2. Drug Addiction?
● Drug addiction is a type of addiction in which an individual
seeks for a particular drug on a regular basis with a very high
dose which causes him a adverse effect.
● The brain forces the body to take drug at any cost.
3. Symptoms of Substance Abuse In a Person
A Person suffering from drug abuse
can be seen with these signs
Talkativeness
Anxiety
Anger
Fighting
Depression
Panic attacks
4. Cases Related To a Substance Abuse Person
➢ Nearly 50% of the accident is caused by the overdose of drug .
➢ 49% of murder has been seen done by drug addicted people.
➢ 38% child abuse cases has found to be carried by a drug abuse
person.
➢ In 50 % rape cases involvement of a drug abuser has been found.
➢ 69% of drowning cases has been registered against a drug abusing
person.
➢ Almost in 20-35% suicide cases there is a drug abuse person.
5. How Do it Affect Our Brain?
A drug causes to alter the brain messages because
its chemical structure is similar to the structure of the
brain chemicals causing neurons to recognise it and
hence it alters the normal brain messages.
6. How Can We Measure it?
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drug abuse in human brain at real time.drug abuse in human brain at real time.
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In present time we can measure the effect ofIn present time we can measure the effect of
drug abuse in human brain at real time.drug abuse in human brain at real time.
In present time we can measure the effect ofIn present time we can measure the effect of
drug abuse in human brain at real time.drug abuse in human brain at real time.
In present time we can measure the effect ofIn present time we can measure the effect of
drug abuse in human brain at real time.drug abuse in human brain at real time.
In present time we can measure the effect ofIn present time we can measure the effect of
drug abuse in human brain at real time.drug abuse in human brain at real time.
In present time we can measure the effect ofIn present time we can measure the effect of
drug abuse in human brain at real time.drug abuse in human brain at real time.
In present time we can measure the effect ofIn present time we can measure the effect of
drug abuse in human brain at real time.drug abuse in human brain at real time.
7. How Do Someone Get Addicted?
Acording to the research a person get addicted
because of an eager to do something new or for
getting new feelings in himself/herself.
In this way once a person take a drug for a single
time he mentally becomes attached to it.
8. When it Starts?
Drug addiction mainly starts between 13 – 22 years of age in which an
individual engages in tobacco, cocaine, sleeping pills, and other dopamine
drugs.The entire behaviour of the adolscence changes and the person needs
more privacy to get himself engage in drugs.
9. Factors Responsible For Drug
Addiction
➢ Stress
➢ Early sexual abuse
➢ Witnessing violence
➢ Peers who use drugs
➢ Drugs availability
10. Time to Leave Addiction
Research shows that brain development is continued
to the early adult phase of a human being so its better
to stop drug addiction before the second phase of
adultlife of a person.
11. How To Prevent Substance Abuse
One of the best idea to prevent drug addiction is to
understand the biological factors that are resposible for
decision making to reuse the drugs.
12. Where To Get Help ?
Several organisations are working to prevent drug
abuse and certain activities are recommended like
doing meditations, behavioral therapies, and
ancilliary support services to cure people suffering
from substance abuse.
13. ● But doing just meditations and physical therapy is not
enough to cure people suffering from certain chronic
diseases which requires long term medical treatment.
● Also in many cases when criminal types of patient treated
enough with medicines they left their criminal behaviour.
Limitations To Physical Therapies
And Meditations
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