Module II:

DRUG EDUCATION AND

NATIONAL SECURITY
CONCERN
LESSON 2:
The Youth and Government’s Response to the Drug Problem:
A Timeline and Overview

Intended Learning Outcomes

✓ Appreciate the youth and government response to the drug problem

Activate prior Knowledge:

✓ Before going through the pages, explain in your point of view on the different information
in each item.

Having Drug Education as a program, what specific topics do you want to learn? Rank by
numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. on the space provided for:

Adverse effect of the abuse and misuse of dangerous drugs on the person, the family,
the school, and the community

Preventive measures against drug abuse

Health, socio-cultural, psychological, legal and economic dimensions and

implications of the drug problem

Steps to take when intervention on behalf of a drug dependent is needed

Service available for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependents that can
solve problems, help to gain better friends, give enjoyment, etc.

Misconceptions about the use of dangerous drugs such as, but not limited to the
importance and safety of dangerous drugs of medical and therapeutic use
 Differentiation between medical patients and drug dependents in order to avoid
confusion and accidental stigmatization in the consciousness of the students

Acquire new knowledge

The role of the youth in the nation building is crucial. They are problem solvers, have a
positive influence in other young people and the nation, and are extremely ambitious. They have the
ability to create and identify for themselves and move the nation forward.

B. Legislation for illicit drug control

1. 1972 – The Dangerous Drug Act was established

2. 2002 – The Comprehensive Dangerous

C. Government Response to the Problem

1. Preventive education program

2. Treatment and rehabilitation program
3. Intensified campaigns against illegal drugs and trafficking
4. Judicial and legislative measures
5. National, regional and international cooperation to fight illegal trafficking and abuse of
dangerous drugs
6. Drug testing
7. Drug Information and Action Line

D. 10 Ways to Say No to Drugs

1. Be vocal, just say “NO” to drugs and mean it.

2. Project an image of a clean living for yourself
3. Get into sports
4. Choose your friends and influence them positively
 5. Get involved into community-based projects
6. Join organization (church, school, community, or social) or youth clubs or form your drama
group
7. Learn how to manage stress
8. Join seminars on anti-drug abuse prevention
9. Talk to your family, listen to the problems of your sisters and brothers
10. Enhance your talent and skills by taking part on workshops, trainings or seminars

As responsible youth of today, be strong and always remember:

S – teadfast
T – rustworthy in words and in deed
R – espectable in relating with others
O- utstanding
N – oble character
G – ustly actions and ideals

Application

As a student of the NSTP / CWTS, prepare an appeal letter to the authorities concerned in
an effort to find solutions to the community / country drug issue. Below is a template that
you can use for the said purpose.

:
 .

Sincerely yours,

Assessment

The song below tells the negative effects of drug abuse, this was considered as the
memorable song of many drug rehabilitation program and give the infectious hook of
ingredients for an individual who underwent treatment.

Bawal Na Gamot
By: Willy Garte

Bawa't yugto ng sandaling halos 'di ko alam

Naglalakbay ang diwa sa ligayang nakamtan
Gamot na bawal ay ayaw ko nang tigilan
Hinahanap-hanap ko at inaasam

O, kay sarap ng buhay

Kung siya'y aking nalalanghap
Akala ko ang mundo ay wala nang katapusan
 At nang ako ay magising sa kasalanang nagawa
Kinabukasan ko ay nawala

Chorus:

Pangarap ko'y 'di maabot

Dahil sa bawal na gamot
Labis ko nang pinagsisihan
Ang aking kamalian

Instrumental:

O, kay sarap ng buhay

Kung siya'y aking nalalanghap
Akala ko ang mundo ay wala nang katapusan
At nang ako ay magising sa kasalanang nagawa
Kinabukasan ko ay nawala

Repeat Chorus

A. Fill up the boxes with what is being asked.

a. Design a campaign slogan on drug awareness for prohibited drugs.

b. Write your personal prayer for victims of prohibited drugs.

LESSON 3:
Concept of National Security

Intended Learning Outcome

✓ Understand the concept and threats of national security

Activate prior Knowledge

✓ Before going through the pages, find the following words:
ETHNIC RELIGIOUS CULTURAL TERRORISM MURDER REBELLION

R O M E R N M E N R E L I G I O U S R I T Y R
A D C U L T U R A L T R E E D O M C Q L I F I
P X C O R U T U T U H I R E B L L I O N L P G
K I L A S D M L H R N O P I F D M G S R A O H
S E R V I R E B M S I Y L I B E R T Y P W I T
Z L V N B T R R I T C T E R R O R I S M N M Z
“One is left with horrible feeling now that war settles nothing;
that to win a war is a disastrous as to lose one.” – Agatha Christie

Acquire New Knowledge

Security is a national concern which every Filipino must recognize in order to ensure the
state's peaceful existence. It will be the primary concern of the Administration, as well as to protect
its constituents.

National Security is a state or condition where our most cherished values and beliefs our
democratic way of life, our institutions of governance and our unity, welfare and well- being as a
nation and people are permanently protected and continuously enhanced.

According to Leozek Busgynski, ASEAN IV National Security in the Part-Cold War Era, the
absence of threat to territorial integrity entails the maintenance of a harmonious relationship
between its political systems and values the external environment.
 It is a condition or state of being where the Filipino people’s values, way of life, institutions,
welfare and well-being, sovereignty and strategic locations are protected and enhanced

The 1987 Constitution mandates civilian control of the military and establishes the President
as commander in chief of the Armed Forces. The President also heads the National Security Council,
ostensibly the policy-making and advisory body for matters connected with national defense.

Responsibility for national security was vested in the Department of National Defense. The
principal functions of the department in 1991 were to defend the State against internal and external
threats and, through the Philippine National Police, to maintain law and order.

Threats to National Security

Many security threats to the Philippines are non-military in nature. Pressing security
concerns like terrorism, poverty, and environmental degradation, need to be addressed in an
informed and intelligent manner.

Internal Threats. In its internal aspect, national security relates to the defense of the nation’s
government against hostile local elements seeking its replacement with their own government. In
this sense, national security refers to the measure aimed at countering domestic or internal
challenges to the existing political and socio-economic order.

1. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) – the MILF in constructive peace negotiation, the armed
activities of the group continue to be a source of serious concern, particularly the build-up its
defensive and offensive capabilities. Hand in hand with this security problem is the threat from
the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a small band of highly mobile terrorists with suspected links to
international networks.

2. The Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front

(CPP/NPA/NDF) - continuous serious threat to national security, although presently weakened
in comparison with their peak strength in the period 1985-87.
 3. Organized crime - is a national security concern. The challenge of illegal drugs in particular, has
grown into a major threat to the national community.

4. Grave incidence of poverty -is also a serious threat to national security, especially to the extent
that it breeds rebellion, crime and dissidence. Poverty incidence affects about one-third (1/3) of
Filipino nationwide.
5. Economic sabotage- undermines the market economy, the financial system and the nation’s
resources. Under this category are underground activities such as counterfeiting, money
laundering, large-scale smuggling, inter-oceanic poaching and commercial dumping.

6. Graft and corruption -has become another threat to our national security by virtue of the huge
scale by which it saps public resources, undermines the morale of the civil service and affects
the delivery of quality basic services.

7. Severe calamities - causes serious food shortages, abet hoarding and profiteering tool stands at
more than 13,000 lives lost and p179 Billion worth of property destroyed.

8. Persistent environment degradation –poses a long term security threat. The attrition of forest
and watersheds, air-land-water pollution and the proliferation of toxic substances are a cause
of sickness, death and the diminution of national productivity and well-being.

External Threats. In its external aspect, national security is concerned with safeguarding the state
against outside or foreign forces, pressures, or influence designed to conquer it or undermine its
sovereignty, or placing under the domination or control of some foreign states. In this sense, national
security embraces the defense arrangements directed at insuring the safety of the state against
foreign intervention or domination.

1. The multi-lateral dispute over the Spratly Island, is a source of intermittent tensions, owing to
the buildup structures, believed to be military -oriented, by some claimant countries in the area.

2. The smuggling firearms and contraband, illegal migration and occasional movement of foreign
terrorists through the porous borders of our southwestern frontier have elicited transnational
 concern. Philippine law enforcement agencies work closely with international police
organizations, bilaterally and multilaterally, to check these activities.

3. The lingering effects of the currency crisis affecting the countries within the Association of South
East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are a cause of regional anxieties which tend to aggravate the
political instabilities and socio-economic dislocations involving the poorest people.

4. The serious economic disparity between rich and poor nations keeps the world in a state of
instability and virtually on the brink of war in many places.
5. Ethnic, religious and cultural conflict pervades many regions and nations including our own. It
is constantly exacerbated by mass poverty, limited access to resources, denial of human rights,
lack of national integration and international issues.

Types of Threats

1. Rebellion or Insurrection – a refusal to obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as

encompassing a range of behaviors from civil disobedience and mass nonviolent resistance, to
violent and organized attempts, to destroy an established authority such as the government.

2. Terrorism – the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the
pursuit of political aims.

3. Murder – the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially
the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. This state of mind may,
depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide,
such as manslaughter.

4. Kidnapping and serious illegal detention – is taking away or transportation of a person against
the person’s will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal
authority.
5. Hijacking/highway robbery – a crime of taking or attempting to take something of value by force
or threat of force and or by putting the victim in fear.

Application

If given a chance to be the overall in-charge of the National Security Council of the country,
what will be your three (3) top priority security programs for your countrymen? Explain.

Assessment
Read each item carefully, write true if the statement is correct and write false if the statement
is incorrect.
1. National security in the Philippines does not play asn important role in the lives of
Filipino people.

2. The President of the Philippines serves as the commander in chief in terms of

emergencies.

3. The main function of the Department of National Defense is to defend the state
against internal and external threats and, through the Philippine National Police, to
maintain law and order.

4. Persistent environment degradation –poses a long term security threat.

5. Ethnic, religious and cultural conflict pervades many regions and nations including
our own.

MIDTERM OUTPUT (1.5 HOURS)

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