"ADOLESCENCE AND DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE
"How drug addiction begin?
" ADDICTION TOWARDS DRUGS
" HARMS CAUSED BY DRUG ABUSE
"PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Some measures to prevent drug
abuse
"BIBLIOGRAPHY
DRUGS AND ALCOHOLABUSE
INTRODUCTION
Drug abuse, also called substance abuse or chemical abuse, is
a disorder that is characterized by a destructive pattern of
using asubstance that leads to significant problems or distress.
Teens are increasingly engaging in prescription drug abuse,
particularly narcotics (which are prescribed to relieve severe
pain), and stimulant medications, which treat conditions like
attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy.
Any substance, other than food, used in the prevention,
diagnosis,all aviationor treatment of a disease is called a drug.
Drug is also known as a medicine. Adrug, broadly speaking,
can be categorized in many ways; hard or soft, uppers or
, downers, addictive or non-addictive, most harmful or least
harmful, legal or illegal. Proper education and guidance would
enable youth to safeguard themselves against these dangerous
behaviour patterns and follow healthy lifestyles. The World
Health Organization (WHo) reports that the harmful use of
alcohol results in three million deaths per year around the
world. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), around six percent of people over the age of
18 are drinking heavily and around 16 percent are binge
drinking in the US.
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
There are a large number of drugs on which people become
dependent. These are classifies into four major groups: sedatives
and tranquillizers, opiate narcotics, stimulations and
hallucinogens.
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, Type of Drug Efect Examples
Depress CNS activity give Barbiturates,
1. Sedatives and of Calmness,Benzodiazepines.
feeling
Tranquillizers relaxation, drosiness.
Suppress brain activity and Opium,
2. Opiate Narcotics relaxed pain Morphine,
Codeine,
Heroin
Make a person more wakeful, Amphetamines,
3. Stimulants alert and active, cause | Caffeine,
excitement. Cocaine.
Make a person more wakeful, LSQ,
4. Hallucinogens Mescaline,
perceptions.
psilocybin,
Ganja,
chares,
Hashish.
SOME HARMFUL DRUGS:
based on their makeup;
One way toclassify drugs is
similar substances are either synthetically
chemically natural source. On the
derived from the same
manufactured, or structures, but similar
can have different
other hand, some drugs
body.
effects on the human
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"How drug addiction begin?
" ADDICTION TOWARDS DRUGS
" HARMS CAUSED BY DRUG ABUSE
"PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Some measures to prevent drug
abuse
"BIBLIOGRAPHY
DRUGS AND ALCOHOLABUSE
INTRODUCTION
Drug abuse, also called substance abuse or chemical abuse, is
a disorder that is characterized by a destructive pattern of
using asubstance that leads to significant problems or distress.
Teens are increasingly engaging in prescription drug abuse,
particularly narcotics (which are prescribed to relieve severe
pain), and stimulant medications, which treat conditions like
attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy.
Any substance, other than food, used in the prevention,
diagnosis,all aviationor treatment of a disease is called a drug.
Drug is also known as a medicine. Adrug, broadly speaking,
can be categorized in many ways; hard or soft, uppers or
, downers, addictive or non-addictive, most harmful or least
harmful, legal or illegal. Proper education and guidance would
enable youth to safeguard themselves against these dangerous
behaviour patterns and follow healthy lifestyles. The World
Health Organization (WHo) reports that the harmful use of
alcohol results in three million deaths per year around the
world. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), around six percent of people over the age of
18 are drinking heavily and around 16 percent are binge
drinking in the US.
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
There are a large number of drugs on which people become
dependent. These are classifies into four major groups: sedatives
and tranquillizers, opiate narcotics, stimulations and
hallucinogens.
AD Download to read ad-free
Download
, Type of Drug Efect Examples
Depress CNS activity give Barbiturates,
1. Sedatives and of Calmness,Benzodiazepines.
feeling
Tranquillizers relaxation, drosiness.
Suppress brain activity and Opium,
2. Opiate Narcotics relaxed pain Morphine,
Codeine,
Heroin
Make a person more wakeful, Amphetamines,
3. Stimulants alert and active, cause | Caffeine,
excitement. Cocaine.
Make a person more wakeful, LSQ,
4. Hallucinogens Mescaline,
perceptions.
psilocybin,
Ganja,
chares,
Hashish.
SOME HARMFUL DRUGS:
based on their makeup;
One way toclassify drugs is
similar substances are either synthetically
chemically natural source. On the
derived from the same
manufactured, or structures, but similar
can have different
other hand, some drugs
body.
effects on the human
Download
Downld
