2. A drug is a substance that when put into the body can change the
way the body works.
A "soft" drug is less addictive and considered less harmful to the
body and to society as a whole.
A "hard" drug is harshly addictive and considered much more
harmful to the body and society in general.
Psychoactive drugs are drugs that change your feelings, your
perceptions and/or your behaviour. Psychoactive drugs bring
about a chemical reaction in the brain causing feelings, thoughts
and behaviour to be affected.
A legal drug is a drug that can be obtained either by prescription
or over the counter and used in the prescribed and appropriate.
INTRODUCTION
3. DEFINATION
A medicine or other
substance which
has a physiological
effect when ingested
or otherwise
introduced into the
body.
4. HISTORY
Between 1980 and 1984, first-time cocaine users averaged 1.3
million per year.
By 1994, that number dwindled to 533,000.
In 1995, 5,000,000 Americans confessed
to smoking marijuana on a frequent basis.
In 1996, the Office of Drug Control
Policy detected an increase in heroin use
among youth and young adults.
Between 1992 and 1993, 5.5 percent of
Pregnant women per year took some form
of illicit drug.
5. DRUGS ADDICTION
A drug addiction is a serious problem
with great consequences for the addict
as well as for his or her environment.
There is a drugs problem when the
substances are or can no longer be used
recreationally and the drug use controls
a person's social life, work or study but
also starts to affect relations with the
people in his direct environment, sports
performances or hobbies.
7. •Contraction of HIV, hepatitis and other illnesses.
•Heart rate irregularities, heart attack.
•Respiratory problems such as lung cancer,
emphysema and
breathing problems.
•Abdominal pain, vomiting,
•Constipation, diarrhea.
•Kidney and liver damage.
•Seizures, stroke, brain damage.
EFFECTS OF DRUG ADDICTION
8.
9. The menace of drugs can be fought. Education
is the first battle. Children need to be told at
home and in school about drugs. People need
to be aware of the effects so that they can make
avoid this problem. A second approach is to
increase police manpower and powers to stop
dealers and to enforce the law. However
the main target should be the user.
Families and counselors need to
talk to children and people at risk.
Parents need to look at their
children and help them to Jobs
are needed to give people a role in society.
SOLUTIONS FOR DRUGS ADDICTION
12. In conclusion, although the problem of drugs may
seem impossible to eliminate, there are concrete
steps that can be taken to weaken the hold of drugs
on society. The danger from drugs is too great to
ignore.
CONCLUSION
