DRUGS

• Treatment


  Medical service rendered to client for the effectiveness of physical and mental condition related to drug abuse
• Detoxification


  Medically supervised elimination of drugs from the system
• Cold turkey


  Also a withdrawal syndrome
• Substitution methods


  • Methodex
  • Catapres
  • Haemasin
  • Dextropropoxyphene
  • Tranquilizer
• Reduction method


  Using same drugs to which the patient is dependent. Process is gradual or rapid.
• Rehabilitation


  A dynamic process which changes or prepares a person for the fullest life
• Individual therapy


  Involves one to one relationship
• Group therapy


  Individual is help through group process
• Aims of treatment


  • To prevent death from overdose
  • To treat complication following drug dependency
  • To make them comfortable during the withdrawal period
  • To encourage confirmed drug dependent clients to undergo rehabilitation and other specialized service
• Methods of detoxification


  • Cold turkey
  • Substitution
  • Reduction methods
  • Acupuncture
• Modalities


  • Multi-disciplinary team approach
  • Therapeutic community approach
  • Primal scream therapy
  • Spiritual approach
  • Eclectic approach
  • The 12 steps of AA/NA
• 12 steps of AA/NA

  • Honesty
  • Faith
  • Surrender
  • Soul searching
  • Integrity
  • Acceptance
  • Humility
  • Willingness
  • Forgiveness
  • Maintenance
  • Making contact
  • Service
• Methods of rehabilitation


  • Psychotherapeutic methods
  • The spiritual and religious means
  • The follow up and after care
• Psychotherapeutic methods


  • Individual therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Unstructured group therapy
• Group therapy in therapeutic community

  • Group encounter
  • Verbal haircut (tongue lashing reprimand)
  • Group games
  • Family encounter
• Family therapy


  • Restructuring of the family
  • Environmental manipulation
  • Strengthening family communication
  • Discovering potentials of family members to help facilitate the rehabilitation of the drug dependent
• Deputized agents of board that handle follow up and after care

  • Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
  • National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
• Social worker maintains close contact with

  • Client
  • Family
  • Accredited physician attending to the case
  • Police
• Criteria of rehabilitation


  • The patient achieves a drug free existence
  • He becomes adjusted to his family and peers
  • Socially integrated to the community
  • The client is not involved in socially deviant behavior
• Strategies in drug abuse prevention

  • Drug education
  • Drug information
  • Alternatives
  • Intervention
• Drug education learning situations

  • Seminar workshop
  • Symposium
  • Lecture forums
• Topics in drug education

  • Values clarification
  • Leadership training
  • Coping skills
  • Decision making
• Drug information activities


  • Youth-adult communication
  • Info-oriented classroom/community activities
  • Broadcast media: TV/radio or printed
• Youth-adult communication activities


  • Parent youth dialogues
  • Family encounters
• Info-oriented classroom/community activities


  • Contests in the school
  • Community essay
  • Slogans
  • Posters
  • Cartoons
  • Play writing
• Broadcast media activities


  • Plugs
  • Films
  • Slides
  • Spot announcement
  • Music programming
  • Newsletter
  • Comics
  • Leaflets/brochures
  • Magazines
  • Other publications
• Techniques or activities in intervention


  • Peer counseling
  • Hotlines
  • Cross age tutoring
  • New peer group creation
• Alternative/recreational activities that are community based

  • Voluntary service works
  • Income producing activities
  • Sports, arts development: theater- choral/dance group
  • Community fair/contest
  • Other recreational activities: development of physical, emotional interpersonal, mental intellectual, social, spiritual, and all aspects of behavioral development
• Focus of peer and cross age tutoring and counseling program

  • Life career planning
  • Parenting and family communication
• Educational approaches


  • Drug abuse prevention education
  • Peer and cross-age tutoring and counseling
  • Effective techniques and learning activities
• Effective techniques and learning activities

  • Values formation or development
  • Role playing
  • Decision making and problem solving
  • Individual contact
  • Small group approach
  • Community approach
• Individual contact techniques


  • Person-to-person relationship or individual counseling
  • House/office visits
  • Telephone calls or by letters
  • Informal conversation or dialogues
• Small group approach techniques

  • Lecture
  • Small group discussion
  • Symposium
  • Panel discussion
  • The buzz session
  • Seminars, simulation games, debate, field trips
• Community approach techniques


  • Community assemblies and barangay fairs
  • Sport festivals or contests in the community
  • Church related activities
• Measures undertaken in SEA

  • Enhancement of capital punishment
  • Asian Drug Official Group meetings/conventions against drug abuse
  • Instant urine test
  • Denial of passport on all drug offenders upon released from prison
  • Use of narcotic drug detector
  • ASEAN cooperation on against drug trafficking
• Drug outlook in the ASEAN countries (major contributors)

  • Thailand
  • Philippines
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
• Thailand's training center for

  • Undercover operations
  • Investigations
  • Informant handling
  • Surveillance
  • Other enforcement techniques
• Societal role in drug abuse prevention

  • The individual
  • The family
  • The school
  • The church
  • The police
  • The government
  • The non-government organizations
  • The mass media
• What an individual can do to prevent drug abuse

  • Maintain good physical and mental health
  • Use drugs properly. Most drugs are beneficial when used under medical advice
  • Understand himself. Accept and respect himself for what he is
  • Develop potentials. Engage in wholesome, productive and satisfying activities
  • Learn to relate effectively with others. Talk to others regarding problems
  • Learn to cope with problems and other stresses without the use of drugs
  • Seek professional help regarding problems that are hard to cope with
  • Develop strong moral and spiritual values
• What parents should do

  • Create a warm and friendly atmosphere in the home
  • Develop effective means of communication with their children
  • Understand and accept the children for what they are and not for what they want them to be
  • Listen to their children, respect for their opinions, and guide them in making decisions
  • Praise their children for whatever positive achievement they have accomplished no matter how trivial this may seem
  • Take time to be with their children no matter how busy they are
  • Strengthen moral and spiritual values