REASONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS Archives

SOURCES OF DRUG SUPPLY – TRAFFICKING The source of drug supply are numerous and everywhere. Both registered and unregistered are supplied inside commercial buses and at motor parks. They are also supplied at restaurants, beer parlors, hotels, club house, patient medicine stores, clinics, hospitals, pharmaceutical stores, supermarkets as well as those who go about on foot selling these drugS (hawkers). Drug trafficking is one of the supply of drugs. MEANING OF DRUG TRAFFICKING Drug trafficking is an illegal production, distribution and sales of illegal drugs. MEANING OF – LEGITIMATE DRUGS are registered and approved drugs. DRUG TRAFFICKING are sales and distribution of illegal drugs. DRUG PUSHING is selling of dangerous drugs in unregistered establishment. REASONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS Poverty Ignorance Greed Unemployment Bad company Corruption High demand Indiscipline DANGERS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING Bad image for the country Imprisonment Death penalty in some cases Affects national security Negative impact on the economy Increase in crime and violence Destroy the lives of the youth SOURCES OF DRUGS SUPPLY Registered Drugs Pharmaceutical industries Hospitals Patient and medicine stores Clinics, etc. Unregistered Drugs Cultivated and uncultivated vegetation Traditional medicine establishment Herb sellers Beer parlor Motor parks Hawkers Hotels Club houses Roadside hawkers Itinerant peddlers Strategies and activities Step1: Teacher revises the previous topic Step2: Teacher introduces the new topic Step 3: Teacher explains the new topic Step4: Teacher welcomes pupils’ questions Step 5: Teacher evaluates the pupils Evaluation and Assignment Explain the meaning of legitimate drugs, drug trafficking and drug pushing. Identify 3 sources of registered and unregistered sources of drug supply. State 5 reasons for drug trafficking. Mention 5 dangers of drug trafficking. See also NATURE OF DRUG ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS Benefits of Safety Rules Safety rules First Aid