Tashi Delek
Nitrosun
Menace of Drug Abuse
What is a Drug and Drug
Abuse?
 Drug is a substance use in medicine for the treatment of
diseases.
 Substance which when taken into the organism modifies
one or more of its functions.
• Drug Abuse is a stage where these substances or say
medicine are miss used for example, somebody take cough
syrup for just getting high.
Drugs that are Commonly use in our
Community.
•Marijuana/Cann.
•Heroine/Brown
•LSD (Lysergic acid
diethylamide)
•Cocaine
•Hallucinogen
•Amphetamine
•Cough syrup
•Solvents
Effects of Marijuana
• Alter and damage brain cells or CNS
•Loss of memory and concentration
•Lung damage
•Increase in heart rate
•Reduce immune system
•Reduce reproductive systems
Cannabis in various forms
Effects of Heroin/Brown Sugar
• May experience moderate relief of anxiety
•Damage central nervous system
•Feeling dizziness, drowsiness and mental confusion
•Impair vision,
Raw poppy
•lung and menstrual irregularity
Stages of Drug Addiction?
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Beginner : 13 to 17 years
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Addict : 18 to 25 years
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Chronic Addict : Age above 26
Why people caught into Drugs?
• Peer Pressure
• Curiosity
• Ignorance
• Alienation
• Absence of Good Guidance
• No Job and No Aim in Life
Peer Pressure
Points to Ponder…….!
89% never had a conversation with their parents
on Drugs and Substance Abuse.
80% said their teachers never talked about the
harmfulness of Drug consumption
68% said their started on Drugs under influence of
Peer and Curiosity at School.
Symptoms of Drug Use?
Physical:
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Red Eyes, Unclear Vision
Running nose, Pale Face
Frequently Sick
Nausea, vomiting
Drowsiness or sleeplessness
Loss of weight, Profuse sweating
Injection signs on body, Blood Stains
Changes in Appetite
Poor in Hygiene
Weak Bone
Symptoms of Drug Use?
Behavior:
 Changing mood or temper
 Depression
 Blaming & making excuses
 Begging, lying and Stealing
 Loss of interest in daily routines
 Big talk n speeches
Symptoms of Drug Use?
Performance:
 Withdrawal from family environment
 Sudden lowering of marks in test
 Non-completion of homework, absenteeism
 Presence of syringes and strange packets
 More time spent in bathroom, etc
Effects on Family and Society
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Gives Negative Influences
Poor Relationship with Family and Society
Divorce Cases
Loss Trust and Respect
Unemployment
Spread Disease because of Care Free
Attitude
SCARRY BODY OF AN ADDICT
Effects of Drug Abuse
Mentally : • Drug Addiction is a Brain Disease. All Drugs that abuse
act in Brain and produce negative effects such as : -
• Loss of Memory, Attention, Decision Making
• Depression, Aggression, Paranoia and
Hallucination
• Brain Damage and Stroke
Effects of Drug Abuse
Physically : • Develop Liver, Lung and Kidney problem
• Loss sense of Hearing, Smelling, Vision and huge
change in out looks.
Prevention of Drug Abuse?
 Educate
 Responsibility of Teachers and Parents
 Discuss how harmful and danger of Drug Abuse?
 Awareness program
 Encourage Sports & other Activities
 Well defined School with Boundaries
 Watch over activities close to school and your
children
Treatment
 Advice and help addicts to seek treatment from hospitals
and counseling centers.
 Rehabilitation centers
 Get a good and recovered sponsor or former addict
Effects of smoking
. Smoking causes fatal disease like cancer, heart disease, lung
disease etc
. More than 9 lacs every year
. Several thousand people die each year by inhaling from other
people’s cigarettes
. Smoking not only harms you but is also deadly for others
around you including dear ones
Remember 3 S’s
 Do not Start using drug, even out of curiosity.
 If you are drug user do not Show drug to others.
 Stop using drug immediately and save your future.
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KUNPHEN CENTRE
For substance dependence
HIV/AIDS and HRD.
Near Delek clinic Bhagsu Road
Mcleod Ganj Dharamsala
Distt Kangra (H.P)
176219