earthpedia/plant/de/psilocybe-zapotecorum

https://www.pride.com/sex/2016/12/01/10-things-you-should-know-about-poppers

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