Health8 Q4 Mod1 AddictionNoWay
Health8 Q4 Mod1 AddictionNoWay
Health
Quarter 4 – Module 1:
Addiction? No Way!
CO_Q4_Health 8_ Module 1
Health – Grade 8
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Quarter 4 – Module 1: Addiction? No Way!
First Edition, 2020
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Health
Quarter 4 – Module 1:
Addiction? No Way!
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-
step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they can
best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part
of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and tests. And
read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering the
tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
understand gateway drugs and their effect on your health. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used
recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow
the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be
changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.
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What I Know
Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your
answers in your activity notebook.
3. Whic of the following drugs can lead young people to take from less harmful
drugs to more harmful drugs?
a. Gated drugs
b. Gateway drugs
c. Pathway drugs
d. Stepladder drugs
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7. Which of the following is considered legal drugs?
a. Alcohol and Heroin
b. Caffeine and Nicotine
c. Cigarette and Alcohol
d. Marijuana and Cigarette
10. What do you call a person who can no longer control their use of alcohol?
a. Alcoholic
b. Coping Alcohol Drinker
c. Occasional Alcohol Drinker
d. Social Alcohol Drinker
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Module
1 Gateway Drugs
Gateway drugs are types of commonly used drugs that are believed to lead to
the use of other more addictive drugs such as cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. It
is a harmful drug that can cause addiction and health problems like cancer, brain
damage, and many more.
What’s In
Directions: Read carefully the statement and choose the correct answer from the
box. Write your answers in your activity notebook.
2. What is the objective of this first level? It is to _________ one from having the
disease.
5. To prevent long-term complications, what is the focus of the tertiary level to the
sick person?
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6. What is the best action to do at the secondary level of prevention aside from prompt
diagnosis?
9. When the disease already started, what activity in the secondary level of prevention
aims to prevent?
10. When the person is sick, what is the best thing to do aside from following up at
the tertiary level?
14. What tiny microorganisms causes many of the most common diseases?
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What’s New
Observe Me!
Directions: In your activity notebook, write your ideas about the picture. Answer the
guide questions that follow.
Guide Questions:
4. In your own opinion, what is the reason why people smoke and drink alcohol?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
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What is It
Gateway drugs are legal drugs that can be accessed and can be used by
everyone at any age through the local store like cigarettes and consumable alcohol.
Since these gateway drugs are accepted in our society, cigarettes, and alcoholic
beverages are always available in any store. Anyone can buy them, even young
individuals who are curious and eager to try new things.
What is cigarette?
What is alcohol?
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What is Marijuana?
Most people who start out using marijuana do not plan to end up as hard drug
users. After all, most people perceive the pot (another name for marijuana) as a “soft
drug”, just a “herb” and a drug that is not addictive. However, many people are
suffering an overdose. Moreover, people who use marijuana are more likely to use
harder drugs like cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy.
What’s More
Directions: Below are statements about gateway drugs. Write TRUE if the statement
is correct and FALSE if it is wrong. Do it in your activity notebook.
Activity 2: Unscramble Me
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters. Write each formed words on the space
provided before each number. Do it in your activity notebook.
_______________________1. JUMAIRANA
_______________________2. WYGAEAT GUDSR
_______________________3. GEETTCIAR
_______________________4. HOACLOL
_______________________5. DCADTINOI
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What I Have Learned
Now that you have learned the gateway drugs. This time, let’s check your
understanding of it.
Directions: Read the questions carefully. Answer the guide questions in your activity
notebook.
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What I Can Do
Directions: Make a poster slogan about preventing the abuse of gateway drugs. Use
1 whole long bond paper. Try to be creative in your drawings using colors
and other designs.
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Assessment
I. Matching Type
Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B. Write the letter
of the correct answers in your activity notebook.
__________ 6.
Marijuana is considered a soft drug. It is also known as Pot.
__________ 7.
Cigarette and alcohol are considered as legal drugs.
__________ 8.
Republic Act 10356 is also known as Sin Tax Reform Law.
__________ 9.
Alcoholic drink is a type of alcohol that is produced by fermentation of
fruits, grains, or other sources of sugar.
__________ 10. When the smoke of a cigarette is inhaled, it will go directly to the heart.
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Additional Activities
Activity 1
Directions: Listen to the song “Lakas Tama” by Siakol. Write an essay about the
message of the song with a minimum of five sentences.
Activity 2
Directions: Answer the questions below. Write your answers in your activity
notebook.
3. How can you protect yourself from the danger of tobacco use?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________
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What’s In What I Know What’s More
Activity 2
31.Primary Level 16.D
32.Prevent 17.D 11.Marijuana
33.Immunization 18.B 12.Gateway Drugs
34.Secondary Level 19.C 13.Cigarette
35.Rehabilitating 20.A 14.Alcohol
36.Treatment 21.B 15.Addiction
37.Screening 22.C
38.Tertiary Level 23.D
39.Damage 24.D
40.Monitoring 25.A
41.Therapy 26.A
42.Fungus 27.D
43.Virus 28.C
44.Pathogens 29.A
45.Protozoan 30.D
What I Know What's In What’s More
1. D Activity 1
2. D 1. Primary Level
3. B 2. Prevent 1. True
4. C 3. Immunization 2. True
5. A 4. Secondary Level 3. False
6. B 5. Rehabilitating 4. True
7. C 6. Treatment 5. True
8. D 7. Screening 6. False
9. D 8. Tertiary Level 7. False
10.A 9. Damage 8. False
11.A 10.Monitoring 9. True
12.D 11.Therapy 10.True
13.C 12.Fungus
14.A 13.Virus
15.D 14.Pathogens
15.Protozoan
Answer Key
References
Book
Department of Education.2013. Physical Education and Health 8, Learner’s
Module Philippines: Vicarish Publication and Trading, Inc.
Online Articles
Choy, Andy. Gateway Drug. July 18, 2016.
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