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Drug Addiction In Vancouver, BC
A lot of people believe that addiction and drug abuse is strictly a social matter. Teenagers, parents, older adults and members of the community in general often characterize those who do drugs as morally week, or potential criminals. They believe that drug addicts and abusers should stop their drug use if they’re willing to make a positive change for their lives.
It’s true that addiction begins with drug use – at the point when an individual consciously decide do take drugs – but addiction isn’t simply “using a lot of drugs”. In fact, according to recent scientific studies, there is overwhelming evidence suggesting that drugs interfere with brain functioning in a manner that creates a powerful feeling of pleasure, but also causes long-term effects on brain activity and metabolism. Eventually, these changes turn mere drug abuse into addiction – a chronic and relapsing illness. Those who are addicted to drugs struggle with compulsive craving and usage, and it’s incredibly hard for them to quit on their own. In order to end that compulsive behavior, treatment is necessary.
In order to understand how to prevent people from using drugs to begin with, it’s important that one understands drug abuse in general. It’s necessary to send the message that it is much better not to start doing drugs at all than to have to enter rehabilitation later. Replacing ideology with scientific facts and overcoming misconceptions is the best way to bridge the “great disconnect – a gap between how the general public perceives drug addiction and abuse, and the scientific facts on the matter.
Alcohol Addiction in Vancouver, BC
Those who aren’t alcoholics often fail to understand why can’t someone who suffers from the condition merely “use a little willpower” and put an end to their drinking. Alcoholism, however, does not have much to do with willpower. They face a very powerful craving, an uncontrollable need for alcohol, which overrides their ability to consciously make a choice to stop. This need can be just as strong as the need for water or food.
When an individual ingest alcohol, it is absorbed by their stomach, and enters their bloodstream – going to all tissues. Its effects depend on a wide variety of factors such as the individuals weight, size, sex, and age – as well as how much alcohol and food was consumed. Alcohol has a disinhibiting effect which is among the main reasons why it is so widely used in social situations. Other effects of moderate intake include talkativeness and dizziness, and, in larger amounts, slurred speech, nausea, disturbed sleep, and vomiting. Even at low doses, alcohol can significantly impairs the person’s coordination and judgement required to safely drive a car. Low to moderate doses will increase an individual’s potential for violence as well, including child abuse and domestic violence. Hangovers are among the possible effects too, after large amounts are consumed – it consists of nausea, headache, dizziness, thirst, and fatigue.
Heavy, prolonged alcohol use can lead to alcoholism. When the individual is an addict, suddenly cessating long term intake will produce withdrawal symptoms like hallucinations, convulsions, tremors and severe anxiety. Long-term effects of ingesting large amounts of alcohol – especially if paired up with poor nutrition – will lead to permanent damage to vital organs like the liver and brain. Mothers who drink alcohol as they’re pregnant can give birth to babies with fetal alcohol syndrome, suffering from a wide array of irreversible physical abnormalities such as mental retardation. According to research, children of alcoholic parents have a significantly larger risk of becoming addicted to it.
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