Drug addiction — the scourge of our time which is annually leading of up to hundreds of thousands of people to death. Statistics shows that the most part among accepting narcotic substances — youth and teenagers. What this is dangerous "plague of 21 centuries" and what influence of drugs on an organism by – subject of our article.
Influence of drugs on a brain
Brain of the person — control center of all organism. Even single intake of drug is enough to do to it irreparable harm and to start irreversible processes. At hit in a drug organism the brain develops a large amount of dopamine, causing improbable pleasure and euphoria. After several doses at an organism the permanent accustoming to medicine is developed, he demands it again and again.
Influence of drugs on nervous system
Nervous system — one of the most important in a human body. Any kinds of drugs already from the first use destroy nervous cages which are not subject to recovery. Still the first doses which got to an organism promote violation of mentality of the addict. At such person the character is considerably corrupted, memory is broken, the attention becomes scattered and muffled, mental activity considerably decreases. The former member of society becomes not to learn, he sharply degrades, his behavior is inadequate and does not give in to understanding. The teenagers involved in this dangerous "flirtation with death" become just uncontrollable, they do not perceive in any way parents whose words and actions for the addict — an empty phrase.
Influence of drugs on mentality of the person
The person accepting certain time narcotic substances becomes mentally unhealthy. He becomes reserved, all events around, the center of the Universe for the addict — he cease to interest him, the family and relatives for such person cease to exist. All negative qualities and traits of character are peculiar to the addict: falsity, dishonesty and dishonourableness in relation to people around, callousness and indifference to relatives and their feelings. The most terrible that for the sake of a dose this person is capable of everything, even to kill, he has nothing sacred in soul any more, the addict lives for the sake of one purpose — to prick. By itself, the person is not capable to be the full member of society any more, to work, lead a normal life, to start a family and to raise children. It needs full long-term treatment in clinic, often compulsory.
Influence of drugs on other human organs
Influence of drugs on a human body is very harmful. So, when smoking drug, lungs strongly suffer. First it can be expressed in chronic bronchitis and constant cough, at late stages there is a probability of appearance of malignant tumors. Smoking of a grass — similar to tobacco smoking, all pitches and soot from it remain in lungs, as leads to irreversible consequences.
Work and a cardiovascular system is broken. Depending on a type of drug, pulse becomes more rare or arterial blood pressure becomes more frequent, raises or goes down. Accepting a dose are inclined to strokes and heart attacks. Anyway heart of the person strongly wears out, for several short years of the use of drug the centenary old man will have it as in case the addict in general survives.
At all addicts the decrease in level of appetite is observed that brings in a result to organism exhaustion. The metabolism of opiates slows down, necessary nutrients just are not acquired. The stomach cannot normally function because of insufficient production of enzymes, the operability of intestines is broken. It promotes emergence of such symptoms as belly-aches, constant locks. If in time not to begin treatment, death from exhaustion will follow.
Drugs destructively affect a reproductive system. At the person sexual desire gradually decreases that brings in a result to impotence. Addicts cannot often have children and if give birth — that to dead babies, or children with various diseases. As a rule, these children are already dependent on narcotic substances.
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