DRUG ABUSE

"DRUG AWARE"                            CAN YOU BE DEPENDENT ON DRUGS?? With regular use, tolerance to and dependence on drugs can develop. - Tolerance: when a person needs more of a drug to achieve the same effects they felt before with smaller amounts. - Dependence: when the use of the drug becomes central to a person's life and they may experience withdrawal symptoms if they stop using it.   SIDE EFFECTS OF ABUSING DRUGS The misuse of drugs can result in social, mental, physical and legal consequences. For example, drug-use can lead to emotional problems and affect relationships with family and friends. When people are under the influence of drugs, changes can occur in their behaviour depending on how they feel ...

      "AWARENESS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE"                       { How drugs kill you from inside } This blog is created in order to bring to the forefront, awareness of the sad reality of drug abuse throughout the world in the 21st century.                                       The abuse of alcohol and illicit and prescription drugs continues to be a major health problem internationally. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that approximately 5 per cent of the world's population used an illicit drug in 2010 and 27 million people, or 0.6 per cent of the worlds adult population, can be classified as problem drug users. It is estimated that alcohol abuse results in 2.5 million deaths per year and that he...