This presentation is about drug addiction in Pakistan.

2. GROUP MEMBERS
 MUHAMMAD NOUMAN (BT-14141)
 MUHAMMAD NOUMAN (BT-14109)
 SHEIKH SALMAN RASHEED (BT-14138)
 MUHAMMAD SHOAIB (BT-14127)

3. DRUG ADDICTION IN PAKISTAN

4. CONTENTS
 What is Drug ?
 What is DrugAddiction ?
 DrugAddiction in Pakistan
 Types of Drugs
 Effects of Drug Addiction
 Causes of DrugAddiction
 How to control Drug Addiction

5. WHAT IS DRUG ?
 A substance containing chemicals which
result in a specific physical or psychological
reaction or reactions.

6. WHAT IS DRUG ADDICTION ?
 Drug addiction, also called
substance dependence or dependence syndr
ome, is a condition where a person feels a
strong need to take a drug.
 Drug addiction is a disease that affects a
person's brain and behavior.

7. DRUG ADDICTION IN PAKISTAN
 According to the UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON
DRUGS AND CRIME, Pakistan has 6.7 million
drug users. Because in Pakistan drugs are
extremely cheap and easy to get.
 UNODC calculates that more than 800,000
Pakistanis aged between 15 and 64 use heroin
regularly.
 It is also estimated that up to 44 tons of
processed heroin are consumed annually in
Pakistan - a rate of use twice or thrice that of
America's.

8. DRUG ADDICTION IN PAKISTAN
(cont.)
 Most of the drugs come from Afghanistan, the
country that is responsible for at least 75% of the
world's heroin.
 The number of drug users is particularly high in
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan,
which neighbors Afghanistan, where close to 11
percent of the population is hooked on drugs.
 Furthermore, Pakistan’s illegal drug trade is
believed to generate up to $2 billion a year.

9. TYPES OF DRUGS IN PAKISTAN
AND COMMONLY USED
 CIGARETTE (tambaku)
 HEROIN

10. TYPES OF DRUGS IN PAKISTAN
AND COMMONLY USED (cont.)
 ALCOHOL
 NASWAR

11. TYPES OF DRUGS IN PAKISTAN
AND COMMONLY USED (cont.)
 SHEESHA
 COUGH SYRUP

12. TYPES OF DRUGS IN PAKISTAN
AND COMMONLY USED (cont.)
 GUTKA (121)
 SAMAND BOND

13. EFFECTS OF DRUG ADDICTION
 DROWSINESS
 SLURRED SPEECH
 LACK OF COORDINATION
 MEMORY PROBLEMS
 CONFUSION
 SLOWED BREATHING AND DECREASED
BLOOD PRESSURE

14. EFFECTS OF DRUG ADDICTION
(cont.)
 DEPRESSION
 WEIGHT LOSS
 RESTLESSNESS

15. CAUSES OF DRUG ADDICTION
 Lack of jobs and economic frustration
 Increased availability of drugs at low prices.
 Bad company
 Inability to connect with others, lack of
friends
 Lack of proper interest in education, peer
pressure and negligence of parents.

16. CAUSES OF DRUG ADDICTION
(cont.)
 Lack of drug education within the family and
in educational institutions.
 Perceiving it an adventure.
 Sibling or other family member’s use of
drugs.

17. HOW TO CONTROL DRUG
ADDICTION
 Effectively deal with peer pressure.The
biggest reason teens start using drugs is
because their friends utilize peer pressure.
 Deal with life pressure.
 Have better sense of religion.

18. HOW TO CONTROL DRUG
ADDICTION (cont.)
 Adopting healthy activities.
 Keep a well-balanced life.
 Social awareness in shape of seminars ,TV
programs , NEWS articles.