DRUG ISSUES Part1

Where do you begin on Drug Issues?

Maybe here!

National Institute of Drug Abuse Info:

Many people view drug abuse and addiction
as a strictly a social problem.
Parents, teens, older adults, and other
members of the community tend to
characterize people, who take drugs
as morally weak or as having criminal
Tendencies.
They believe that drug abusers and addicts
should be able to stop taking drugs if
they are willing to change their behavior.
These myths have not only stereotyped
those with drug-related problems,
but also their families, their communities,
and the health care professionals who
work with them.

Drug abuse and addiction comprise a
public health problem that affects many
people and has wide-ranging social
consequences. Addiction does begin
with drug abuse when
an individual makes a conscious choice to
use drugs, but addiction is not just
"a lot of drug use."
Recent scientific research provides
overwhelming evidence that not only
do drugs interfere with normal brain
functioning creating powerful feelings
of pleasure, but they also have long-term
effects on brain metabolism and activity.
At some point, changes occur in the brain
that can turn drug abuse into addiction,
a chronic, relapsing illness.

Those addicted to drugs suffer from
a compulsive drug craving and
usage and cannot quit by
themselves.

Treatment is necessary to end this
compulsive behavior.

Content taken link below:
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/understand.html