Physical and Health Education J.S.S 3 Third Term

Week 3

Personal, School and Community health I

Performance objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. Differentiate between drug use, misuse and abuse

2. List reasons for drug use, misuse and abuse

3. State health consequences of drug use, misuse and abuse

4. Name ways drug abuse can be prevented by young people.

Content

A. Meaning of drug use, misuse and abuse

Drug use refers to the taking of medication for an intended purpose, in an appropriate amount, frequency, strength and proper manner. However, it has been discovered that most people often divert from the original purpose for which drugs were meant.

Drug misuse is the practice of using drugs for pleasure rather than for medical reasons. It is the use of drugs without a medically valid prescription. Even when drugs are.... View More