ILLEGAL DRUGS

Effects and Danger to Health

Von Dexter C. Jumawan
 DRUG
01 What is Drug?
Difference among: Addict, Addictive, Addicted , and Addiction
Explain to why I choose the topic or addressing of topic

WHAT’S 02
DETAILS
Explain about the different types of Drugs and what the laws
says about them.

IN?
PROS AND CONS
03 How drugs can affect the individual and society
Why do people take drugs
Dangers and consequences of taking drugs

CONCLUDING PART
04 What can we do against drugs??
 DRUGS
• A drug is any chemical substance that alerts mood, perception or consciousness.
• If drugs cause physical changes in the body, the words addict, addictive, addicted,
and addiction are used.

ADDDICT
ADDICTIVE ADDICTION ADDICTED

You are addicted to

An addict is a person, Addictive means that Addiction means drugs, if you need them
who is unable to free something makes dependence on to feel good and if you
himself from a harmful you dependent on something. have withdrawal
habit. something. symptoms if you don´t
take drugs.
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ADDRESSING THE TOPIC
ILLEGAL DRUGS
Examine the level of awareness
With the topic: illegal drugs, we can be able to solve illegal
drug problems and promote the model of community
participation for local drug problems.

Action upon the problem

Drugs are the concern of all of us. They kill and
destroy our quality of life. They undermine
economies, tear apart families, promote and sustain
criminal activity. In connection, it is encourage for
everyone to take action upon the problem.

Vigilant
Be mindful of the people around us. In this case, we should
address this to authorities whenever problems involving
drugs are in the area of a community.
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS
• What the law says about them ad how they are taken

Drugs that depress Drugs that reduce Drugs that stimulate Drugs that alter
the nervous system pain the nervous system perception
Alcohol, barbiturates, Opiates, opioids, Amphetamines, Magic mushrooms,
Minor tranquillizers, solvents narcotic analgesics cocaine,caffeine , cannabis
and gases tobacco, LSD

Effects: These drugs make you Effects: You feel less pain Effects: These make you feel Effects: These make all
feel less tense and more and worry. But you get to more alert, you are able to your senses more
relaxed. But you work less well stay awake and active longer
need higher and more intense and you get a
mentally and physically and without becoming tired or
you lose self-control. Large frequent doses and you feeling of unreality. They
become physically and sleepy. But later you become also can cause panic or
amounts can make you drunk,
depressed, hungry and tired.
feel drowsy or send you to psychologically anxiety. But there´s no
sleep or unconscious. You can
If you use it very often it
dependent. You become risk of physical
become psychologically and makes you anxious, agitated
very moody and you may and you are unable to sleep. dependency, but
physically dependent and the
have problems with You also can become repeated use may cause
more often you use them, the
more you need to get the breathing, constipation psychologically dependent. temporary psychological
desired effects. and irregular periods. disturbance.
 How drugs can affect the individual and society?
 Drugs are very dangerous. People on drugs are more A person may become so dependent on drugs
likely to die than those who don´t take drugs. They die that he becomes physically ill. Heavy smokers of
from overdoses, accidents, infections and fatal mixtures tobacco and cannabis get bronchitis, asthma and
of drugs. 01 cancer. People on injected drugs often catch
infections from sharing needles. If you take
03 Ecstasy, you have to drink a lot,
Once a person is
because you are very active and alert
dependent, he has a
and you can dry out and die.
strong desire for drugs.
This desire can become
03 01
05 LIFE HEALTH
so great that a drug 05
CRIME
dependent will do
anything to get money
so that he can buy
drugs. Girls may turn to 04
FAMILY
prostitution, boys to 02 02
mugging or shoplifting. 04 WORK
They might even steal It may become difficult to
 A person on drugs often becomes
from parents or friends moody. His relationships with his family, concentrate and to do your work
or they may start friends or colleagues may become tense very well. You can be dismissed.
dealing with drugs. and may break down altogether.
WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE ILLEGAL DRUGS?
They…

•They want something different, new and

exciting.
•They like to be different from others.
•They take drugs, because their friends take
them –peer pressure!
•They are frustrated from their daily life.
•They want to show off and be cool.
•They have personal problems, ex. quarrels
with their parents, divorced parents, problems
at school.
•They were neglected by their parents.
•They grew up under bad conditions.
•It´s a kick for them to do something illegal.
•They think drugs solve problems.
•They are curious.
•They were persuaded by dealers.
•They try to escape from reality.
•They are bored.
•They have no self confidence to say no.
•They don´t want to be a chicken.
DANGERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF TAKING DRUGS

The dealers Parents are The dealers are

First of all But it also increases
always try to worried about very violent too.
drugs damage the rate of homeless
persuade also their children, The Jamaican
your health, and poor people. because drugs
young people dealers are some
family life, work Many families and
to take drugs. are also sold in of the worst.
and the social individuals leave
They involve schools. Children Since the late
esteem. the cities where the
little children in which grew up ´70s, the
drug abuse and
the drug scene under very poor Jamaicans have
dealing is very high.
by giving them or hard conditions been involved in
They don´t feel save often deal
e.g.. sweets as many as 800
there, because there themselves.
with drugs in it. murders
´s a lot of violence
among drug dealers nationwide.
and the police.
 What can we do against drugs?
Create an international statute on drugs. Don´t punish addicts. Drug addiction is a
A similar law, enforced by an international medical problem which could be solved
01 court, could be used against major drug
suppliers and dealers.
by establishing certain programs. Addicts
should be treated by private doctors and 05
they should have the chance to change
Protect children from addicted parents. their used needles to clean needles
Keep schools open round the clock.
Children, who are alone at home every Rich countries should help such countries

02 day or who have nothing to do at home,

can come to schools at any hour for help,
which are dependent on drugs like Peru
and Colombia to solve their drug problem. 06
They should create employment.
recreation, study or just comfort.

We should allow states to build prisons in Users and dealers should be amnestied
or transfer prisoners to other states. The and should have the chance to
rehabilitation.
03 distance from home base would make it
more difficult for dealers to continue There should be no foreign aid for drug-
involved countries.
07
running their organizations from behind
bars.
College graduates should have the
chance to serve three years in a
Police officer meetings from every state
municipal police department to relieve
04 should be founded. The officers can
share their experiences and knowledge.
more experienced personnel of such jobs
as ticket writing and desk duty to pursue
08
investigative work. The graduates should
get salaries but no pensions, so their cost
would be a third lower than that of a
career officer.