Illegal Drugs Symposuim
Illegal Drugs Symposuim
Illegal Drugs Symposuim
DRUG AWARENESS
AND ANTI-
ILLEGAL DRUG
SYMPOSUIM
Kiblawan MPS 0907 643 6448 [email protected]
Objectives
• Cause and effects of drug abuse
• Signs and symptoms of a drug abuser
• Government campaigns to prevent drug abuse
• Laws on how to stop drug addiction
Drug abuse
• Also called substance abuse.
• Compulsive, excessive, and self-damaging use of habit
forming drugs or substances, leading to addiction or
dependence, serious psychological injury (such as damage
to kidneys, liver, heart) or psychological harm (such as
dysfunctional behaviour patterns, hallucinations, memory
loss), or death.
“ A state, psychic or also sometimes physical, resulting from
the interaction between a living organism and a drug, and
characterized y behavioural and other responses that always
include a compulsive desire or need to use the drug on a
”
continues basis in order to experience its effects and/or
avoid the discomfort of its absence.
Drug Dependence
• Is the situation or condition that a person finds himself in which he uses
or abuses a drug to the point that the drug becomes the main focus of his
life. Taking a drug becomes a compulsion , a necessary habit.
Physical
Dependence
• Pot
• Grass
• Weed
• Refer
• Dope
Inhalants
• Nitrous Oxide – laughing gas,
Whippets
• Amyl Nitrite – Poppers,
Snappers
• Butyl Nitrite – Bolt, Locker
room, bullet
• Chlorohydrocarbon –
Kerosol spray
• Hydrocarbon -
solvents
Stimulants
• Barbiturates – downers,
barbs, blue drills
• Methaqualone – qualudes,
soppers
• Tranquilizers – valium,
librium, equanil
Hallucinogens
• Phencyclidine – PCP, Angel
dust, loveboat
• Lysergic Acid
Diethylamide
– LSD, acid, green or red
dragon
• Mescaline and Peyote –
mesc, buttons, cactus
• Psilocybin – magic
mushroom, mushroom
Narcotics
• Heroin – smoke, horse, brown
sugar, junk, mud, Big H
• Methadone – dolly, dolophine,
methadose, amidone
• Codeine – empirin compound with
codeine
• Meperidine – pethidine, demerol,
marpergan
• Opium – paregoric, dakers powder,
parapectolin
• Other narcotics – percocet,
parcodon, tussiunex, fentanyl
Effect of Drug
Abuse
Effects to the user
• Medical and Physical Deterioration
• Personality Deterioration
• Mental Deterioration
METHAMPHETA
MINE EIGHT
YEARS OF
ADDICTION
1
st
YEAR
2
nd
YEAR
3
rd
YEAR
4
th
YEAR
5
th
YEAR
6
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YEAR
7
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YEAR
8
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YEAR
Effects to the Family
• Intense feeling of humiliation and guilt are felt by family
members.
• Self-esteem in generally low among the members of the
family.
• The spirit of togetherness or unity is broken.
• Occurrence of domestic violence
• Loss of money or valuables
Effects to Society
• Increase of heinous or anti crimes.
• Increase of immorality and loss of moral fibber of
the society.
• Downfall of social values of the country.
• Limited movement of people, specially at night.
Effects to Law Enforcement
• Corruption if some law enforcement personnel.
• Ineffective application and implementation of narcotic law.
• Produces bad image and credibility to the police agency.
• Loss of trust, confidence and integrity among some police
personnel.
• Coddling of the drug dependent by the police personnel.
Effects to Economy
• Sabotage to the economy.
• Draining of huge amount of money from our country.
• Aggravating the problem of poverty in a country.
• Economic growth is slow.
• Massive corruption of public and private officials.
Effects to Judiciary
• Corruption of the court the one-sided criminal justice system
• Corruption of some judicial personnel.
• Maladministration in the dispensation of narcotic cases.
• Plea bargaining and delay of instituting justice regarding
drug abuse.
• Recidivism on drug abuse increases.
• Loss of trust, confidence and integrity of out judicial system
by the general public.
Weapons to Combat
Drug Menace
Responsible parents
• Being a good parent can prevent a child from bad habits
like using drugs and many more. A parent must know
her limitations in using drugs. He should not let his child
see him using drugs otherwise, child will also do it.
“In the eye of a child, what parents do good or bad is
always good.”
Drug Abuse Awareness and Education
methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDA)
or "ecstasy“
paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA),
trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA),
lysergic acid diethylamine (LSD),
gamma hydroxyamphetamine (GHB)
Section 11
and those similarly designed or newly
introduced drugs and their derivatives,
without having any therapeutic value
or if the quantity possessed is far
beyond therapeutic requirements, as
determined and promulgated by the
Board in accordance to Section 93,
Article XI of this Act.
Section 15:
Use of Dangerous Drugs
A person APPREHENDED OR ARRESTED,
who is found to be positive for use of any
dangerous drug, after a confirmatory test,
shall be imposed a PENALTY of a
MINIMUM OF (6) MONTHS
REHABILITATION IN A GOVERNMENT
CENTER FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE,
subject to the provisions of Article VIII of
this Act. :
Section 15:
Use of Dangerous Drugs
If APPREHENDED using any
dangerous drug for the SECOND TIME,
he/she shall suffer the PENALTY of
Imprisonment ranging from (6) YEARS
AND (1) DAY TO (12) YEARS and a
FINE ranging from (p50,000.00) to
(p200,000.00):
Section 15:
Use of Dangerous Drugs
Provided, That this Section shall not be
applicable where the person tested is
also found to have in his/her possession
such quantity of any dangerous drug
provided for under Section 11 of this
Act, in which case the provisions stated
therein shall apply.