♣ ADDICTION AROUND US
A study, conducted by doctors of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research (PGIMER), has shown that drug abuse has increased
among youngsters in the 16-25 age group.
The study shows
that most of the patients in the de-addiction centre were dependent
often on alcohol, opium, cannabis, heroine, brown sugar, cocaine, cough
syrup and various types of pharmaceutical drugs.
Most of the patients at the centre belong to the urban area with few
of the rest of the patients belonging to rural backgrounds.
Substance use patterns are notorious for their ability to change over
time. Both licit and illicit substance use cause serious public health
problems and evidence for the same is now available in our country.
As per World Health Organization, 230 million people, or 1 in 20
adults, are estimated to have used an illicit drug. They need proper
treatment of alcohol and drug use disorders.
♣ ADDICTION SYMPTOMS & RESULTS
Depending on the actual compound, drug abuse including alcohol lead to
health problems, social problems, morbidity, injuries, unprotected sex,
violence, deaths, motor vehicle accidents, homicides, suicides, physical
dependence or psychological addiction.
Long-term abuse of
alcohol and other drugs causing physiological distortion of brain
chemistry as well as the social isolation.
Alcohol or Drug
abuse is also associated with increased risks of committing criminal
offences including child abuse, domestic violence, rapes, burglaries and
assaults.
Drug abuse makes central nervous system (CNS)
effects, which produce changes in mood, levels of awareness or
perceptions and sensations.
Our Research in this field
shows addictions, drug induced psychiatric & behavioral disorders
would be fade away with PROPER TREATMENT and Prolonged Abstinence only.