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ASSIGNMENT - 1

Drug Addiction

Prepared for:

Rashida A. Khanum

PHI-101.1

Prepared by:

Nayeem Abdullah Zaman

I.d.# 082 153 530

Date: 04.11.2012


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Drug Addiction has become a serious social problem. Day by day young boys and girls are

getting addicted to drugs.

What is actually Drug Addiction?

Definition of Drug Addiction

The term Drug Addiction means An irresistible attraction to some harmful things that cause

intoxication in human

Characteristics of Drug Addiction

Its characteristics include:

(1) An overpowering desire or need

(compulsion) to continue taking the drug and

to obtain it by any means;

(2) A tendency to increase the dose;

The root causes of taking drugs are frustration,

unemployment problem, and curiosity to new

things.

A great change occurs in the body of drug

addict. He loses his control over body and

mind. He loses his appetite & feels drowsy. His

weight began to drop. This addiction carries the

Drug Addiction

tendency to

increase the

dose

overpowering

desire or need


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addict to an unreal world of dreams. This is called hallucination and it leads someone to social

crime like hijacking, killing, robbery etc. to manage money for getting drug.

Drug has variety of items including opium, marijuana, heroine, morphin,coccain etc. Use ofmarijuana affects short-term memory and severe brain damage. Cocaine causes headaches,hypertension and increased heart-rate, insomnia, loss of weight, convulsions and depression.Acute overdose of any drugs which can lead to death.

Most of the drugs are taken by smoking, inhaling or by injecting. Sharing injecting equipmentwith others to take drugs, carries a very high risk of transmission of HIV as well as otherdiseases such as hepatitisB and C.

Vital Statistics of Drug Addiction

Vital Statistics

Today there are about190 million drug users aroundthe world.

Drug use has beenincreasing among the youngpeople worldwide. Most drugabusers are under theage of 30.

In 1999, the number ofcountries reporting injecting

drug use was 136, up from 80in 1992. Of these, 93countries also identified HIVamong drug injectors.

Cannabis is the mostwidely abused drug in all partsof the world

The full economic costof drug abuse in the UnitedStates is estimated at

approximately $70 billion annually.

Cocaine abuse among the unemployed in Columbia was found to be 10 times higher thanamong those working.

The illicit drug industry is now estimated to be over $400 billion per year.


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Kinds of Drugs

What kinds of drugs are

being abused?

Drugs of abuse fall into threecategories:

depressants (e.g. heroin,barbiturates),

stimulants (e.g. cocaine, crack,amphetamines) and

hallucinogens (e.g. marijuana,ecstasy, LSD1), and are eitheringested, inhaled, smoked, injected or

snorted.

Depressants

These are sedatives which act on the nervous system. Artificial relaxation and relief from anxietyand mental stress tend to produce psychological dependence and withdrawal from heavy use is

severe.

Stimulants

These are agents that activate, enhance, or increase neural activity. They include amphetaminesand Synthetic appetite suppressants such as phenmetrazine or methylphenidate. They can giverise to symptoms suggestive of intoxication, including tachycardia, papillary dilation, elevatedblood pressure, nausea or vomiting and abnormal behavior such as fighting, agitation andimpaired judgment. A full-blown delusional psychosis may occur.

Hallucinogens

Theseare a chemically divers group which produce profound mental changes such as euphoria,

anxiety, sensory distortion, vivid hallucination, delusion, paranoia and depression. They includemescaline and LSD.


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Abusers of Drug

Who are the abusers?

People who abuse drugs come from all walks

of life, although statistics show that some aremore likely to takedrugs than others. For instance,

Men are more likely to abuse drugsthan women.

Single more than married, City dwellers more than rural residents Younger more than older. Prisoners and street children also show

a high incidence of drug abuse

CONCLUSION:

Drug is such a curse that shatters the future hope of a life, family & a nation. Strict law should

be enforced to abstained people from taking drug as well as public awareness should be

increased by campaigning.

References:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_die_from_drugs_each_year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_addiction
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_die_from_drugs_each_yearhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_die_from_drugs_each_yearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_addictionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_addictionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_addictionhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_die_from_drugs_each_year

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