IFUGAO STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

Lamut, Ifugao

Awareness of Senior High School Students

on Dangerous Drugs

Researchers
Hiblawan, Jay-an May L.
Namuhe, Unice D.
Buhhay, Joshua L.
Calingayan, Vincent Francis B.
Catteg, Jeppy Jr. B.
Cumahling, Divine Grace B.
Aileen Lindawan K.
Mahiwo, Janvin B.
Tinnom, Julius T.
 Introduction
 Students use drugs to fit in a group or because of peer pressure or
that they are bored, curious with the feeling of being under the
influence of drugs, to forget their problems for a while or any other
reasons.
 Most of the drug users in the Philippines are young people. It is
estimated by Dangerous Drug Board that there are as many as 3.7
million in the Philippines are dealing with drug addiction just a year
2016, 65 percent of it is young people (Zelfox, 2017).

 The study intends to find out the level of awareness of Senior High
School students on dangerous drugs and to ascertain the factor
influencing their awareness, and identify the programs that will
enhance their knowledge on dangerous drugs.
 Research objectives
 Determine the level of awareness of senior high
school students on the classifications, effects, and
the violations and penalties related to dangerous
drugs;
 Ascertain the factors influencing the awareness of
the students on dangerous drugs;
 Identify the programs initiated by the school or
community to boost awareness of students;
 Propose intervention program to enhance
awareness of students on dangerous drugs and
prevention of its use.
 Methodology
 Method:
Descriptive method
 Data Gathering Tool:
Survey Questionnaire
 Respondents/Participants:
Senior High School Students
 Statistical Tool:
Mean, Frequency, and value
 Result
Mean Qualitative description
I. Awareness on the classification of
dangerous drugs, effects and violations
and penalties related to dangerous drugs

A. Classification of Dangerous Drugs 2.17 Moderately Aware

B. Effects of Dangerous Drugs 2.23 Moderately Aware
C. Violations and Penalties 2.33 Moderately Aware

II. Factors influencing the awareness 2.98 Influential

of the students on dangerous drugs

III. Programs initiated by the school or 3.28 Strongly Agree

community to boost awareness of students
 Conclusion
The majority are knowledgeable on the classifications, effects and
penalties related to dangerous drugs.

Generally, factors such as reading magazines, use of social media, online

surfing/ searching, watching movies/ TV dramas, watching news reports,
peer influence, information education campaign and lessons conducted
in school has an impact to the cognizant of the respondents.

Almost all of the respondent firmly approved that symposium on issues

regarding drug use, workshop on actual situation regarding the prevention
of drug use, seminars/ orientation on effects of drug use, religious activities
such as crusades and youth camps, outreach programs and fellowships,
sport activities, and boy scout/ girl scout camping on dangerous drugs
which is initiated by the school or community will increase their familiarity in
dangerous drugs.
 RECOMMENDATION
Seminars and orientations must be participated by the Senior High School
students in order to be knowledgeable on Republic Act no. 9165 otherwise
known as “Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002 and undergo workshops
and trainings regarding the effects of dangerous drugs to elevate their
awareness on classification, effects and violations and penalties related to
dangerous drugs.
Maintaining the use of social media, online surfing/ searching, watching
movies/ TV dramas, watching news reports, in reading and watching about
drugs and its effects and consequences of getting involved, peer influence in
the facts about drugs and its avoidance, information education campaign and
lessons conducted in school in order to influence their awareness on
dangerous drugs.
Programs like symposium on issues regarding drug use, workshop on actual
situation regarding the prevention of drug use, seminars/ orientation on
effects of drug use, religious activities such as crusades and youth camps,
outreach, outreach programs and fellowships, sport activities, and Boy Scout/
Girl Scout camping must be actively joined by the Senior High School
students in order to boost their awareness on dangerous drugs.
 INTERVENTION PROGRAM
I. RATIONALE
Youths play an important role in progress and development of our
nation because our country’s success lies on the hands of the youths. Their
actions contribute to the development of our nation but if they engage in
illegal activities such as using illegal drugs, they will become the problem of
the nation and hinder its progress. To avoid this to happen, awareness on
the dangerous drugs is necessary to prevent them in involving from illegal
drugs.
In the light of the findings of the study, school-based and
community based activities will be conducted as an intervention program.
These School-based-and community-based activities require the
collaborative efforts and participation of the school administrator, the
students and the community to be able to achieve its aims which are to
establish a drug-free schools, raise awareness on the students on the
dangerous drugs and to prevent the student in the involvement of
dangerous drugs
 INTERVENTION PROGRAM
II. OBJECTIVES
 To establish a drug-free schools.
 To establish awareness on the students on the
dangerous drugs.
 To prevent the student in the involvement of
dangerous drugs.
 INTERVENTION PROGRAM
II. METHODOLOGY
Activities Key result areas Performance Task/what is to be done Person/s responsible
indicator
Dissemination of Reduce the risk of Be informed on the -Posting on the bulletin School administration
health awareness involving drugs effect of drugs and board the advantage of and students.
and discouraging prevent involvement drug-free life and the truth
involvement of about the harmful effect of
drugs. drugs.
- Morning reminders to the
students in promoting
healthy life style.
Conducting Drug- Enhancing awareness Students will Invite a band for a concert School administration
free concerts and of students on encouraged to join that promote drug-free life and students
film viewing dangerous drugs and and be inform on the and a film viewing that
prevent its use. drug-free message of shows the violation and
the activity effect of drugs.
School-based drug- Enhance the writing Prevention of students Organize a writing and School administration
free essay writing skills of the students involvement on illegal Poster competition with and students
and Poster contest and spend their time drugs the theme of drug-free to organizations
into a good recreation promote students
activities awareness on the ill-effect
of drugs every drug
prevention month.
 INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Oath Taking and Awareness of Prevention of Let the students put School
Signing of the one’s role towards students’ their sign in a banner Administration and
Pledge of free drug life involvement on having a drug-free students
Commitment to illegal drugs pledge and put it in
Drug-Free the school frame wall.
Conduct seminars Establish Be informed and School partnership to School
and programs awareness on drugs have knowledge and agencies such as PNP. administration,
participate in drug students, agencies
Educate and orients
prevention
students on RA 9165
and the classifications,
effects and violations
and penalties.
Training and Establish a Students and Impart cause and effect Teachers, students,
workshop responsibility on parents’ bond for of dangerous drugs and parents
drug prevention participation in drug establish ways in
prevention preventing use of drugs
Drug testing Avoidance in the Implementation of Mandatory drug testing Doctors, school
use of dangerous drug testing to students administration, PNP
drugs personnels
Family-school Improve student Active support of Establish Teachers, students,
partnership behavior family in communication between parents.
participation on family and teachers
conducting monitors
on student
behaviours
 INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Conduct Improve Seek end Ascertain the impact Teachers,
evaluation implementation in outcomes of of activities by researchers
raising awareness activities conducting
evaluation
Attending Causes fear in God Active participation Attending mass, bible Religious leaders,
religious activities and would not in any church or study, crusades and elders, youth
involve any drug religious programs youth camping
activities
Distribution of Information Flyers and Distribute flyers on Community, LGU,
flyers and posting dissemination to tarpaulins to be classification, effects, Barangay Officials.
tarpaulins to the public posted to public and violations and
public areas penalties related to
dangerous drugs to the
community and posting
tarpaulins about
sayings in the
prevention of it.
Information Close coordination Conduction of IEC Drug education to be PNP, DOH,
education with concern conducted byu concern Students, School
campaign agencies to agencies to inform Administration
conduct IEC on a students about drugs
regular basis
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