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This document discusses different types of drugs, including legal and illegal drugs. It defines hard drugs as those that cause addiction and physical or psychological dependence, such as cocaine, opioids, alcohol, and amphetamines. Soft drugs are said to cause only mild or single dependence and include cannabis and caffeine. The document notes teens are at higher risk of drug problems if they have a family history of substance abuse, are depressed, have low self-esteem, feel like outsiders, or come from families where drug use is present. Substance abuse can lead to health issues like hepatitis, cirrhosis, and cardiovascular or psychological disorders, as well as social problems involving assaults and conflicts.
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- 2. DRUGS Drugs are chemicals that are used in industry or medicine and have effects stimulants, depressants or narcotics. Modify mood, perception, mental functioning and / or behavior of the subjects.
- 3. TYPESOF DRUGS Legal drugs: Alcohol, snuff, psychotropicdrugs, stimulants and othersubstances(heroin, methadone, etc.) underPrescription. Illegal drugs: Are all that are not part of the previous section and is accessed through the black market (this would include, for example, although initially surreptitiously obtained methadone was dispensed from legal channels): Derivatives of cannabis , heroin, cocaine, etc.
- 4. Hard and softDrugs The difference between hard drugs and soft drugs is that that causes addiction and / or physical and psychological dependence, while a soft drug addiction causes only a single and / or dependence, which can be a physical or mental level only alone.
- 5. Hard drugs: cocaine, opioids (morphine, heroin, etc.), Alcohol, or amphetamines are commonly described as hard drugs. Soft Drugs: The term is usually applied to cannabis (marijuana, hashish, etc.), Caffeine, etc. Usually the term is applied to substances whose consumption does not lead to maladaptive patterns of social behavior.
- 6. Teens at risk of developing serious alcohol and drug problems include those: With a family history of substance abuse Who are depressed They feel low self-esteem or self-esteem, and Who feel they belong and which are outside the mainstream. Consumption in thefamily. Influence of the media.
- 7. Consequences of substance abuse: Health: drug use causes or is involved in the onset of diseases, damages and organic and psychological problems.For example, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cardiovascular disorders, Depression, Psychosis, Paranoia, etc.. Social: drug addicts, are often involved in assaults, public disorder, racial conflicts, exclusion.