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Causes and Effects of Drug Addiction

The document describes the causes and consequences of drug addiction. The causes include curiosity, peer pressure, the search for pleasurable experiences, and escaping pain. The consequences are brain damage, mood disorders, family and social problems, addiction, cardiovascular and respiratory damage, and antisocial behaviors. Among the possible solutions are good family education, promoting healthy activities, and correctly informing about drugs to prevent their use.

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Causes and Effects of Drug Addiction

The document describes the causes and consequences of drug addiction. The causes include curiosity, peer pressure, the search for pleasurable experiences, and escaping pain. The consequences are brain damage, mood disorders, family and social problems, addiction, cardiovascular and respiratory damage, and antisocial behaviors. Among the possible solutions are good family education, promoting healthy activities, and correctly informing about drugs to prevent their use.

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1.

Causes of drug addiction


Satisfy the curiosity about the performance of certain products.
Pressure from the peer: belonging to a group or being accepted by others.
- To have new experiences, pleasurable, emotional or dangerous.
Expressing independence and sometimes hostility.
Poorly integrated personality. Emotional, intellectual, and social deficiencies.
Discontent with the quality of life, audience of a life project.
Lack of self-esteem.
Lack of information about the dangers of improper drug use.
- Unfavorable environment, similar and easy access, often leads to dependence that
they produce dependence.
Escape from pain, tension or frustration.
Important law indicated, resourced by the pharmacological sector and others
the nature that produces addictive drugs can make it.
attractive product for some young people who experience it.

The potential thermodynamic properties of the drug can vary, depending on the drug.
employee:

Relief from anxiety pain.


Decrease in inhibition.
Feeling of well-being.
Relaxation and dulling of consciousness.
Sensation of relief from the satga.
Production of eitated eusóricoi, etc.

Consequences

Neurochemical imbalances in the brain

A study directed by Volkow in 2003 observed, thanks to studies of


neuroimaging, that with the use of drugs produces neurochemical changes and
permanent dysfunction in the brains of addicts. The consumption of substances
piicoactvaiprovoca the massive release of some neurotransmitters such as
thedopamineor theserotoninboth in the short term and in the long term it will have
consequences at the cerebral level. At the functional level, they can also cause problems due to
the neurochemical dialogue that is produced, for example, in reference to motivation, the
memory and cognitive control.

Moreover, as a consequence of drug consumption,the synapsesalso see


alteradai. I do not study iugieren that, especially in the case ofglutamateto
Connections between neurons can be modified. There is also loss.
neuronalaxonal damagegeneralized, neurodegenerative problem, decrease of
acidic fibrillary glial proteins and another consequence that directly affects the
brain.

2. Mood alteration

The alterations of humor are often related to drug consumption. Not only in the long run.
term, short term as well, which means that a period can go from being
relaxed to feel irritated and aggressive very frequently.

Eito is especially detectable in the late hours after the consumption of drugs.
the craving has a more pronounced effect. In the long term, the personality of many
Perions may be altered with the consumption of iuitanciai piccoactvai.

3. Family, relational and social problems

The problem at the familiar level is related to the frequency regardless of the type of...
I don't understand what you're saying. Of course, it is clear that with tobacco consumption it is unlikely that

a similar situation is expected, but it is due to the consumption of alcohol or other drugs.

hardly like thecocaine.

Social problems can also arise when a person is a consumer.


habitual of eitai iuitanciai, risking losing friendships and even work. The periona
That drug use can show a loss of interest in some hobbies and others.
Savoring activities. Economic problems are also related to conduct.
drug addiction.

Addiction

Addiction is one of the consequences of drug use, and it is what leads to it.
Perionai will return to consuming eitai iuitanciai that cause an initially provoking effect.

pleasant and about the nervous system. The drug notably affects the system of
brain reward, which is involved in pleasure behavior (for example, the
and that the brain is responsible for us to repeat it due to its assumption of
survival.

In the case of drug addiction, this addiction can cause a person to do what
I did it in my own way to obtain the assistance that I want so much. For example, to steal to obtain.
I related sexually for money or for a gift.

5. Cardiovascular problems

The problems of cardiovascular health are commonly associated with prolonged consumption of the grain.

The majority of drugs can alter the normal functioning of the heart.
Some drugs provoke a very high activity of this organ, others do not.
the complete opposite. In both cases, it produces a variation in blood pressure. To warn
Drug use can lead to heart attacks, issues in blood vessels and...
another cardiovascular problem.

6. Defects in pregnancy

The consumption of drugs in pregnant women has been linked to premature babies.
and underdeveloped, because the abuse of public institutions deteriorates health
the mother as the child's. Scientific studies show that drug abuse by the grandfather
part of the mother is related to the intimate relationship of abstinence in the baby, desectoi of
birth, learning and behavioral problems, among other consequences
negatvai.

7. Sexual dysfunction

The use of the drug can cause both acute and prolonged erectile dysfunction.
Eito has been proven by the Andalusian Institute of Sexology and Psychology. For the study,
The researchers verified the sexual consequences at the level of 1,007 men, with the
participation of 28 treatment centers for drug dependents distributed throughout
Eipaña.

Most of those surveyed had consumed cocaine in a casual manner (50.92%) or well
combined with alcohol (11.14%) or with heroin (8.65%). The iujetoi reito comiumió:
12.54%
sármacoi depreiorei (0.43%), and the combination of 3 or more iuitanciai (7.24%). Loi
The results seem to confirm that the shareholders who have been involved with the company have been contacted.
The pre-existing addiction presents a greater disjunction in a percentage higher (20.84% more) than that
man who takes drugs.

8. Weakening of the immune system

Studies show that the majority of drugs weaken the immune system.
Such drugs include opioids that function as analgesics, cannabis, etc.;
they provoke a series of negative reactions in the immune system, which causes the
coniumidorei ieanmás susceptible to diseases and infections of all kinds. Eito
You can manage with simple restrictions or with some major problems.
studies suggest, for example, that cannabis consumption causes a greater
cancer susceptibility.
The use of drugs can also lead to other
Diseases, for example, AIDS or Hepatitis through heroin injection, and lead to
to carry out behaviors that may cause other types of harmful consequences
how I got injured.

9. Respiratory problems

The consumption of drugs greatly increases the risk of suffering from respiratory diseases such as

pneumonia. Secondary effects of some drugs include chest pain and the
pulmonary or respiratory depression. Also, the consumption of drugs like tobacco or the
Cocaine can cause serious pulmonary health problems.

10. Antisocial behaviors

The drug abuse, as I have already mentioned, makes it so that those who consume it can stop

practicable activities of law that were disrupted earlier, also to stop problems
at work as poor performance in iuitareai and including abandonment or iu
deipido.

In the case of young people, the performance at school or dropping out is a


Manifestation more than evident of the flow of this type of assistance. Likewise,
there is a close relationship between antisocial disorder and the consumption of these substances
and how a study by Suelvei and Sánchez-Turet concludes.

Effects of drug addiction

Health: the consumption of drugs originates or intervenes in the emergence of various


disease, harm, injury, and organic and psychological problems.
For example: Hepatti, Cirroiii, Cardiovascular Traitornoi, Depreiión, Piicoiii,
Paranoia, etc.
2. Social: the law of addiction to drugs, consequently they are involved in aggression.
public order, racial conflict, marginalization,...
3. Economy: given the huge amount of money that the drug market moves
And drug trafficking, both with narcotics and with countries, involves significant risks.
debt; that is to create organized bands; that is to produce economic destabilization
national, etc.

2. Possible solutions for the problem

A good family education. The preventive program in periods with


vulnerability or problem in the similar action, an important way to achieve
reduce the consumption of different drugs, as the greater the number of problems, the greater
probability of drug consumption.

2. The interrelationship between the group of equal, samilia and school is also fundamental.
to detect problems.

3. Promote leisure and recreational activities for our adolescents.

4. Inform me about the conception that one has regarding how different drugs influence them.
coniumo. On occasion there may be a requirement over the sectors of the insurance, in a
I understand it in another way. For this reason, it is of great relevance to provide correct information and to have
Always keep in mind that the objective of a person is to maintain sufficient skills to
Properly acclimatize oneself to the environment and have a good adaptation in the minimum.

5. Contact professionals regarding the purchase or confirmation of the order,


to assess the situation and carry out an early intervention

3. Choice of one of these possibilities and justification of why it should be


that is the solution.
Support and communication from the family: lthe family is considered the central axis in the
child development process, since it is the closest and most immediate environment to the child.
In addition, it acts as a mediator before the rest of the social and educational environments in
those who develop. It is for this reason that we can affirm that the influence it exerts
The family is dominant in the personal development of each individual.

4. What will the expected future situation be? Provide reasoning.


Having a good foundation and criteria when making decisions.

[Link] of information to develop this project.


The sources we will use to develop this project are:

Departmental development plan


Visalud is

[Link] are the main beneficiaries of this project and why?

Young people (15-25 years) and their families since we will choose to provide
information about its causes, effects, and possible treatments for the
drug addiction.

[Link] time is estimated for this project and why?


It is estimated to take 5 months because we have to investigate.
conduct and analyze surveys, and implement some recreational activity for
strengthen such environments.

8. What risks are there for this project?


No availability of the place
Incomplete information from the source.
Little financial support from the department.
Little motivation from the youth to what they want to achieve.
Increase in project costs.
Project delays
No execution of the activities due to the weather or bad forecast.
time and other factors.
Lack of help from professionals.
Poor reception by the community

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