DRUGS

Drugs

Drugs

Chapter I

Most of the drug addict use drugs just for the sake of addiction. They take any drug regardless of the type and classifaction. Parente need to be more informed about druge and alcohol than our children are. We cannot educate our children with current and correct information if we are not firet educated. What ehould your goale be and where do you etart? Through drug recognition. (Linda A. Johnson 2008, 63-78)

By working with local law enforcement agenciee and by obtaining parenting guidee available through the Department of Education (1-800) 646-0100; parente ehould be able to learn the moet common druge in their area, what they look like and dangere aeeociated with each. It ie important for parente to know the etreet namee of the druge and be able to identify drug paraphernalia ae well. (Linda A. Johneon 2008, 65-89)

Once a person has began to us drugs on a regular basis and this then escalate into drug abuse, this could then lead to a more serious level of drug use. The person may then start using the substance compulsively. This is when it's a level of substance dependence, --which is also known as addiction. Although everyone who abuses a substance does not develop dependency, dependency usually follows abuse.

Dependency often includes tolerance, when a higher dosage of drug is required to produce its original affect. This usually happens after a person has become immune to the substance, and they then find that their body needs a higher dosage to get the original affect. Substance dependence can also be to prevent withdrawal symptoms. These can be described as unpleasant physical or psychological effects following discontinuance of the substance. (Linda A. Johnson 2008, 63-78)

The effects of particular drugs are studied under carefully controlled scientific conditions. In most cases, experimenters compare people's behavior before the administration of the drug with behavior afterwards, taking special precautions to ensure that any observed changes in behavior are due to the drug alone. Most drug experiments use the double-blind procedure, in which some participants receive the active drug, while others take a neutral, inactive substance called a placebo. They use these so that errors based on subjects or research expectations can be eliminated. If the behavior of the participants who actually received the drug differs from the behavior of those who got the placebo, the cause is likely the ingredient in the drug.

Chapter II

Literature review

The vulnerability of young people to drug abuse has in recent years become a major concern. The consequences of widespread drug abuse and trafficking, particularly for young men and women, are all too apparent. Violence, particularly street violence, often results from drug abuse and illicit drug networks. (Linda A. Johnson 2008, 63-78)

As the number of psychotropic drugs increases steadily and their effects and appropriate prescriptive uses are often not fully known, some patients may not be adequately treated and others may become over-medicated. Abuse of prescription drugs, self-medication with tranquillizers, sleeping-pills and stimulants can also create serious problems, particularly in countries and ...