Drug addiction - causes and signs of drug addiction

Drug addiction is divided into several types, which differ from each other by the type of drug used. Drug addiction is:

• opiate;
• cocaine;
• hashishism;
• amphetamine;
• LSD.

Causes

This disease can manifest itself due to:

• lack of understanding and love from loved ones;
• curiosity;
• experiments on consciousness;
• a sense of rebellion;
• pressure from drug-addicted peers;
• a sense of irresponsibility and lack of self-discipline;
• indifference to life;
• internal conflicts;
• social problems;
• lack of self-confidence, complexes;
• the desire for popularity;
• the desire to expand your circle of acquaintances;
• the desire to fight depression.

Symptoms

Signs of drug addiction can include both social and physical manifestations. Both children and adults may:

• change in behavior;
• secrets and new friends appear;
• problems arise at school or work due to behavior, failure to attend or failure to complete tasks.

There is an acutely increased need for money, things of patients and their relatives may disappear. Mood and character change, a person has a different attitude to everything previously familiar.

All these factors can characterize the emergence of drug addiction.

Drug addiction manifests itself through obvious physical signs:

• insomnia and pallor;
• a face devoid of facial expressions or, on the contrary, increased facial expressions during withdrawal;
• dry mucous membranes;
• stuffy nose;
• trembling hands and pricked, inflamed veins;
• frequent yawning and sneezing;
• abnormally wide or narrow pupils that are unable to react to changes in lighting;
• fidgeting, nervousness, aggression, lethargy.

Diagnostics

The most common method for determining drug addiction is psychological testing, the results of which show the characteristics of drug addicts. Such patients suffer from:

• paranoidism;
• compulsivity;
• introversion.

Biochemical tests are also prescribed. In the body of a tolerant person, the level of drug metabolism is assessed. Functional changes that occur as a result of prolonged use of the drug are also examined. Only based on a comprehensive examination can a comprehensive diagnosis of this pathology be made.

Treatment

Treatment of this disease can only be carried out in a hospital setting, under the constant supervision of a qualified psychologist and narcologist. The key to successful treatment is to remove the psychological and physical dependence on the drug.

It is necessary to urgently:

• detoxify the body;
• restore the nervous system and sleep patterns;
• take the necessary measures to support the blood vessels and the cardiovascular system.

It is quite difficult to cure this disease, this process may require a long period of time, in addition, the result will completely depend on the patient's attitude to recovery.

Prevention

Preventive measures for this disease should be regularly carried out both in society and separately in each family. Parents should carefully monitor their children's environment, do not allow the child to communicate with suspicious individuals, protect children from negative influences on the street. It is necessary to distribute the daily routine extremely competently in such a way that the child's body is not too busy, but at the same time so that the child is interested in doing something and not sitting idle.

All preventive measures should be based on the following principles:

• bring positive moments into life and remove the feeling of hopelessness;
• information of a negative nature should talk about all the tragic consequences that await drug addicts and alcoholics;
• all scenes showing drug and alcohol use should be banned in the media;
• any publications should contain clear and real conclusions of specialists;
• the preparation of materials should also be entrusted only to specialists (teachers, social workers, police, psychologists, narcologists);
• any targeted information on this matter must be approved by a special expert council.