Drugs –What they Are and What they Do ? CONSUMPTION OF VARIOUS DRUGS Two main Categories of Drugs Why do so many Teenagers start down this potentially Dangerous path ? - Why do people start? Causes TREATMENT Think again

1. RATIKA,DELHI,INDIA

2. Drugs –
What they Are and What they Do ?
A drug, is any
substance that,
when absorbed into
the body of a living
organism, alters
normal bodily
function. Drugs are
chemicals that
change the way a
person's body works
by altering emotions
and thoughts.

3. Drugs
Drugs
Dependence
Drugs Abuse
(Addiction)
Drug abuse is an intense desire to obtain increasing amounts of a
particular substance. Drug dependence is the body's physical need, or
addiction, to a specific agent. Over the long term, this dependence
results in physical harm and behavior problems which causes tolerance
and cross tolerance. Thus, it creates a vicious cycle.

5. Two main Categories of Drugs
Stimulants
 Cocaine
 Crack cocaine
 Amphetamines
(methamphetamine, ecstasy)
 Nicotine

6. Two main Categories of Drugs
 Depressants
 Heroin
 Marijuana
 Barbiturates –
Oxycodone, Morphine, Codein
e, Valium
 GHB

8. Why do so many Teenagers start down this
potentially Dangerous path ?

9. Drug Abuse - Why do people start?
 Feel older
 Feel cool
 Feel different
 Peer pressure
 Fit in
 Fun
Media: advertising, TV, movies, music
 Friends / family
 Relieve stress / relax
 Idea that it’s easy to quit.
 “just want to try it”
 Social crutch: feel confident in social situations, something
to handle or hold
 Deal with problems: escape, pressure, depression, boredom
 Don’t know how to say no.

10. Legal drugs are not
necessarily safer. A study
in 2010 asked drug-harm
experts to rank various
illegal and legal drugs.
Alcohol was found to be
the most dangerous.
It is believed that
drug abuse only harms
the user but this
graph clearly depicts
that it not just harms
the person but
destroys the whole
family ,his
profession, and life.

11. These factors increase the likelihood of your having an addiction to a legal or an
illegal drug:
Personality: Children who exhibit aggression, a lack of self-control and a difficult
temperament may be at greater risk of drug addiction.
Social environment: Particularly for young people, peer pressure is a strong
factor in starting to use and abuse drugs. A lack of attachment with your parents
may increase the risk of addiction.
Anxiety, depression and loneliness: Using drugs can become a way of coping
with these painful psychological feelings.
Genetics: If you have family members with alcohol or drug problems, you're at
greater risk of developing a drug addiction.
Type of drug: Some drugs, such as heroin and cocaine, more quickly result in
physical addiction than do others.

12. Treatment: Breaking a drug addiction may involve support
from your doctor, family, friends and others who have an
addiction, as well as inpatient and outpatient treatment.
Therapy: Withdrawal therapy
The goal of withdrawal therapy (detoxification) is for you to stop
taking the addicting drug as quickly and safely as possible.
Detoxification may involve gradually reducing the dose of the drug
or temporarily substituting other substances that have less severe side
effects. For some people it may be safe to undergo withdrawal
therapy on an outpatient basis. Other people may require placement
in a hospital or a residential treatment center.

13. Both women and men abuse prescription drugs at approximately the
same rate, however, women are twice as likely to become addicted as
men. Specifically, females between the ages of 12 to17 and 18 to 25
have shown the largest increase of prescription drug abuse over the
past two decades (NIDA). In addition, young girls aged 12 to 14 report
that painkillers and tranquilizers are one of the most popular drugs
used to get high.

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MADE BY:RATIKA
DELHI
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