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DRUG-SYMPOSIUM (Macabalan)

The document discusses drug abuse, including identifying and classifying different types of drugs. It notes that the three most common drugs of choice are shabu, marijuana, and ecstasy. It describes the signs of drug abuse like changes in appearance and personality. Prolonged drug abuse can lead to deteriorating mental and physical health, affecting the brain, liver, lungs, kidney and heart. It shows "faces of drug abuse" and the devastating long term effects it can have, including death. The document stresses avoiding drugs as they are illegal, harmful to one's health and behavior, against spiritual well-being, and provides a formula for resisting drugs through not thinking about them, resisting peer pressure, finding healthy alternatives,

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45 views51 pages

DRUG-SYMPOSIUM (Macabalan)

The document discusses drug abuse, including identifying and classifying different types of drugs. It notes that the three most common drugs of choice are shabu, marijuana, and ecstasy. It describes the signs of drug abuse like changes in appearance and personality. Prolonged drug abuse can lead to deteriorating mental and physical health, affecting the brain, liver, lungs, kidney and heart. It shows "faces of drug abuse" and the devastating long term effects it can have, including death. The document stresses avoiding drugs as they are illegal, harmful to one's health and behavior, against spiritual well-being, and provides a formula for resisting drugs through not thinking about them, resisting peer pressure, finding healthy alternatives,

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DRUG ABUSE

INFORMATION & PREVENTIVE


EDUCATION
Drug Identification
and

Classification
ALCOHOL
-The king of drugs
Drug Identification…

D UGS
Any substance which
when taken-in by an
individual may affect
bodily functions
Drug Identification…

Based On Origin

NATURAL SYNTHETI
Drug Classification…

Pharmacological Classification
Stimulants
-speed up the brain and central nervous system
Hallucinogens
-alter the user’s state of consciousness
Depressants
-slow/ depress down the central nervous system
Drug Of Choice
Drug of Choice…

1 SHABU
Drug of Choice…

2 MARIJUANA
Drug of Choice…

3 ECSTACY
Common Signs Of
Drug Abuse
Changes in Appearance

Before After
Changes in Personality and Behavior
 The reason is simple: drugs and alcohol destroy the
brain. They flood the brain with dopamine, a
neurotransmitter that is present in regions of the
brain that regulate movement, emotion, motivation,
and feelings of pleasure. This causes the person
using drugs or alcohol to feel moments of extreme
happiness, but once that feeling goes away, they are
left with nothing but cravings. As the desire for the
substance continues to increase, the individual
needs to consume more and more of it to feel its
euphoric effects. This rapidly turns into a vicious
cycle in which the individual is constantly using, yet
never able to achieve their original high
Changes in Personality and Behavior
Changes in Mood
Ill Effects
Of
Drug Abuse
Deterioration of Mental Health

BRAIN
Deterioration of Physical Health

LIVER
Deterioration of Physical Health

LUNGS
Deterioration of Physical Health

KIDNEY
Deterioration of Physical Health

HEART
Deterioration of Physical Health
Faces of Drug
Abuse
Faces of Drug Abuse…
Faces of Drug Abuse…
Faces of Drug Abuse…
3 Months Later
Faces of Drug Abuse…
3 Years
and
5 Months Later
Faces of Drug Abuse…
Faces of Drug Abuse…
Devastating
Effect of Drug
Abuse
HYDROCEPHALUS
DEATH…
DEATH…
DEATH…
Why Should We Avoid Dangerous Drugs…
Illegal- Prohibited by law (R.A.9165)

Health- Damages our brain and body

Psycho-social- Destroys one’s behaviour and causes


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one to commit crime

Spiritual- Against the will of God


YOU
CHOOSE
J
A
I
L
MENTAL HOSPITAL
CEMET
ERY
FORMULA to WIN the Fight Against
Dangerous Drugs

D+R+U+G+S= SUCCESS
D- on’t even think about it
R- esist negative peer pressure
U- se Healthy Alternatives
G- OD is the answer
S- ay NO!

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