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    Iligan Capitol College

    Mahayahay, Iligan City

    College Of Criminology

    Drug Education and Vice


    Control
    ➢ Terminologies
    ➢ Classification of Drugs
    ➢ Routes of Drug Administration
    ➢ Most Common Reasons for using Drugs
    ➢ Illicit Drug Routes

    Prepared by: Kiven M. Geonzon


    Terminologies
     Drug
    - the term Drug derives from the 14th century French word “drogue”,
    which means a dry substance.
    - A chemical substance that affects the functions of living cells and
    alters body or mind processes when taken into the body or applied through the
    skin

     Drug Abuse
    - is the overuse or consumption of drugs other than for medical reasons

     Drug Mule
    - a person who transports illegal drugs by swallowing them or
    concealing them in a secret compartments of their bag shoes or the other
    garments they’re wearing.
     Clandestine Laboratory/ “Clan Lab”
    - is a place where illegal substances including drugs, explosives,
    biological or chemical weapons are manufactured or prepared.
     Tolerance
    - It is the increasing dosage of drugs to maintain the same
    effect.
     Drug Dependence
    - refers to a physical condition in which the body has adapted
    to the presence of a drug
     Drug Addiction
    - chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by
    compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences
     Polydrug Abuse
    - Many people who abuse on drug tend to take allsorts of drugs.
    Some play chemical “Russian roulettes” by taking everything including
    unidentified pills. This is called polydrug abuse.
     Drug Experimenter
    - One who illegally, wrongfully, or improperly uses any narcotics
    substances, marijuana or dangerous drugs as defined not more than a
    few times for reasons or curiosity, peer pressure or other similar reasons.
     Drug Syndicate
    - It is a network of evil. It is operated and manned by willful criminals
    who knowingly traffic in human lives for the money. Large sum of
    money, they can make in their illegal and nefarious trade.
     Withdrawal Period
    - From the point of habituation or drug dependence up to the time
    a drug dependent is totally or gradually deprived of the drug.
     Withdrawal syndrome
    - An adaptive state caused by repeated drug use that reveals itself
    by development of intense physical symptoms when the drug is
    stopped
     Psychological Dependence
    - An attachment to drug use which arises from a drug ability to
    satisfy some emotional or personality need of an individual.
     Hashish
    - called locally has and look like brown or black cakes or balls, they
    can be eaten orally or can be smoked.
    Classification of Drugs
    A. The Depressants
    (Downers)
     These are drugs which suppress vital body
    functions especially those of the brain or
    central nervous system with the resulting
    impairment of judgement, hearing,
    speech and muscular coordination.
     Narcotics
    - are drugs, which relieve pain and produce profound sleep or
    stupor. Medically, they are potent painkillers.
     Opium
    - derived from a poppy plant – Papaver somniferum popularly
    known as “gum”, “gamot”, “kalamay” or “panocha”.
     Morphine
    - most commonly used and best used opiate. Effective as a
    painkiller six times potent than opium, with a high dependence –
    producing potential.
    - Street names; dreamer, M, emma, pulbos an emsel
     Heroin (Diacetylmorphine)
    - is three to five times more powerful than morphine from which it is
    derived and the most addicting opium derivative.
     Codeine
    – a derivative of morphine, commonly available in cough
    preparations.
    - street name: Schoolboy
     Paregoric
    – a tincture of opium in combination with camphor. Commonly
    used as a household remedy for diarrhea and abdominal pain.
     Demerol and Methadone
    – common synthetic drugs with morphine – like effects.
     Barbiturates
    – are drugs used for inducing sleep in persons plagued with anxiety,
    mental stress, and insomnia.
    - street names: bala, lala, blue heavens, and yellow jacket
     Seconal
    – Sudden withdrawal from these drugs is even more dangerous
    than opiate withdrawal.
     Tranquilizers
    – are drugs that calm and relax and diminish anxiety. They are used in the
    treatment of nervous states and some mental disorders without producing
    sleep.
     Volatile Solvents
    – gaseous substances popularly known to abusers as “gas”, “teardrops”.
     Alcohol
    – the king of all drugs with potential for abuse. Most widely used, socially
    accepted and most extensively legalized drug throughout the world.
    B. The Stimulants
    (Uppers)
     These produce effects opposite to that of
    depressants. Instead of bringing about
    relaxation and sleep, they produce increased
    mental alertness, wakefulness, reduce hunger,
    and provide a feeling of well being.
     Amphetamines
    – used medically for weight reducing in obesity, relief of mild
    depression and treatment
    - Street names; lid poppers, eye opener, pep pills
     Cocaine
    – taken orally, injected or sniffed as to achieve euphoria or an
    intense feeling of “highness”.
    - Street names ; Coke, Snow, Flake, Bow
     Caffeine
    – it is present in coffee, tea, chocolate, cola drinks, and some
    wake-up pills.
     Shabu/ “poor man’s cocaine” (Methamphetamine Hydrochloride)
    – chemically known as methamphetamine. It is a central nervous
    system stimulant and sometimes called “upper” or “speed”. It is white,
    colorless crystal or crystalline powder with a bitter numbing taste. It can
    be taken orally, inhaled (snorted), sniffed (chasing the dragon) or
    injected.
    - street names; poor man’s cocaine, S, ice, Shabs, Ubas, bato,
    Siopao
     Nicotine
    – an active component in tobacco which acts as a powerful
    stimulant of the central nervous system. A drop of pure nicotine can
    easily kill a person.
    C. The Hallucinogens
    (Psychedelic)
     Theyconsist of a variety of mind-altering
    drugs, which distort reality, thinking and
    perceptions of time, sound, space and
    sensation.
     Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa)
    – It is the most commonly abused hallucinogen in the Philippines.
    - Street names: damo, flower, mary jane, brownies, pampapogi,
    tea, joint and pot
     Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
    – This drug is the most powerful of the psychedelics obtained from
    ergot, a fungus that attacks rye kernels.
    - street names: lucy in the sky with diamonds, cubes, acid,
    lightning, wedding bells, brain eaters and white sugar
     Peyote
    – Peyote is derived from the surface part of a small gray brown
    cactus.
     Mescaline
    – It is the alkaloid hallucinogen extracted from the peyote cactus
    and can also be synthesized in the laboratory.
    - street names: buttons, cactus and beans
     STP
    – It is a take-off on the motor oil additive. It is a chemical derivative
    of mescaline claimed to produce more violent and longer effects than
    mescaline dose.
     Psilocybin
    – This hallucinogenic alkaloid from small Mexican mushrooms are
    used by Mexican Indians today.
     Morning Glory Seeds
    – The black and brown seeds of the wild tropical morning glory that
    are used to produce hallucinations.
    Routes of Drug Administration

     Oral Ingestion- taken by the mouth and must pass through the
    stomach before being absorbed in the bloodstream
     Inhalation - drug in gaseous from enters the lungs and is quickly
    absorbed by the capillary system
     Injection - Administered into the body by the use of a syringe or
    hypothermic needle
     Snorting – Inhalation through the nose of drugs in gaseous form
     Buccal - Drugs is administered by placing it in the buccal cavity just
    under the lips.
    Most Common Reasons for using
    Drugs
     Influence by friends and peers
     Personal reason such as family problems and pleasure
     Got hooked by the pusher
     Used drugs for medical reason and hooked later on
     Accessibility of sources such as drug stores, medicine
    cabinets and shops.
    Illicit Drug Routes

     The Golden Tringle- Laos, Thailand and Myanmmar

     The Golden Crescent- Iran, India, Pakistan,


    Afghanistan
    To be continued….

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