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At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
A. Know the classifications of drugs of abuse
B. Identify the important kinds of drug and uses; and
C. Discuss the common effects and risks of abusing drugs

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We observed that the person suffered from
addiction and most teens using drugs. These situations happen because of the effects of taking or abusing drugs.

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Gateway drugs are very common these days. Example for
that are alcohol and cigarettes/tobacco. These two substances
can easily buy at the nearest sari-sari store.Always remember that they are not good in our health so don’t even try it.

This drug is they do not necessarily make a person feel
depressed. They affect the central nervous system, slowing down the messages between the brain and the body so meaning, it relaxes muscles and nerves.

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Hallucinogens or psychedelics are drugs that affects sensation, thinking, and emotions. They produce illusions and hallucinations, provoke the imaginations, and disturb person’s thinking. Examples of this drug is marijuana. These drugs are of little help in field of medicine.

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Gateway Drugs
Depressants
Stimulants
Inhalants
Narcotics
Hallucinogens

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Stimulants also use to lose weight,Examples of stimulant is shabu. Stimulants are the opposite of depressants. If the depressants are the “downers”, stimulants are the “uppers” or “speeders”.

Using marijuana in other countries is legalized but here, in the
Philippines it is illegal.
You will get arrested if you were caught using it here in our
country.

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Overall, Drug use and addiction cause a lot of disease and
disability in the world. Recent advances in neuroscience may help
improve policies to reduce the harm that the use of tobacco,
alcohol, and other psychoactive drugs impose on society.