| Drug abuse or substance abuse is a condition where | | | | subsequent development of drug dependence. |
| drug which may include pharmaceutical drugs or other | | | | The mechanism in which these drugs create addiction |
| narcotic substances are consumed to get a high or a | | | | is by creating a physical and mental dependence on |
| unparalleled sensation. This sensation, in the words of | | | | them. Abstinence from such preparations gives rise |
| a drug addict, may be described as a 'trip' or a 'kick'. | | | | to a wide array of symptoms - both physical which |
| Now, medically speaking this is nothing but a | | | | includes tremors, sweating, redness of eyes, motor in |
| neurological excitation of the brain or better put, a | | | | co-ordination and so on and mental symptoms which |
| set of complex hallucinations which the subject begins | | | | includes irritability, disturbed sleep, insomnia, lack of |
| to enjoy. | | | | concentration and so on and so forth. |
| Some of the factors that govern drug abuse are | | | | Having delved into the meaning, the psychology and |
| disturbed childhood, problem families, peer pressure, | | | | reasons for drug abuse and also the mechanism by |
| ease of availability, western culture, non availability of | | | | which drugs induce a drug abuse or addiction pattern |
| parents for supervisory duties and last but not the | | | | it is only natural to come up with means of |
| least availability of monetary resources. It begins with | | | | preventing such drug abuse since prevention is indeed |
| use of pocket money for the purchase of drugs, | | | | better than cure. One may prevent drug abuse by |
| slowly but gradually leads to demand for money from | | | | the correct upbringing of children, loving them yet not |
| parents and elders, borrowing it from a myriad of | | | | pampering them, always making themselves available |
| people that includes relatives, teachers, friends, and | | | | for the children especially in the early formative |
| so on when denied at home, lying for the same, and | | | | years, exercising good supervisory duties in the |
| ultimately even stealing money or articles which may | | | | childhood days, inculcation a strong sense of |
| not be highly valued but do get them money enough | | | | judgment and ability to take decisions in the children |
| to get any drug - the use and abuse of which will | | | | right from the beginning, rationing the finances |
| give the consumer a high and allegedly shall take him | | | | forwarded to the children as pocket money, holding |
| on a 'trip'. | | | | the kids liable to explanation as to the accounts of |
| Unlike alcohol, which when taken in moderation would | | | | the alleged pocket money, ensuring that the kids |
| not classify as abuse, drugs except the | | | | keep good company as kids and even as grown ups |
| pharmacological preparations are almost always | | | | to prevent any adverse peer pressure. Once the |
| abused. Pharmacological preparations, schedule H | | | | problem of drug abuse is at hand, gone is the time |
| drugs for example, are meant for patients and are | | | | when preventive measures would work. At this |
| strictly according to laws of almost all countries | | | | stage what is required to begin with is medical |
| supposed to be sold against a prescription issued in | | | | intervention as initiation therapy continued over long |
| duplicate. A copy of such medication is to be retained | | | | patient years coupled with expert psychological |
| by the vendor as proof and to be filed with the | | | | counseling and behavior therapy, followed by only the |
| concerned department. These laws are made so | | | | latter as maintenance therapy. |
| obviously stringent to prevent drug abuse and | | | | |