CDI 7- A Content- based Module for Facilitating Learning

Module 1

Title: Overview of Vice and Drug Education and Control

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MODULE OVERVIEW

In this module, you will read Vice and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control program of the
government that includes the recognition of the nature and extent of the vices and drug problem in the
society. The study also includes the causes of drug abuse, the origin or history of its spread, drug
identification and their properties, and their classifications. The course also deals with the study of
approaches and counter measures to combat the drug problem; like law enforcement activities or the
operational approach, the education approach, the treatment or rehabilitation approach and programs
for control.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After completing this module, you can:

• Learn the Vice Control

LECTURE NOTES

Read this…

What is Vice, Drug Education and Control is all about?

Vice

• A vice is a moral failing or a bad habit. Traditional examples of vice include drinking alcohol,
smoking tobacco, and gambling in card games.

Drug Abuse
 • Is when you use legal or illegal substances in ways you shouldn’t. You might take more than the
regular dose of pills or use someone else’s prescription. You may abuse drugs to feel good, ease
stress, or avoid reality. But usually, you’re able to change your unhealthy habits or stop using
altogether.

Addiction

• Addiction is when you can’t stop. Not when it puts your health in danger. Not when it causes
financial, emotional, and other problems for you or your loved ones. That urge to get and use
drugs can fill up every minute of the day, even if you want to quit.
• Addiction also is different from physical dependence or tolerance. In cases of physical
dependence, withdrawal symptoms happen when you suddenly stop a substance.

R.A No. 9165 - Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

R.A No. 6425 - Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 - the law that was repelled by RA No. 9165.

• It is the policy of the State to safeguard the integrity of its territory and the well-being of its
citizenry particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of dangerous drugs on their physical
and mental well-being, and to defend the same against acts or omissions detrimental to their
development and preservation. In view of the foregoing, the State needs to enhance further the
efficacy of the law against dangerous drugs, it being one of today's more serious social ills.
• Toward this end, the government shall pursue an intensive and unrelenting campaign against
the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs and other similar substances through an integrated
system of planning, implementation and enforcement of anti-drug abuse policies, programs, and
projects. The government shall however aim to achieve a balance in the national drug control
program so that people with legitimate medical needs are not prevented from being treated
with adequate amounts of appropriate medications, which include the use of dangerous drugs.
It is further declared the policy of the State to provide effective mechanisms or measures to re-
integrate into society individuals who have fallen victims to drug abuse or dangerous drug
dependence through sustainable programs of treatment and rehabilitation.

Classification of Drugs according to effect

• Depressant - "downers" - a drug reducing functional or nervous activity. Lower the level of
arousal when taken.
 • Stimulants - "Uppers" - increase mental and/or physical function. A substance that raises the
levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.
• Hallucinogens - "psychedelics" - a drug that causes hallucinations. Psychoactive drugs that cause
subjective change in perception, thought, emotion and consciousness.

Classification of Drugs according to Pharmacology

• Depressants
• Narcotics
• Tranquilizers
• Stimulants
• Hallucinogens
• Solvents/Inhalants

Classifications of Drugs according to Legal Categories

• Prohibited Drugs
• Regulated Drugs
• Volatile substances

Golden Triangle of Drug Trafficking

• Laos
• Thailand
• Burma

The Golden Crescent- (global site for opium production and distribution)

• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• Iran
• India

Classification of Drug user/Abuser

• Situational user - those who use drugs to keep them awake or for additional energy to perform
an important work. Such individual may or may not exhibit psychological dependence.
• Spree user - school age user who take drugs for "kicks", adventure, daring experience or a
means of fun.
 • Hard core addicts - those whose activities revolve almost entirely around drug use and securing
supplies. They show strong psychological dependence on the drug.
• Hippies - Those who are addicted to drugs believing that drug is an integral part of life.

Commonly abused drugs:

• Sedatives - are depressant drugs which reduce anxiety and excitement such as barbiturates,
tranquilizers and alcohol.
• Stimulants - are drugs which increase alertness and activity such as amphetamine, cocaine and
caffeine.
• Hallucinogen/Psychedelics - drugs which affect sensation, thinking, self- awareness and
emotion.
• Narcotics - drugs that relieve pain and often induce sleep. This includes opium and its
derivatives like morphine, codeine and heroin.
• Solvents - volatile substances which are found to be the most commonly abused.

Primary causes of drug addiction:

• Pride - excessive feeling of self- worth or self- esteem or sense of self importance.
• Anger - against, himself, family, friends and society in general.
• Lust - burning sexual desire can distort the human mind to drug abuse.
• Gluttony - "food trip" in the lingo of junkies.
• Greed - wealth, fame, recognition as exemplified by people under pressure in their work of art
such as musician, actors and athletes who indulge in drug abuse.
• Envy - to get attention from someone as sign of protest.
• Laziness - "i can’t syndrome" incapacity to achieve is a breeding ground of drug abuse and
boredom coupled with poor self- image.

Warning Signs of Commonly Abuse Drugs

1. Marijuana

• glassy red eye

• contracted pupils
• drunk-like
• difficulty concentrating
• clumsiness
• poor judgement

3. Stimulants - ex. cocaine, amphetamines

• dilated pupils
• hyperactivity
• euphoria
• irritability
• anxiety
• excessive talking followed by depression or excessive sleeping
• may go long period of time without eating or sleeping
• weight loss
• dry mouth and nose

4. Inhalants - ex. glues, aerosols, vapors

• watery eyes
• impaired vision, memory and thought
• secretions from the nose or rashes around the nose and mouth
• head-aches and nausea
• appearance of intoxication
• drowsiness
• poor muscle control
• changes in appetite
• anxiety
• irritability
• lots of cans, aerosols in the trash

5. Hallucinogens - ex. LSD, PCP- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known colloquially as acid, is
a hallucinogenic drug. Effects typically include altered thoughts, feelings, and awareness of one's
surroundings. Many users have visual or auditory hallucinations
 • dilated pupils
• bizarre and irrational behavior including paranoia, aggression, hallucination
• mood swings
• detachment from people
• absorption with self or other objects
• slurred speech
• confusion

6. Heroin

• contracted pupils
• no response of pupils to light
• needle marks
• sleeping at unusual time
• sweating
• vomiting
• coughing, shiffling
• twitching
• loss of appetite

7. Alcohol

• clumsiness
• difficulty walking
slurred speech

• sleepiness
• poor judgement
• dilated pupils
• possession of false ID cards

8. Tobacco/Nicotine

• smell of tobacco
• stained fingers or teeth

Analgesic - any drugs such as salicylates, morphine or opiates used primarily for the relief of pain.
FOCUSED QUESTIONS:

Thinking to learning thoroughly

1. Discuss your answer on the following questions briefly;

Define is Vice and Drug Abuse?

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Enriching what you have learn

Differentiate Vice and Habit; and

Addiction and Dependence

ASSESSMENT

Testing how far you have learned

Individually explain the classification of drugs.

ASSIGNMENT

Research: Reasons why individual take drugs.

Download a copy of RA 9165

REFERENCES:

Guevara et. Al. (2012). Drug Education and Vice Control. Wiseman’s Trading, Inc.

Revised PNP Manual on Anti-Illegal Drugs Operations and Investigation (September 2014)