Awareness About Drugs and Usage

With the increasing massive use of Personal Listening Devices (PLDs) among young individuals, the major concern is that excessive exposure to high sound pressure levels (SPLs) may lead to a temporary or permanent hearing loss in this population. The purpose of the present study is to measure the output SPL of the PLDs at three different condition (quiet, bus noise and at maximum volume control setting) using probe microphone measurement. Also to evaluate auditory measures including high frequency audiometry, transient evoked otoacoustis emissions and speech perception in noise before and after abstaining from music for a period of 15 days. Results indicated that measured output SPL in the presence of bus noise and at the maximum volume control setting of the devices were higher than the quite condition. None of the auditory measures shows significant improvement before and after getting abstained from music. In general it is suggestive of permanent damage to both peripheral as well as central auditory structure.

People who abuse drugs can die or get addicted to them without realizing it. Temptation is hard to deny. People may think they are cool if they are into it but truth is, they are not. Instead, they can harm themselves. Using drugs is one of the huge problems in society. Meanwhile, schools are known as the center for the development of every learner and through education, prevention of this malady is expected with coordination with the community. This study then aimed to perform a counterbalancing act in molding a safe and well-informed decision making in a normative culture that can be used by all members of society, most especially the learners. In addition, it sought to promote a project that will showcase activities and trainings of Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) in Natalia Velasquez Ramos Memorial Integrated School, District III-Alangilan in the Division of Batangas City, Batangas, Region IV-A CALABARZON which will contribute as model illustration to different schools to boost drug education, prevention and awareness and to sustain various services in the Barkada-adopted concepts by maximizing the drug abuse prevention advocacy given by the DepEd from various memorandum and orders. This research used the descriptive method of research with a researcher-made questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument and supplemented with an interview. Frequency, percentage, rank, and weighted mean were used as statistical tools in data analysis. Thirty selected junior and senior high school teachers served as the respondents of the study. Findings revealed that there were more activities needed to improve and to strengthen the awareness on drug addiction among learners and also increase community involvement to keep a fully drug-free atmosphere.

Globally, drug-related problems have attracted much attention from the public because of the negative health effects and the huge social burden. Therefore, Policymakers, healthcare institutions, and the people are concentrating on improving drug awareness to eradicate the abuse of illicit or prescription drugs for the destiny of a healthier community. They spent a lot to designate drug prevention campaigns as well as programs. However, the previous study has not measured the effectiveness of drug awareness campaigns comprehensively and accurately.