Solving any sociological problem takes a great amount of resources. And since the problems caused by drug-addiction is indeed one of the most notorious in its category, it does take a solid-strong set of methods such as the ones that follow.
Promoting Narcotics Awareness : Promoting Vigilance and Security
Knowing your enemy is strength. In addition to knowing your enemy's characteristics, it is a wise move to know your enemy's weapons. The following are the most common addictive substances in the country today. Knowing them means knowing their usage and effects which can give anyone the idea as to how they can be stopped from being sold.
Comm Types of Addictive, Harmful Substances
Cannabis
Widely known as Marijuana or Pot, it is regarded as the “poor man's drug.” It is cheaper compared to other common drugs. Because of its relatively simple method of preparation, it can be easily distributed as well.
Some teenagers who have access to marijuana plantations were known to even distribute it freely to their friends at school. Modern uses of Cannabis are as a recreational or medicinal drug, and as part of religious or spiritual rites
In 2004, the United Nations estimated that global consumption of Cannabis indicated that approximately 4% of the adult world population (162 million people) used Cannabis annually, and that approximately 0.6% (22.5 million) of people used Cannabis daily.
Effects:
relaxation and mild euphoria (the "high" feeling)
decrease in short-term memory
dry mouth
impaired motor skills
reddening of the eyes
Methods of Consumption:
Smoking - typically involves inhaling vaporized cannabinoids from paper-wrapped joints ortobacco-leaf-wrapped blunts.
Vaporizer- which causes the active ingredients to evaporate into a vapor without burning the plant material.
Cannabis tea - contains relatively small concentrations of THC – a type of lipophilic oil This tea is made by first adding a saturated fat to hot water with a small amount of Cannabis.
Edibles - Cannabis is added as an ingredient to a variety of foods.
Methamphetamine
Known by its street name Shabu, it is one of the most common recreational drugs in Asia. Unknown by most people, Meth is used by some physicians to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and obesity.
Recreationally, methamphetamine is used to increase sexual desire, lift the mood, and increase energy, allowing some users to engage in sexual activity for prolonged hours or even days. The production, distribution, sale, and possession of substances that can be mixed or cooked into methamphetamine are restricted or illegal in many countries.
Effects:
increased alertness and concentration
can induce psychosis and cerebral hemorrhage in high doses.
can lead to post-withdrawal syndrome
long-term use can cause brain damage
Methods of Consumption:
Swallowing – This method takes around 20-30 minutes before the user feels the effects. Because the human body has a safety mechanism for dangerous substances that are swallowed such as vomiting, this method has the least risks.
Shooting Up – The drug is injected directly into the veins, commonly known as the works. Skin infection can develop at the injection spot. Injecting it into the vein bypasses all of the body’s defenses to filter toxins out of the blood stream, this makes this it the most dangerous among the most known methods. Because most users share needles upon this activity, this can lead into the transmission of Hepatitis B / C, and HIV.
Bumping – also known as snorting, it is the most common method of use, mainly due to the fact that it only takes around 3-5 minutes to take effect. This tends to destroy the tissue in the nose. Sharing of inhaling paraphernalia may transmit all types of germs from the common cold or flu, or some sexually transmitted diseases.
MDMA
Methylene-Dioxy-Meth-Amphetamine is a psychoactive drug that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. This has become widely known as "ecstasy" (shortened to "E", "X", or "XTC"), usually referring to its tablet street form.
Medical reviews have noted that MDMA has some limited therapeutic benefits in certain mental health disorders. It has been clinically proven that the treatment it can offer outweighs the risk of persistent neuropsychological harm to a patient.
MDMA is often considered the drug of choice within the rave culture and is also used at clubs, festivals and house parties.
Effects:
Euphoria – a sense of general well-being and happiness
Increased sociability and feelings of communication
Entactogenic effects – increased empathy or feelings of closeness with others
Mild hallucination
Dehydration
Insomnia
Increased perspiration
Loss of appetite
Nausea and vomiting
Diarrhea
Methods of Consumption:
Oral ingestion - MDMA is most often available in tablet form and is usually ingested orally.
Beverage mixing - Ecstasy traffickers consistently use brand names and logos as marketing tools to distinguish their product from that of competitors. Some of them market it in powder form so it can be mixed in various beverages.
Inhaling/Snorting – Some dealers employ popular logos like butterflies, lightning bolts, and four-leaf clovers. Which signifies MDMA can also be inhaled or snorted. It is occasionally smoked but rarely injected.
Alcoholic Drinks
Many people might be quite surprised why alcoholic intoxicants are included in this. If we agree that drug-addiction is caused by any habitually-ingested substance that can disturb a person's mind to the point where it is driven off course, leading into that person doing something violent or indecent, then the people behind the Global Drug Survey was right when it included alcoholic drinks on its “most addictive substances list.”
Most adults are occasional drinkers and a great percentage of them are technically “addicts” since some people are clearly alcoholics.
The global alcoholic beverages industry has exceed $1 trillion as of 2014, and though this country is just a small speck on this planet, we can confidently say that controlling liquor marketing can really play a significant role in the rise and fall of our local economy.
Thankfully, alcohol regulation is established and liquor distribution laws has been doing quite fine. It is undeniable that the problems caused by alcohol addiction is not as bad as the ones caused by the drugs mentioned above. Though not as harmful as the others, it is obvious that alcoholism is still a major problem, one that has to be included in the war on drugs.
Drug-related problems seem to manifest themselves from substances that you consider to be not too harmful. How ready are you ready to let go of some habits that could greatly damage your life?
