Posted in Substance Abuse on Mar 24th, 2010
Drug addiction is a physical, mental and emotional dependence on a drug. In fact, the drug becomes the most important thing in the life of an addict. They will let nothing, or no one get in the way of their getting their drug fix. Because of this, their behavior often seems bizarre and very out of the ordinary.
Posted in Substance Abuse on Jan 28th, 2010
Substance abuse is also known as drug abuse. Substance abuse is a tem which refers to fatal and harmful usage of psychoactive substances such as drugs (cocaine, marijuana, hash, weed, and other illicit drugs) and alcohol. Some people intake these in higher volumes and they get dependent to these drugs. This is generally known as dependence syndrome where a person gets a cluster of behavioral phenomena.
Posted in Substance Abuse on Jan 12th, 2010
Some of these drugs are obtained from prescriptions which are used by people for pleasure rather than for medicated purpose where as some other drugs are treated as illegal because of the high potential risks and effects associated with them. However, with strong determination and will power any one can get rid off the drug addiction.
Posted in Substance Abuse on Jan 5th, 2010
The two ways that substance abuse affects families the most are emotionally and financially.
Once in a while, they can even affect them in a physically threatening way when the psychological changes in the substance abuser changes to an elevated need for the substance.
