DRUGS ADDICTION

Drugs Addiction

Introduction:

Drug addiction is a serious social problem. Drug addiction is a pathological craving for drugs and is a complex phenomenon that includes social, economic, demographic, medical, psychological and criminal aspects. Drugs affects all aspects of the inner world as well as all spheres of human activity which includes relationships with others, ways of existence, defeat and degradation of personality that prevents spiritual, emotional and intellectual development. Essentially, drugs are poisons. The effect depends on the amount taken. A small amount is a stimulant (increases activity. A greater amount acts as a sedative (inhibits the activity. An even larger amount acts as a poison and can kill the person.

Discussion:

Cheap Alcohol Drives Social Problems

Several international scientific studies emphasize that cheap alcohol is one of the factors that encourage binge drinking among young people and increase the social and health problems caused by a high consumption of alcohol. In addition, regular promotions of cheap alcohol offered by supermarkets and shops exacerbate the problem. The wine prices fell sharply in UK in recent years due to a glut of grapes, which has prompted growers to bring to market their excess inventory.

Alcoholism is a serious illness and addiction to a drug, which one approaches, is everywhere and relatively cheap. Alcohol abuse and availability of cheap alcohol is one of the biggest social problems and is one of the main causes of other diseases, which mainly deals hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, psychosis, depression, various cancers, heart failure and high blood pressure.

Availability of cheap alcohol is often increasing its demand in youth, which is creating more social problems for society. One in six dismissals in UK results due to the increased alcohol consumption. Although ratio of accidents have been raised due to availability of cheap alcohol. This ratio was quite low in past years but due to the cheap prices of alcohol, this ratio has been increased to 25%. According to available data, if the content of alcohol in the driver's blood is more than 0.5, probability of an accident increases by 2 to 3 times. (Kimber & Dolan, 2005, pp. 21-44)

Principle Factors of Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a condition of freedom that belongs to the field of psychopathological diseases, likely to cause mental dysfunction and / or organic, which is responsible for undesired consequences in the subject: family, social, professional and sometimes legal.

It is noted that the drunkenness is not a pathological phenomenon in itself, no matter whatever its frequency. In addition, the absence of alcohol consumption in a particular time does not rule out alcoholism. Four major factors are promoting the development of alcoholism. They are

Biological factor: It seems that we are not all equal before the use of alcohol. Some people want to develop faster than others and as a result they addicted to alcohol, which is the "drug effect" of ethanol.

Psychological factor: Most people using alcohol experience due to psychotropic effects such as anxiolysis, inhibitions, attenuation of a sad mood and even a psycho stimulant ...