*What do you mean about

drugs?

*What isDrugs?

A drug is any substance other than food, that when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin or dissolved under the tongue causes a physiological change in the body. a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.

*HOW DO DRUGS WORK?

Drugs are essentially poisons. The amount taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant (speeds you up). A greater amount acts as a sedative (slows you down). An even larger amount poisons and can kill. They directly affect the mind. They can distort the user’s perception of what is happening around him or her. As a result, the person’s actions may be odd, irrational, inappropriate and even destructive. Drugs block off all sensations, the desirable ones with the unwanted. So, while providing short-term help in the relief of pain, they also wipe out ability and alertness and muddy one’s thinking.

*Drugs can do to you!

Illegal drugs can cause things like hallucinations (seeing strange things), sickness, depression, liver and kidney problems and fits. Some illegal drugs can kill the first time the person takes them. Taking too much of any drug is called an overdose. A serious overdose of almost any drug can kill you.

*The effects of drugs

Drug misuse can be harmful to your health in both the short term and the long term, and could possibly lead to addiction.

* DRUGS AFFECT THE MIND

When a person remembers something, the mind is very fast and information comes to him quickly. But drugs blur memory, causing blank spots. When a person tries to get information through this cloudy mess, he can’t do it. Drugs make a person feel slow or stupid and cause him to have failures in life. And as he has more failures and life gets harder, he wants more drugs to help him deal with the problem.

*BASIC FACTS ABOUT COMMONLY

ABUSED DRUGS

• Alcohol• Ecstasy• Cocaine & Crack Cocaine• Crystal Meth & Methamphetamine• Inhalants• Heroin• LSD• Prescription Drug Abuse

*WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE DRUGS?

*To fit in*To escape or relax*To relieve boredom*To seem grown up*To rebel*To experimentThey think drugs are a solution. But eventually, the drugs become the problem.

*Signs and Symptoms of Drug

Use

There are many signs, both physical and behavioral, that indicate drug use. Each drug has its own unique manifestations, but there are some general indications that a person is using drugs:*Sudden change in behavior*Mood swings; irritable and grumpy and then suddenly happy and bright*Withdrawal from family members*Careless about personal grooming*Loss of interest in hobbies, sports and other favorite activities*Changed sleeping pattern; up at night and sleeping during the day*Red or glassy eyes*Temporary blackouts or memory loss.*Drinking alone, in the mornings, or in secret.

How it can affect in our life and body?

*Why drugs kill you?

 It takes to overdose the body to get mixed signals from the brain and then shut down, either by overheating, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure or by retaining too much water. For most users, this happens after years of addiction and after repeatedly increasing the dosage taken to the point of no return. But for others, it can happen the first time a drug is tried.

*Drug addiction!

Drug Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the addicted individual and to those around him or her. Although the initial decision to take drugs is voluntary for most people, the brain changes that occur over time challenge an addicted person’s self-control and hamper his or her ability to resist intense impulses to take drugs.

*Why Do Some People Become Addicted While Others Do Not?

No single factor can predict whether a person will become addicted to drugs. Risk for addiction is influenced by a combination of factors that include individual biology, social environment, and age or stage of development. The more risk factors an individual has, the greater the chance that taking drugs can lead to addiction

*Here are the opinoin and

reaction of the students in san

juan national high school!

*What can you say about drugs?

Illegal drugs are gateway to hell bexause those would waste your money without even receiving benefits.You will get addicted as times goes so avoid it at the first time so you wont get wastes in the end.if you have a problems I tell you,Drugs isn’t the answer to that,and son;t try because it will just make your life miserable and make your problems worst.-LORRAINE ANNE CORONADO

*What is the reason why many

get addicted to drugs

It is because they are influenced in many ways.Social media and the networking sites affects a lot bexause of a modern technology which allows us to be exposed.friends are the second factor why others are influenced to try this drugs. -JOE MARI SILVA

*HOW TO PREVENT FROM BEING

ADDICTED?

I think focusing your attention to purposeful activities will help prevent from getting addicted to drugs.Doing activities that will entertain you will help alert your attention from drugs,play some out door activities.Focus on studying and as much as possible think differently about your friends,sometimes you must think that not all the time you should follw what they say and do. –RAYAANE FAITH SIOSON

*WHAT ACTION WILL BE DO BY OUR PNP OR

ANY DEPARTMENT TO STOP ILLEGAL DRUGS?

The action will be a powerful law that may obey our fellows in our society.there will be a full force action by our pnp to imprison those illegal drug users. -ERYLL MADRAZO

*Prevention

Take these steps to help prevent drug abuse in your children and teenagers:*Communicate. Talk to your children about the risks of

drug use and abuse.* Listen. Be a good listener when your children talk about

peer pressure, and be supportive of their efforts to resist it.*Set a good example. Don't abuse alcohol or addictive

drugs. Children of parents who abuse drugs are at greater risk of drug addiction.

*Strengthen the bond. Work on your relationship with your children. A strong, stable bond between you and your child will reduce your child's risk of using or abusing drugs.

*SOCIO CULTURAL ISSUES

LHEIRA AZELL N. SOLLEZAMRS ROSALIE J MACALOSGRADE 10-MT.APO