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Drug Addicted Child
Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized by compulsive, at times
uncontrollable, drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of extremely
negative consequences. Drug seeking becomes compulsive, in large part as a result of
the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and, thus, on behavior. For many
people, drug addiction becomes chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods
of abstinence.(www.wikipidia.com)
The word addiction often used loosely and wryly in conversation. People will refer to
themselves as mystery book addicts or cookie addicts. Now a days drug addiction is
spread world wide in a drastic way. From village to city, old people to young people,
people of all age are taking drug. People are getting weak easily. Drug addiction is making
boundary to our social value. Its causing serious damage to our moral and ethical value.
(www.dictionary.com, www.wikianswer.com)
Addiction is compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine,
or alcohol). Someone who is addicted or hooked psychologically believes that they cannot
function without this substance in their bodies. Drug and alcohol addiction and tear
families apart, they change individuals who once were the best people to be around
with. Now a days childrens are most victimize and addicted by drugs.
Their are some particular reasons for a child to become a drug addicted child. Drug
addiction can and most of the time leads the individual to stealing from friends and even
family. These individual do what ever is in the power to get a hold of their preferred
drug. They are capable of hurting those who love them and the ones they love.
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If a person needs increasing amounts of a drug to feel high then they are developing
tolerance. A preoccupied person thinks constantly about a drug Personality changes
Individuals withdraw from their friends and their family. Solitary use, Individuals often
begin using the drug as a social thing but then once they begin to use it alone they can
be losing control Using drugs as medicine, People often use drugs to take the edge off
stressful situation or unpleasant feelings. They may rationalize their use and make it see
normal. Continued use despises negative consequences. Drug dependence compels people to
use in spite of problem or loss of friends.
Their are also some major reasons. It is said that friends are the most likely cause of
drug addiction of a child. Now a days time is running very fast and people all over the
world are also trying to win this race against time .For that reason in families father and
mother both work outside thats why their child dont get them whenever they want they
suffer from depuration and they dont get enough elements to pass their time and
became addicted on drug .Parents often give their child money for their personal
expenses but never query what their child have done with that money. Curiosity of
people about what is drug and after having that what people feel. Taking drug thinking
its a way of showing smartness like smoking. Child become addicted if their parents are
addicted.
Now at this time people are addicted various types of drug. The most of the people are using
very common types of common drug which is very popular in our country. In below discuss
about some drug which child are using more.
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Smoking:
When people takes drug they usually trying to get the substances from outside their
body to receptor cells inside their
Body. Mostly, in the case of mood altering drugs these receptors are in the brain,
although with some drugs like
anabolic steroids these receptor cells may be elsewhere in their body. In most cases child
take drug in various ways.
The most common way of drug addiction is smoking. Cigarettes or biri produced from
varieties of leaves. Producers also use much kind of chemicals. There are many ways of
smoking. Whatever the way is it may cause serious damage to our health. Cigarette contains one
kind of poison called nicotine. It is said that one stick can less five minutes life
of a people.
Alcohol:
Alcohol is another kind of drug it is an intoxicating substances made from fermented
starches, although it gives an initial burst of energy it is actually a depressant drug. It
slows down responses and tends to make people clumsy and dopey. It is one of the
most popular drugs used in New Zealand due to its legal status. Alcohol is generally
produced as a drinkable liquid based upon various plant fruits and grains. It makes users
feel self-confident and relaxed, increases sociability and reduces inhabitations, it can
produces feelings of invincibility in some, it is dissociative and make users forget their
worries and become more happy for a while.
Effects of alcohol:
1. Over consumption may lead a vomiting fits, and blackouts.
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2. Alcohol has a high sugar content and it is therefore may cause diabetes.
3. Long term alcohol use leads to serious damage to heart, leaver, stomach, brain.
Yaba:
The drug usually comes in pill form and with its potent mix of visuals are intense highs,
drug experts predict that it may soon become popular worldwide. Although yaba is still
rare in Asian and in UK, drug experts reported that UK is been targeted by yaba
producers from the Golden Triangle the drug producing areas which straddle the
borders of Thailand, Burma and Laos. The main ingredients which include salt, house
hold cleaning products, distilled cold medicines and lithium from camera batteries can be
bought legally and the drug easily knocked out at home with a couple of casserole
dishes and a hob.
Effects of Yaba:
The drug is claimed to create an instance hallucinogenic effect and can keep users
awake for days on end, although some users have reported that the only visuals come as
a result of sleep deprivation after being sessions. Addictive or habit forming regular use
of the drug has been linked to lung and kidney disorders, hallucinations and paranoia. A
frequent hallucination is speed bugs or crank bugs where users believe that bugs are
crawling under their skin and go loopy trying to get them out. In Thailand, the number
of students energetic rehab to deal with yaba addiction for children and teenage people
risen nearly by 1000% by the past two years (Source: Observer 17.10.99). Those coming
off the drug are also susceptible to severe depression and suicidal urges.
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Synthetic Narcotics:
These chemically produced drugs are principally used therapeutically for treating pain in
people who are ill, they include pethedine and methadone.
Cannabis:
Cannabis comes from a plant called Cannabis sativa that was originally indigenous to
Asia and South America. The most active chemical
which gets you stoned is delta9 Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC for short. Cannabis is a
depressant drug as its slows down body metabolic rate and function.
Stationary Item:
Now a days some kind of stationary items represent themselves as drug items for child.
One kind of pen produced Ink which spread sweet smell and child becomes addicted on
that particular kind of pen mostly on fragrance of those pen. (www. Parenting. blogs.
Com, www. Prompt papers. Com)
Consequences of a drug addicted child are very much negative for their parents, society
as well as their physical and mental growth. Drug addiction can stop a childs growth.
Drug addiction can finish a golden life of a child. Some drugs are very much high in
price for having those drugs child may steal money or do any other illegal acts. Drug
addiction may cause serious damage to a childs health. Parents of drug addicted may
became humiliated in society. Drug addicted child becomes detached from their family
and friends. For using drug child may behave negatively with their relatives. For drug
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addiction student can not concentrate on their study. For using drug child looses their
weight. Child may become furious about what would happen if they dont get drug.
We want to protect the addicted childrens and doing corrective work to protected them . Parents
can use information on risk and protection to help them develop positive preventive
actions (talking about the family rules) before problems occur. Educators can strengthen
learning and bonding to school by addressing aggressive behaviors and poor
concentration risks associated with later on set of drug abuse and related
problems.Community leaders can assess community risk and protective factors associated
with drug problems to best target prevention services. Finding the specific drugs and
other child and adolescent problems in a community. Builds on existing rehabilitation
resources for addicted child. The community plan develops short-term goals relevant to
implementation of research based drug prevention programs. The project can take long
term objectives so that plans and resources are available for the future. Organizing
various drug prevention program. Drug which make addiction should be banned.
Government have to take various steps to prevent drug addiction such as modifying drug
law. Parents have to give enough time to their children. parents have to know with whom
their child are making friendship and what are they doing.
Experimenting is not always due to the curiosity of child. Friends have a lot of influence
because it is important for youngsters to belong to a group. If the group to which they
want to belong uses stimulants they will 'have to' go along with that to be part of the
group. The pressure from the group can be very big. The extent to which youngsters
wants to go along with that depends on their own personality and skills. Youngsters with
little confidence are more sensible to the group's pressure than youngsters with a lot of
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confidence. Two important things that parents can give their children in their education
are confidence and a positive self-image. Then child will get confidence through the
things he does. When child gets enough appreciation, he will start to think positively
about himself and be stronger in life. When your child gets an excess of criticism, he
will start to think negatively about himself and be more vulnerable. Youngsters with
confidence are better in deciding what they want and what they don't want. They are
better in coping with the group's pressure. That makes the risk of an experiment that
gets out of hand smaller. If we can come forward we can save many child from being
drug addicted.(http://www.nida.nih.gov/Published_Articles/Oops.html,Various research paper
of EWU library research and journal section, English daily magazines.)
Conclusion
Even after the lengthy discussion that we have engaged in regarding the causes and
consequences of drug addiction, it is still a phenomena which can not be accurately explained
due to variations in individual factors which govern the persons motivation and responses to
drugs. But, rest assured, this is one area where researchers keep looking for the next clue drug
addiction has become from a crime, a disease and from the addiction models, we today have
proof that it is actually a vicious cycle, which when once trapped, it becomes extremely difficult
to free oneself. Drug addiction is a kind of deviant behavior which is also a disease of the brain.However, it is different from other brain diseases because it starts off as voluntary behavior, and if theuser tries to leave it, he has to continue doing it because of the aversive withdrawal symptoms it causes.
As research has also shown, users mostly become addicts without meaning to, and then the harmful effect
which the drugs have on the mind, leaves its decision-making ability further impaired and it becomes
extremely difficult to break free from the shackles of drug addiction
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