DRUG ADDICTION

(IN LAHORE)

Presented by: SPARKS

Presented to: Ma’am Sumayya Zulfiqar
Contents:

• Introduction
• Types of drugs
• Causes of drugs
• Stages
• Impacts
• Remedies
• Conclusion
INTRODUCTION TO DRUGS
Drug:
• A drug is any substance that alters
normal bodily function, resulting any
psychological or behavioral change.
• Drug is a substance used to treat an illness.
 DRUG ADDICTION &ABUSE
• Illegally indulgence in drugs is
referred to drug abuse
• Dependency on drugs (pathologic-condition)
illegally, by prolonged drug abuse is “Drug
Addiction”
 ADOLESCENT ADDICTION
USAGE BY YOUTH IN GRADES 9 -12
• Alcohol: 82%
• Marijuana: 31%
• Inhalants: 13%
• Meth.: 8%
• Cocaine: 7%

*Youth Risk Behavior Survey of Nebraska

 CURRENT TRENDS ADOLESCENT ADDICTION

• 26% of youth have their first drink of alcohol before the age of
17.
• 28% of all fatal alcohol related motor vehicle accidents involve
youth between 15 –23.
• Alcohol is a major factor in 50% of all motor vehicle accidents,
homicides, and suicides among youth.
TYPES OF DRUGS
Alcohol:
Is sold as
• Beer
• Wine
• liquor

Prescription Drugs:
• These are medicines whose unneeded taken, are very
dangerous drugs
• These are of three types:
1. pain relievers
2. Sedatives
3. stimulants.
Marijuana:
• Also known as:
• Mary Jane
• pot
• weed
• ganja

Tobacco:
Tobacco comes in the forms of:
• cigarettes
• cigars
• smokeless tobacco
• hookah
Ecstasy:
• commonly referred to as “E” or “X”
• considered a club drug because of its stimulating
effects.

Inhalants:
It has several types:
• spray paint
• Glue
• fingernail polish
• Gasoline
• Cleaning fluid
Cough Medicines:
The ingredient in cough medicine is
dextromethorphan (DXM).
DXM is chemically similar to morphine

Methamphetamine:
Commonly known as Speed, meth,
Glass, crystal etc.
It is cocaine, turned into a crystal.
Amphetamine:
• This form is on the market as Benzedrine.
• Sometimes used to treat obesity,
narcolepsy, and attention deficit.
• Stimulant that are injected, smoked,
snorted, or ingested.
CAUSES OF DRUG ADDICTION
 PEER PRESSURE
Social pressure by members of one’s peer
group to adopt certain values.
• Reason(acceptance by peers)
• Bad company
• Lack of family care
 POOR FAMILY ENVIROMENT
Aggressive behavior
• Lack of basic needs
• Less resources
• Low status
 PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Mental illness
• Any emotional state that destroys
the ability of doing work.
• Accessive use of drugs.
• Endagers community
 FEELING OF DEPRESSION
• Symptom of loneliness
• Lack of social network
• Emotional pain
 LACK OF PARENTAL ENVOLVEMENT
• Less supervision
• Full freedom
• Bad environment
 JOB STRESS
• Pressure of work
• Tough schedule
• Unhelpful colleagues
• Ruthless boss
 MARITAL PROBLEMS
• Home fights
• Emotional disturbance
• divorce
 CURIOSITY AND THE URGE TO EXPERIENCE
• Sense of feeling
• Adventure
• Beginning point
 FINENCIAL DIFFICULTIES
• Unemployment
• Mind stress
• Selling of home appliance
 HIGH LEVEL SPORT COMPETITION
• Boost performance
• Amphetamines
• Steroids
• Muscle building
STAGES OF ADDICTION
 INITIATION

● This is the first time drug is used

● Caused by curiosity
● peer pressure,
 EXPERIMENTATION

● The drug is used socially and kept under control

● Testing drugs certain situations
● No cravings
● as a way to wind down after school or work
 REGULAR USE
● User develop a daily or weekly usage pattern
● Substance abuse may also occur alone
● Negative consequences began
 DEPENDENCE
● Tolerance
● Require more drug to achieve same
effect
● Physical Dependence
● Withdrawal symptoms
● Body becomes reliant on those
substances to perform certain functions
 ADDICTION

● User becomes psychologically dependent

on drug
● Users are unable to quit
● Negative consequences are no longer a
deterrent
● Getting high is top priority
IMPACTS
 Loss of Family
1. Relationships, with themselves, with their
families and with other people worsen

2. Unable to perform social roles in family

3. Family become dysfunctional

 Medical Problems
1. Drugs abuse cause many diseases
like lung cancer.

2. Unsafe medical practices lead to HIV/AIDS, TB

and hepatitis

3. Government does not have enough budget to deal

with addiction
 Public Impairment
1. Some truck drivers, public
transportation drivers have drug
addictions.

2. There have been several accidents

that are the fault of a driver who
was under the influence at the time
of incident, resulting in a lot of
casualt
 JOBS DIFFICULTY

1. A person doing drugs cant think rationally

2. He /She becomes unable to do anything with or without drugs
3. This leads to mostly becoming unemployed
 FINANCIAL PROBLEMS

1. Constant depletion of wealth

2. Some drugs cost a fortune
3. People unable to do their jobs
4. Financial Disaster
 Crime
1. A large amount of crime can be
attributed to substance addictions.

2. Half of all the drug addicts

arrested for a serious crime, such
as, murder, robbery, and assault.
SURVEYS
1. In Pakistan, the issue of drug addiction is often overshadowed by
the many of the Pakistan's other human development problems,
such as poverty, illiteracy and lack of basic health care, child
labor and other problems such as terrorism, shortage of power
resources, economic problems etc.
2. The Drug Use in Pakistan 2013 Survey Report, a collaborative
research by the Narcotics Control Division, Pakistan Bureau of
Statistics and the UN, states that there are 7.6 million drug
addicts in the country, out of which 78 present are men and 22
present women.
3. The number of drug users is particularly high in the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, where close to 11 percent of
the population is hooked on drugs. In 2013, the number of drug
users in Balochistan was 280,000.
6. The number of injection drug users has sharply increased in recent years.
In 2007, Pakistan had an estimated 90,000 injecting drug users, but the
number had risen to around 500,000 by 2014.
7. Tobacco use results in 430,700 deaths and alcohol abuse causes 100,000
deaths annually. Although an estimated 16,000 deaths annually are
attributed to illegal drug use, this is probably a conservative number.
REMEDIES
 RISK FACTORS
Risk factors are those influences which increase the
chances of using ,misusing
and abusing drugs.
1.Less involved in recreational ,social activities.
2.Academic failure.
3.Rejection of pro-social values.
4.Alienation and rebelliousness.
5.Ties to the deviant peers.
6.Family members do not spend much time
together.
7.No sense of “connection” to community.
 RROTECTIVE MEASURES
1.Knowledge regarding risks associated with substance’s
abuse.
2.Negative attitude towards substance and substance use.
3.Have positive future plans.

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4.Having strong family bonds.
5.Being educated about drug’s abuses.
6.Clear expectations and limits regarding alcohol and
Other drug use.
7.Being involved in school and
community activities.
8.Having friends with similar values.
9.Positive environment in school.
10.Participation in co-curricular
activities.
7.Being involved in school and community activities.
8.Having friends with similar values.
9.Positive environment in school.
10.Participation in co-curricular activities.