DRUG SCENARIO
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

Questions:
• 1. What did you observe on the
pictures presented?
• 2. What do you think is the main
reason why these situation happened?

Reading Time!
• In the year 2004, an estimate of 6.7
million drug users in the Philippines was
recorded by the Dangerous Drug Board
(DDB)
• The “2008 National Household Survey on
the Nature and Extent of Drug Abuse in
the Philippines” conducted by the same
agency revealed that there is a downward
trend in the number of drug users down to
1.7 million users.

•The following are the reasons
for the successful decline of
drug abuse in the country.

• 1. Operation conducted by different law
enforcing agencies like the Philippine
National Police (PNP), National Bureau of
Investigation (NBI) Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Bureau of
Customs and other law enforcers have
helped arrest local and international drug
syndicate members, traffickers, and
destroy secret laboratories and
warehouses.

• 2. Strict implementation of policies
under the “Dangerous Drugs Act of
2002” like the compulsory drug test
for application of driver’s licence,
entrance to military service,
application for firearms licensing and
others

• Actualization of Dangerous Drug
Board’s programs and projects in
partnership with other agencies like the
Department of Education (DepEd),
Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) and other Local Government
Units ( LGU) and non- government
Organizations (NGO)

Questions
• What can you say about the report of the
Dangerous Drug Board?
• Do you believe that the incidence of drug
use in the Philippines is really
decreasing? Why or why not?
• What is the current scenario in the
school? In your community?

Criteria
•DELIVERY 15 points
•CONTENT 25 points
•TEAMWORK 10 points

• DIRECTIONS
1.There will be a number that corresponds
with a letter in a tabular form.
2. Each group will interchange the number
into a letter.
3.Each group will add the numbers to get
the sum of it.
4. Each group will decode the numbers
until they will derive into the correct
answer.
5.Each round has a corresponding points.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
G J E O V D Y
2+4+7
ANSWE
R: 13 JOY

ROUND1 FOR 2 points
6 8 5 12 20
R G U D S
12 + 6 + 5 + 8 + 20
ANSWER: 51 DRUGS

DRUGS
• These 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.

ROUND 2 FOR 3 points
15 7 12 34 13
U A E S B
7 + 13 + 15 + 34 + 12
ANSWER : 81 - ABUSE

DRUG OF ABUSE
• These are drugs commonly abused by
users.
• In the Philippines the three drugs of
abuse are shabu, marijuana and
inhalants.

ROUND 3 FOR 4 points
16 22 6 8 5 14 9 4 25 24
E P N E D E N E C D
5 + 16 + 22 + 8 + 6 + 24 + 14 + 9 +
25 + 4
ANSWER : 133 – DEPENDENCE

DRUG DEPENDENCE
• It is a cluster of physiological,
behavioral and cognitive phenomena of
variable intensity in which the use of
drugs takes on high priority thereby
creating strong desire to take substance.

ROUND 4 FOR 3 points
7 23 45 18 9 34
U S M S E I
45 + 34 + 23 + 7 + 18 + 9
ANSWER : 136 – MIS USE

DRUG MIS USE
• It is the use of the substance
incoherant or inconsistent with the
prescribed dosage or frequency of
use.

ROUND 5 FOR 5 points
31 20 16 8 14 42 9 34 17
E T N O R L C A E
20 + 8 + 42 + 17 + 14 + 34 + 16 + 9 +
31
ANSWER : 191 – TOLERANCE

DRUG TOLERANCE
• It is the condition of the body to adapt
to the effects of substances to the
body those requiring an even amount
of the substance to experience the
same physiological and mental effect
experience when taking the smaller
dosage.

DRUG ABUSE
• It is the use of the substance for non
medical purposes.
• Abuse leads to organ damage like brain
damage and liver damage, addiction
and troubled behavioral patterns.

Questions:
•Give alternative ways to avoid
taking illegal drugs.
•What are the negative effects
of drugs to our body?

Reflection time:
• The Photographer Documenting The
Carnage of Duterte's Drug War (HBO)
( 1080 X 1920 ).mp4
• Based on the video presented. Are you
infavor on the Drug War of President
Duterte to combat illegal drugs in the
Philippines? Explain your answer in a
paragraph form.

CRITERIA
• CONTENT 20 points
• ORGANIZATION 10 points
• DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS10 points
• CLARITY 10 points
Total 50 points