Research on Drugs Abuse

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Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, refers to a

maladaptive patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user

consumes the substance in amounts or with methods not condoned

by medical professionals. Substance abuse/drug abuse is not limited

to mood-altering or psycho-active drugs. Activity is also consideredsubstance abuse when inappropriately used (as in steroids for

performance enhancement in sports). Therefore, mood-altering and

psychoactive substances are not the only drugs of abuse. Substance

abuse often includes problems with impulse control and impulsivity.

The term "drug abuse" does not exclude dependency, but is

otherwise used in a similar manner in nonmedical contexts. The

terms have a huge range of definitions related to taking apsychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-

therapeutic or non-medical effect. All of these definitions imply a

negative judgment of the drug use in question (compare with the

term responsible drug use for alternative views).

Some of the drugs most often associated with this term include

alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines (particularly

temazepam, nimetazepam, and flunitrazepam), cocaine,

methaqualone, and opioids. Use of these drugs may lead to criminal

penalty in addition to possible physical, social, and psychological

harm, both strongly depending on local jurisdiction. Other

definitions of drug abuse fall into four main categories: public health

definitions, mass communication and vernacular usage, medical

definitions, and political and criminal justice definitions. Substance

abuse is prevalent with an estimated 50 million users of hard drugssuch as cocaine, heroin and other synthetic drugs.

Signs and symptoms

Depending on the actual compound, drug abuse including alcohol

may lead to health problems, social problems, morbidity, injuries,

unprotected sex, violence, deaths, motor vehicle accidents,

homicides, suicides, physical dependence or psychological addiction.
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There is a high rate of suicide in alcoholics and other drug abusers.

The reasons believed to cause the increased risk of suicide include

the long-term abuse of alcohol and other drugs causing

physiological distortion of brain chemistry as well as the social

isolation. Another factor is the acute intoxicating effects of the drugsmay make suicide more likely to occur. Suicide is also very common

in adolescentalcohol abusers, with 1 in 4 suicides in adolescents

being related to alcohol abuse. In the USA approximately 30 percent

of suicides are related to alcohol abuse. Alcohol abuse is also

associated with increased risks of committing criminal offences

including child abuse, domestic violence, rapes, burglaries and

assaults.

Drug abuse, including alcohol and prescription drugs can induce

symptomatology which resembles mental illness. This can occur

both in the intoxicated state and also during the withdrawal state. In

some cases these substance induced psychiatric disorders can

persist long after detoxification, such as prolonged psychosis or

depression after amphetamine or cocaine abuse. A protracted

withdrawal syndrome can also occur with symptoms persisting for

months after cessation of use.

Benzodiazepines are the most notable drug for inducing prolonged

withdrawal effects with symptoms sometimes persisting for years

after cessation of use. Abuse ofhallucinogens can trigger delusional

and other psychotic phenomena long after cessation of use and

cannabis may trigger panic attacks during intoxication and with use

it may cause a state similar to dysthymia Severe anxiety anddepression are commonly induced by sustained alcohol abuse which

in most cases abates with prolonged abstinence. Even moderatealcohol sustained use may increase anxiety and depression levels in

some individuals. In most cases these drug induced psychiatric

disorders fade away with prolonged abstinence.
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Drug abuse makes central nervous system (CNS) effects, which

produce changes in mood, levels of awareness or perceptions and

sensations. Most of these drugs also alter systems other than the

CNS.

Effects of Drug Abuse

Drug abuse hurts the people who take drugs AND the people around

them, including families, kids, and babies who aren't yet born.

Drug abuse hurts the body and the brain, sometimes forever.

Drug Abuse Hurts Other PeopleDrugs don't just hurt the person taking them. Everyone connected to

the person can get hurt:

Husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends

Teens and children

Babies

Other family members and friends

Drug abuse can hurt people at any age, from any background, rich or

poor.

Drug abuse can cause many problems:

Fighting and violence in and outside the home

Money problems

Trouble at school

Trouble at work, losing a jobTrouble in relationships

Child abuse, neglect

Driving accidents

Arrests and jail
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When you or a loved one abuse drugs, everyday life can feel out of

control.

Drugs Prevention

Abuse of drugs, including tobacco and alcohol, kills more than half a

million Americans each year. They die from overdoses, accidents,

illness, and other causes.

Drug abuse keeps people from having the best lives they can. Drug

abuse can hurt your health, your ability to work, and your

relationships.

Treatment works. It helps people recover from addiction.

But the best protection from the dangers of drugs is to not start in

the first place.

Keep your home safe:

Put your medicines in a safe place. Make sure they can't be

taken by others.Keep track of cleaners, spray cans, and other stuff in the house

that could be inhaled to get high.

Methods of preventing Drugs as a parent

Kids hear about drugs everywhere, it seems. On TV, radio, the news,

in music and movies. Sometimes on the street or on the playground.

The teen years are the most likely time for someone to start taking

drugs. And starting drug use as a teen can lead to drug problems

when they grow up.

There are many things you can do to help your children stay away

from drugs and make good choices:


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Talk with your children about drugs. Explain how taking drugscan hurt their health, their friends and family, and their future.

Tell them you don't want them to do drugs.

Be a part of their lives. Spend time together. Even when timesare hard, kids can make it when they know that the adults in

their life care about them.

Know where your children are and what they're doing.

Keeping track of your children helps you protect them. It gives

them fewer chances to get into drugs.

Set clear rules and enforce them fairly. Kids need rules theycan count on. That is how they learn for themselves what is

safe and what can get them in trouble.

Be a good example for your children. You might not think so,

but kids look up to their parents. Show them how you get along

with people and deal with stress, so they can learn how to do it.

Teach your children how to refuse drugs. Kids often do drugsjust to fit in with the other kids. Help them practice how to say

no if someone offers them drugs.

Make your home safe. Do not have people in the house whoabuse drugs and alcohol. Keep track of medicines and cleaning

products.

Drugs ControlDrugs can be controlled through the proper Enforcement of

Legislation that bans the sale of addictive substances. Drugs can also

be controlled through the implementation of measures that can

insure the security of imports within a country as drugs can be


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smuggled very easily. The issue of drug control in many countries

world wide remains an ensuing problem day after day it is often

associated with high demands for illegal drugs.

Pharmaceutical companies can play a major role in control of drugs

as they are the second point of sale for some counter drugs that can

also be used as illegal substances. Informing a client upon closing a

sale is very important and decreases the rate of misused substances.


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CONCLUSION

Some Drugs when taken in large doses can cause health problems

causing the victim to become addicted to that particular substance.

Information of the negativity of drugs should be the first priority in

controlling drugs, as information is very vital the need to provide

awareness to the general public has become a primary necessity.


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INTRODUCTION

Within this research work I have compiled a full documentation of

the topic Drugs Abuse. I have indicated the methods of prevention,

effects and symptoms of an addicted individual. I have also madeemphasis on the control of Illegal substances. Stating the need for

tighter legislation and enforcement as it regards to Drugs and its

abuse.

Drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to society; economic costs

Alone are estimated to exceed half a trillion dollars annually in the

United States, Including health, crime-related costs, and losses in

productivity.

However, staggering as these numbers are, they provide a limited

perspective of the devastating consequences of this disease. When it is

made available to patients, drug abuse prevention and treatment works!.

Untreated substance abuse and addiction adds significant avoidable costs

and major disruptions to families and communities. However,

discoveries in the science of addiction have led to advances in drug

abuse treatment that help people stop abusing drugs and resume their

productive lives.

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