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Showing posts with label drug abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug abuse. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2013

How Driving Gets Affected By Abusing Cocaine

Driving under the use of drugs is illegal that includes cocaine. If anyone does not obey and break the law then they will be fined, lose license for the period of time or even sent to prison. This drug will make you feel more confident when you are in driving. This will effect more on driving, because this will make dangerous risks and accidents.

This drug is a psycho-stimulant, which will misjudging the stopping distances and driving speed. This will also take the drivers vision and coordination are impaired so that this will increase the impulsive behaviors that leads to create confusion and take more risks. 

If the person uses this drug maintains illusion of stimulated and being alerted, even though it will find impaired physical reactions. The person who uses this drug who has extremely high blood pressure may suffer heart attack or stroke. If this drug is overdosed then this will have an additive effect with the symptoms that eventually cause to death. Even if you combine with the other drug called heroin, this will increase the risk of toxicity, overdose of drug and even cause death.

The overdose of this drug may create other health issues like breathing problems, bleeding of blood vessels in the brain, irregular/weak or faster heart beat etc. 

The immediate effects of the use of small amount of cocaine drug will includes you will be exited or upset, feel less hungry, alert and energetic, aggressive, good and confident etc. effects on the body includes the temperature of the body rises, move more quickly than usual, your heart will beat faster, the pupils in your eyes will get bigger.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Long Term Effects of Heroin Abuse

Like many other drugs which are mostly abused, Heroin also shows harmful and dreadful effects on the body. The effects may last for a short time or they may affect an individual through out his life. What ever may be the duration, the addicts should compulsorily suffer from the adverse consequences of abusing. Many people know about the facts of harmful effects of Heroin abuse, but still they continue to do the same. Drug addiction can happen due to

Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Effects of Cocaine on Brain of Women

Recent studies have shown that Cocaine affects women much differently from the way it affects men. Harvard Medical School found that the hormonal fluctuations play an important role in women's response to drugs. Cerebral blood flow changes differently for women addicted to cocaine than to men who use cocaine. It narrows arteries and reduces blood flow to heart and brain.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Effects of Crack Cocaine Addiction

Crack Cocaine is nothing but the form of cocaine which is used by smoking it. It usually found in crystalline rock shapes which looks like small rocks. Since it is inhaled in vapor form it reaches the brain faster when compared to other forms of usage. Since it reaches the brain quickly it also shows the affects in a more faster way.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Club Drugs and their Harmful Effects

Club Drugs are one of the major problems prevailing in the present society. Many people get affected by them and many are still getting affected by them. Busy life styles, night clubs, partying are the main things which force the teenagers to get used to these drugs. These club drugs are mostly available and most commonly used in clubs, bars, and night parties.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Behavior Therapy for Drug Addiction Among Children

Behavior therapies plays an important role in treating the young addicts. These behavioral therapies are provided in tandem with other therapies, such as, medication. Following are the behavioral therapies used for treating the drug addiction among the children:

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Treatment Available For Chronic Drug Addiction

Chronic drug abuse is repeated and excessive use of chemical substances to achieve a certain effect. Characters of the drug addiction includes, an overpowering desire to continue taking the drug and to obtain it by any means, tendency to increase the dose, and so on. It is better to prevent drug addiction rather than taking treatment after an individual is addicted to the drugs.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Harmful Effects of Illicit Drugs on Skin

Use of illicit drug may cause unappealing, sore, infected skin, along with causing life threatening diseases. Blisters and sores appears on the face, neck, trunk of the person who is abusing the illicit drugs.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Signs of Drug Abusing Students in Schools

Illegal drugs like cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and so on are being prominently used by majority of youth these days. This has a direct effect on their health. Also, an indirect effect on their educational career and profession is also seen. It is therefore considered important to conduct drug tests at schools, universities, and other educational institutions. However, there are even certain signs that help in detecting drug abusing students in schools. Here are some of them.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Warning Signs of Teenage Drug Abuse at Home

It is known that teenagers are more influenced to use illegal drugs. Though many of them know about the bad consequences of using them, they continue using them to enjoy the pleasure and to get deviated from stress and depression. Are you even worried and suspicious that your teens are taking drugs? Then there are some warning signs that you need to see in your kids at home. Have a look on some of them.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Effects of Abusing Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports

Use of performance enhancing drugs in the sports is commonly called as doping. These drugs are used by the athletes to improve the performance and this gives them an unfair advantage over other athletes. This is why many sports ban the use of performance enhancing drugs. The use of drugs to enhance performance is considered unethical by most international sports organizations. The use of these drugs are banned because they pose health problems and the equality of opportunity for athletes. These performance enhancing drugs are used illegally by athletes in many sports.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Effects of Marijuana on the Fertility

Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug in America. It contains delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Signs and symptoms of the marijuana addiction are feeling sleepy, lack of concentration, inflammation in eyes, cravings for sweat and increased appetite.

Marijuana effects on the fertility in the following ways:

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Effects of Drug Addiction on HIV Patients

Drug abuse some times called as substance abuse or chemical abuse is a process which involves excessive use of the substance which leads to significant problems or distress. Any substance whose ingestion can result in a euphoric feeling is called a drug. Drug abuse induces the symptoms which resembles mental illness. The person abusing drugs neglects his responsibilities at school, work or home. Weight changes, unusual eating patterns, change in normal sleep patterns, frequent infections etc are some of the effects.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Inhalants and Their Effects on Human Body

Inhalants are generally used for cleaning, painting, and other similar things. Some people think that they are the best alternatives for mood altering drugs. They can be purchased legally and are cheap. There are four common types of inhalants and they include volatile solvents, gases, aerosols and nitrites.

Following are the effects of use of inhalants on the body:

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Nicotine Addiction and Its Effects on Health of Individual

Nicotine is an addictive drug. Nicotine in inhaled through tobacco smoke moves from the lungs, into the bloodstream and up to the brain and causes chemical reactions in the brain that make people to use it repeatedly. Nicotine affects the mood and performance and is the source of addiction to tobacco. Nicotine is a psychoactive drug that induces euphoria, making the smoker to

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Effects of Drug Addiction on Family Relationships

Drug addiction effects the users physically and psychologically and it also effects the people surrounding him especially the family members. It also causes financial problems, impairment of work abilities and reputation, interruption of normal life activities etc., to him and his family members. Substance addiction shows direct and indirect effects on the individual taking the drugs and on also his family members and friends.

It is very difficult for a family to sustain healthy relationships with in the family if one

Monday, April 25, 2011

Dangerous Effects of Drug Use in Teens

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), revealed some drug statistics which says that, teens are at high risk of abusing drugs and alcohol. Teens usually abuse drugs to have fun, to have a good time and be more like their friends. There will be lot of physical and psychological changes in the teens who use drugs and these drugs show many dangerous effects on the health of the teens which are listed below:

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Effects of Addicted Parents on Their Children

Drug addiction effects an individual physically, psychologically and economically. Drug addiction also effects family and other relations. Drug addiction shows adverse effects on the children who are raised by the alcoholics or drug users.
  • Many parents who abuse drugs or alcohol will treat their families differently on different days depending on their mood and this causes confusion in the child or make them insecure.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Effects of Drug Abuse on Women

Drug addiction not only effects relations, careers but it also shows some physical effects on the individuals abusing drugs. Effects of drug addiction is not same in men and women. In women addiction to alcohol or prescription drugs can cause many physical problems in their reproductive organs that shows effects during pregnancy, as well as changes in mood and decision making abilities.

Menstrual Cycle:
In the women who abuse drugs menstrual cycle often becomes erratic or even the functioning of menstrual cycle stops. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), cravings for the drug often rise and fall with a woman's cycle while she is still having periods.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Effects of Drugs on Functioning of Brain

Drug addiction is the permanent dependance on the drug, which is marked by characteristics such as, overpowering desire to use and increase the drug intake. Addiction or substance abuse is a complex brain disease and there are two components to addiction one is physical and other is psychological factor.

There are many biological alterations in the brain of an addicted person when compared to non addicted person. The effects of the drugs on the brain depends on the type of the drug used.