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project on drugs in 500 words

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INTRODUCTION OF "DRUGS ADDICTION"

Drug Addiction word is make by two words :

(I) Drug (II) Addiction.


What is means Drug

Any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, all aviation or treatment of a disease is called a drug. A drug may also be defined as a chemical which, when taken in some way after the body function. Drug is also known as a medicine. Generally, the term drugs applied to any stimulating or depressing substance that can be habituating or addictive.

Meaning of Addiction

Addiction is the habitual, psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice. Which is beyond voluntary control. A person who is habituated to a substance or a practice, especially a harmful one, is called an addict.

Project Report on Drugs Dependence

Drugs are prescribed by physicians for the prevention or treatment of diseases, or for increasing the physical and mental performance and are withdrawn as soon as the desired effect is achieved. Repeated use of certain drugs on a periodic or continuous basis may make the body dependence. Such drugs are called psychotropic rugs. They act on the brain and alter behaviour, consciousness and capacity of perception. Hence, they are also termed mood-altering drugs. Some people start taking drugs without medical advise due to one reason or the other and become drugs dependent.

Classification of Drugs

There are a large number of drugs on which people become dependent. These are classifies into four major groups : sedatives and tranquillizers, opiate narcotics, stimulatants and hallucinogens.

    Type of Drug                    Examples                        Effect

 

1. Sedatives and Tranquillizers          Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines     Depress CNS activity give feeling of

                                                                                                          calmness, relaxation, drowsiness.

 

2. Opiate Narcotics                           Opium, Morphine,                     Suppress brain activity

                                                        codeine, Heroin                          relaxed pain.

 

3. Stimulants                                    Amphetamines, Caffeine,             Make a person more wakeful,

                                                        Cocaine                                     alert and active, cause excitement.

 

4. Hallucinogens                               LSQ, Mescalin, psilocybin,         Alter thoughts, feeling and

                                                        Ganja, chares, Hashish.              perceptions.

Combinations of Drugs and Alcohol :

Some addicts use mixtures of drugs to have immediate ‘kid’ or ‘charge’. Simultaneous use of drug and alcohol may produce dangerous effects, including death. When barbiturates and alcohol are taken together, each doubles the effect of the other. A mixture of cocaine and heroin called speed ball, gives spontaneous kick of cocaine and prolonged pleasure of heroin.

   
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