Department of Education

9 National Capital Region

SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE
MARIKINA CITY

Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health

HEALTH EDUCATION
Second Quarter – Module 1:
Drug Scenario in the Philippines

Writer: Glenn Rose M. Paghubasan

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 What I Need to Know
This module provides information about the present drug scenario in the Philippines,
the different classifications of drug abuse, and their harmful short-term and long-term
effects on the body. This introduces basic terminology and facts about drug education;
the effects of addiction and the health risks of substance use. People are most likely to
begin abusing drugs during adolescence and young adulthood and there are many
reasons adolescence use these substances. When Philippine President Rodrigo R.
Duterte assumed office in 2016, his government launched an unprecedented campaign
against illegal drugs and as of this time amidst pandemic Covid-19, the drug problem
in the Philippines has primarily been viewed as an issue of law enforcement and
criminality.

To make you aware of the present situation, this material contains practical information
and exercises designed to help you apply to your lesson and activities.

Let’s learn more about:

• Lesson 1: Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Describes the drug scenario in the Philippines. H9S-lla-14
2. Discusses the risk and protective factors in substance use and abuse. H9S-
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3. Analyzes situations for the use and non-use of psychoactive substances.
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4. Correct myths and misconceptions about substance use and abuse. H9S-
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5. Recognizes warning signs of substance use and abuse. H9S-lld-20

What I Know

PRE-TEST

This Pre-Test will assess your prior knowledge, process, and skills in the current drug
scenario in the Philippines. Read and understand the following statement. On the
space provided for, write T if the statement is correct and F if false.
1. Drug addiction in the Philippines has increased at alarming rates.
2. The majority of drug users are students.
3. Many drugs were manufactured and produced to help treat patients.
4. There are short and long-term effects on the use of drugs.
5. Drugs are used by people who do not need them.

Choose the best answer from the options below. Write the letter on the space provided
before each number.
6. Drugs that temporarily increase alertness.
A. depressant drugs C. inhalants
B. stimulant drugs D. narcotics

7. Drugs that produce hallucinations.

A. gateway drugs C. stimulant drugs
B. depressant drugs D. hallucinogens

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 8. The use of a substance for non-medicinal purposes.
A. drug abuse C. drug dependence
B. drug misuse D. drug tolerance

9. A substance or chemicals which when taken into the body have psychological,
emotional, and behavioral effects on a person.
A. cigarettes B. alcohol C. chemicals D. drugs

10. The condition of the body to adapt to the effects of substance to the body
thus requiring an even larger amount of the substance to experience the same
physiological and mental effect experienced when taking the smaller dosage.
A. drug abuse C. drug tolerance
B. drug dependence D. drug misuse

What’s In

Review

In our previous lesson, you encountered social issues and problems involved the
threats of community and environmental destruction. Educating the people in the
community about environmental health is an important responsibility for the
community; there are also different agencies working together for community health
which programs anchored on sustaining community development. As a student, you
can take part in maintaining and promoting a healthy community and environment.

Let us try to refresh your mind; there are two columns provided below. Arrange the
following unscrambled words or groups of words in Column A that best describes the
environmental issues that affect our community. Write your answer in Column B.

Column A Column B

1. TOAPOLIUPN RGTWOH

2. VPTREYO and NHUEGR

3. LLGOAB WRMAING

4. URTCDEOISNT of NZOOE ELRYA

5. RIA, ATEWR and OISEN

NLTLUOIOP

6. OIPDSASL of LODSI and IXOCT

EWATSS

7. DNALSDISE

8. OHNSYOPT

9. LASFH DOLSFO

10. OSLI REISOON

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Module Prevention of Substance
1 Use and Abuse
In the Philippines, drug use and abuse is a social and health concern. Drugs are very
helpful and useful when used properly. It brings a host of benefits to individuals,
families, and communities. However, if the person makes a list of the benefits and
drawbacks of their continued drug use and carries that list around them, it may lead
to one’s life in danger. Videos and documentation are provided to realize the real
situations of drug-related issues around the community;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv5LHi-udKM.

Are you excited to deepen your knowledge to educate in drug-related issues and
concerns? Then, let us start with an activity.

What’s New

ACTIVITY: Relate and Connect!

Directions: Read the following latest news headline on the newspapers and television.
Classify them as to whether drug-related issues or not. Put a check (/) if it is a drug-
related issue and cross (x) if not.

1. 10M Halaga ng Shabu, Nasabat!

2. Woman Mystery Death Victim.
3. Dalagita, Ni-Rape ng Addict.
4. Shabu Lab, Ni-Raid ng PNP!
5. CSC Urge to Hold Civil Service Exams Online as Pandemic Shuts Testing
Center.
6. Ex-UP Fighting Maroons, 4 iba pa Huli sa Paranaque Drug Bust.
7. Mga Pataniman ng Marijuana, Sinunog sa Cordillera.
8. PH Gov’t. Rejects UN Rights Chief’s Call to End Drug War Policies.
9. Time to Launch International Mechanisms on PH Drug War: Watchdog
10. Lanao del Sur Town Councilor, 3 Others Nabbed with P6.8M Worth Shabu.

Congratulations! You’ve done the preliminary activities. I think

you are more than ready for the next stage.

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 What is It
Drug Scenario in the Philippines

It was concluded in 2009 that illegal drug use was a significant problem in the
Philippines due to corruption and poor law enforcement. President Rodrigo R. Duterte
promised to solve the illegal drug problem in the country, which, according to him, was
wreaking havoc on the lives of many Filipino families and destroying the future of the
Filipino youth. He declared a “war on drugs” targeting users, peddlers, producers, and
suppliers, and called for the Philippine criminal justice system to put an end to the drug
menace. There are numerous active and known government institutions engaged in the
various aspect of drug abuse control and prevention.
• It establishes the Dangerous Drugs Board which is the policy-making and
strategy formulating body in the planning and formulation of policies and
programs drug prevention and control.
• Operations of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency responsible for the
efficient and effective law enforcement of all the provisions on any dangerous
drugs and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical as provided in this
Act.

The following are the usual words you will encounter in studying substance use and
abuse:
Drugs are any substances or chemicals which when taken into the body either
through nasal, oral, transdermal, or intravenous way have psychological, emotional,
and behavioral effects on a person.
Drugs of abuse are drugs commonly abused by users. In the Philippines, the
three drugs of abuse are shabu, marijuana, and inhalants.
Drug dependence is a cluster of physiological, behavioral, and cognitive
phenomena of variable intensity in which the use of drugs takes on a high priority
thereby creating a strong desire to take the substance.
Drug misuse is the use of a substance incoherent or inconsistent with the
prescribed dosage or frequency of use.
Drug abuse is the use of a substance for non-medicinal purposes. Abuse leads
to organ damage like brain damage and liver damage, addiction, and troubling
behavioral patterns.
Drug tolerance is the condition of the body to adapt to the effects of substances
to the body thus requiring an even larger amount of the substance to experience the
same physiological and mental effect experienced when taking the smaller dosage.

The goal of prevention is to minimize the effects of risk factors and to strengthen the
protective factors against substance use. Risk factors are factors that increase a
person’s risk. The table that follows shows five settings where people are affected by
these factors and where interventions can be made.

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 Risk Factor Domain Protective Factor

Early aggressive behavior Individual Self-control

Lack of parental supervision Family Parental monitoring

Substance abuse Peer and Friends Academic competence

Drug availability School Anti-drug use policies

Poverty Community Strong neighborhood attachment

Most of the drug users in the Philippines are young people. The majority of the drug
users are students like you with marijuana being their drug of choice. The most
commonly abused and classification of drugs in the Philippines are:
Gateway drugs such as cigarettes and alcohol are legal drugs that a non-drug
user might try which may lead to the use of other addictive drugs.
Stimulant drugs are drugs that temporarily increase the alertness and physical
strength of a person.
Narcotics are drugs used in medicine to relieve pain and induce sleep.
Hallucinogens are drugs that produce hallucinations such as hearing and seeing
nonexistent things.
Inhalants are drugs that are used in medicine to relieve symptoms such as those
of asthma and clogged nose. These are substances in gas form that can be inhaled to
exert effects on the body or the brain.
Depressant drugs slow down a person’s central nervous system.

There are many common misconceptions about drugs and alcohol, but even more myths
about drug addiction that most believe to be true. You must understand that it is not
easy to know and feel the effects of drugs on the body. Effects are not always the same
as drug users. It is important to remember that each individual’s brain capacity and
function and total body chemistry are different from other persons, thus we have
different reactions to drugs and substances.

You take a look at a few of the most common myths surrounding addiction and consider
how many of them or someone you know may believe.

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 Myths and Misconceptions Facts about Drugs of Abuse
Drugs of abuse improve memory. Drugs of abuse do not improve memory.
Drugs of abuse help in the digestion of Drugs of abuse do not help in the
food. digestion of food.
Drugs of abuse make a person bold and Drug abuse places a user in a dangerous
brave. and life-threatening situation.
Drugs of abuse remove life’s problems Drugs of abuse worsen life’s problems
and worries. and worries.
Drugs of abuse heat up the body. Drugs of abuse do not heat the body;
instead, they make the body lose heat
faster than normal.

According to the Dangerous Drug Board, the common signs and symptoms of drug use
are the following. Remember that having some of these signs doesn’t immediately make
a person a drug user.
• declining interest in studies and work
• sudden change in appearing and conduct
• finds it difficult to concentrate
• becomes implicated in a lot of fights
• loss of interest in hobbies or sports

As you go over with the topic, use the following guide questions:
1. What is the Dangerous Drugs Board report all about? What is your personal opinion?
2. What is the current drug scenario in your community and school?
3. What are the common terms related to drugs?

In the next phase, you will be given more activities to

enhance and deepen your understanding on the lesson.

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 What’s More

Activity 1: Concept Mapping

Directions: Fill in the necessary concepts about each term related to drugs. Add more
tags if necessary.

Drugs Drug Drug Misuse

Dependence

Activity 2: Think and Pair

Directions: Read and understand the statements. In Column B, identify the following
Risk Factors and Protective Factors according to:

Personal Family Peer and Friends School Community

Column A Column B
1. Preference to stay with peers and friends than
with family.
2. Poor implementation of community laws.
3. Use of drugs at an early age.
4. Good excellent academic performance.
5. Poor parenting and child rearing.
6. Self-control behavior.
7. Positive family relationship.
8. Poor attendance in school.
9. Strong community relationships.
10. Clear consistent family rules.

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Activity 3: Drug Familiarization
Direction: Analyze the different drug descriptions by choosing the kind of drug that best
describes the statement. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided each
number.

a. gateway drugs c. narcotics d. inhalants

b. stimulants drugs d. hallucinogens f. depressants drugs

1. Drugs that temporarily increase alertness.

2. To deaden, numb or paralyze.
3. Drugs that produce hallucinations.
4. Drugs that act to depress the central nervous system.
5. Drugs when taken can lead to more dangerous drugs of abuse.
6. A solvent or other material producing vapor that is inhaled by drug users.
7. Facts and fantasy are confused.
8. Used as pain reliever after surgery or in cancer cases.
9. Drugs that has a foul smell of chemicals sniffed, inhaled or huffed by the user.
10. Drugs that lowers transmission levels to reduce arousal or stimulation.

After analyzing the different kinds of drugs, how will you respond to the following
situations?
1. You discover that there is a drug users in your class. What will you do?
2. You are having hard time at home, one of your classmates offers you drugs to help
you cope. What are you going to do?

What I Have Learned

Completing this statement helps you to recognize and further understand the lesson.

Drug in the Philippines brings informations of the current

situations on drug-related issues and concerns. The most common drugs of abuse are
, , , and
. It has harmful effects and
effects on the body.

Congratulations!

In the next phase, you will be challenged to apply things you

learned about the lesson.

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 What I Can Do
Activity: Oplan Tokhang

Currently, the Philippine Government has launched “Oplan Tokhang” against drug
use. As a citizen, you observed the cause and effect of this drive. You may lists down
the advantage and disadvantages of this program.

Advantage Disadvantage
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

Decision-Making Skills:
Assuming that we have face-to-face interaction in school and here are some situations
you usually experience wherein it tests and applies your decision-making skills. Analyze
and critique your decisions with your parents.

While walking from school, a stranger

approaches you and offers something.
He says, “it smells good, tastes good and
will help you to improve your studies and
school performance”.

You are having a group project at the

house of your classmate; one of them
opens a pack of cigarette. Everybody
smokes. You are asked to try even just
once to experience it.

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 Assessment
Direction: Read and understand the statements carefully and choose the best answer.
Write the letter of your answer.

1. Which of the following is the effect of drug use and abuse on the school?
A. poor academic performance C. separation of the family members
B. ignored duties and responsibilities D. high incidence of crime

2. What do you call a substance or chemicals which when taken into the body either
through nasal, oral, transdermal, or intravenous way have psychological, emotional
and behavioral effects on a person?
A. drug B. drug abuse C. drug dependence D. drug misuse

3. Which of the following is the effect of drug use and abuse on the family?
A. broken and unhappy family ties C. affected economy due to low manpower
B. increase rate of absenteeism D. poor academic performance

4. Teenagers who engage in early smoking and early drinking have a higher chance of
using and experimenting with dangerous drugs and abuse. What classification of
drugs is being presented?
A. depressant drugs C. gateway drugs
B. stimulant drugs D. narcotics

5. Which of the following are the domains of life which affect drug use and abuse?
A. personal and family
B. peers and friends
C. school and community
D. personal, family, peer and friends, school, and community

True or False: Write T if the statement is correct and F if incorrect.

6. Teenagers who engage in drug use and abuse tend to have poor academics and
drop out of school.
7. Drugs of abuse help in the digestion of food.
8. Drug dependence is the state of a physical and psychological dependence on drugs by
a person following its continuous use and abuse.
9. Drugs of abuse remove problems and worries.
10. Drugs of abuse heat up the body.

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 Additional Activities
Pick a class of psychoactive substances. Create a slogan on “drug addiction
prevention”.
A rubric is provided for your guide.

4 3 2 1
The slogan is The slogan is The slogan is The slogan is
exceptionally exceptionally acceptably distractingly
attractive in attractive in attractive messy.
Craftmanship terms of terms of though it may
neatness. neatness. be a bit
Well Good messy.
constructed construction
and not and not very
messy. messy.
4 3 2 1
The slogan is The slogan is The slogan is The slogan
Creativity exceptionally creative and a creative some does not
creative. A lot good amount thought was reflect any
of thought of thought put into it. degree of
and effort was was put into creativity.
used to make decorating it.
the banner.
4 3 2 1
Exceptional Good use of Average use of No use of new
Originality use of new new ideas and new ideas and ideas and
ideas and originality to originality to originality to
originality to create slogan. create slogan. create slogan.
create slogan.

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 Answer Key

References
Books

Roldan, Jude B., Ruzol, Jocelyn Margaret A., Collanta, Hercules P., Mallari, Marla T.,
Ulanday, Marie Eloisa D., Juliano, Melanie S., Callanta, Lus S., Mojica Winlove P.
Power With MAPEH 9. Abiva Publishing House, Inc. 2019

Muyot, Fritziemarie R., Garcia, Maridina D., Boarde, Maria Clara G. MAPEH On The
Go 9. Sunshine Interlinks Publishing House, Inc. 2017

Department of Education, Physical Education and Health 9 Learner’s Material, First

Edition, 2017
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv5LHi-udKM

Websites
www.drugabuse.gov

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 Development Team of the Module

Writer: Glenn Rose M. Paghubasan

Editors: Jovita Consorcia F. Mani
Layout Artist: Maria Isabel G. Tutor
Management Team:
Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Jovita Consortia Mani

EPS-MAPEH

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

EPS – LRMS

For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Schools Division Office- Marikina City

Email Address: [email protected]

191 Shoe Ave., Sta. Elena, Marikina City, 1800, Philippines

Telefax: (02) 682-2472 / 682-3989

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