By Hasnat

Kainat
Humayun
Dilawar
CONTENTS
Purpose
Introduction
Classification of Drugs
Motivation for Taking Drugs
Stages of Drug Addiction
How Drugs are Taken
Causes of Drug Addiction
Signs and Symptoms
Why people use Drugs
Why people get Addicted
How Addiction Develops
Effects of Drug Addiction
Stats and Overcoming Drug Addiction
Conclusion & Recomendation
Purpose
 INTRODUCTION
ADDICTION
 The urge to do something that is hard to control or stop
 Inability to stop behavior no matter how harmful or dangerous it maybe.

DRUGS
 Any substance that effects the functions of human body
 A condition in which body relies on a given drug to help its function
 Changes the structure and chemistry of brain
 Classification of Drugs

Hard Soft
Drug VS Drug
 Motivation for Taking Drugs
Increased Energy Level
3

Motivation
Relief of Stress 2 4 To Relax

Peer Pressure 1 5 To Relieve Pain

 Stages of Drug Addiction

Experimentation Risky Use/Abuse

01

02
Regular Use Dependency

03
04
 STAGE 1
EXPERIMENTATION

 Curiosity is the motivator.

 Learning to trust/mistrust the drug used

 “HIGH” is still a new feeling

 STAGE 2
REGULAR USE

 User is thinking more about drugs

 Previous relationship becomes difficult

 User uses when alone

 User still thinks they have control

 STAGE 3
RISKY USE/ABUSE

 Has confidence in using the drug

 User think the drug won’t hurt him

 Peer group uses

 STAGE 4
DEPENDENCY

 User uses the drug to avoid being sick

 Drugs become the center of their life

 Can no longer get high

HOW DRUGS ARE TAKEN
HOW DRUGS ARE TAKEN
Smoke 01

Inject 02

Snorted 03

Swallow 04

Inhale 05
 Causes of Drug Addiction

Increased Lack of Proper

Availability of Interest in
Drug at low price Education

Rapidly Lack of Jobs and

Changing Social Economic
Norms Frustration
 Causes of Drug Addiction

Negligence of To Overcome
Parents Frustration

Lack of Drug Social and Family

Education in the Stresses
Family
 Signs and Symptoms

Physical Signs Behavioral Signs

Signs and Symptoms
Physical Signs

Needle Marks on Arms or

Legs

Red Watery Eyes and Pupils

larger or smaller than usual

Nausea, Vomiting, excessive

sweating
Signs and Symptoms
Physical Signs

Needle Marks on Arms or

Legs

Red Watery Eyes and Pupils

larger or smaller than usual

Nausea, Vomiting, excessive

sweating
Signs and Symptoms
Physical Signs

Needle Marks on Arms or

Legs

Red Watery Eyes and Pupils

larger or smaller than usual

Nausea, Vomiting, excessive

sweating
Signs and Symptoms
Behavioral Signs

Change in Activities and

Hobbies

Moodiness, irritability, or
nervousness

Becomes Paranoid
Signs and Symptoms

Feeling of using drug regularly

Failing in attempt to not use drug

Maintaining the supply of drug

Spending Money on the Drug

 Signs and Symptoms

Stealing in order to get the drug

Feeling that drug is needed to get out of

problem

Behavior Signs

Driving or doing Risky thing while doing

drug

Focusing more and more time on drugs

 Why People Use Drugs

• Specific Incentive differs from Person • Drugs can provide temporary isolation from
to Person suffering which leads to mental health issues

• People Take drugs to escape or mask • Once Addiction I started it spread more and more
reality
 Why People gets Addicted

• Not Everyone who experiment the

drug becomes addicted
There are general Social, Biological and environmental
• No research conclusion on weather a factors that increases the Risk of Addiction
person will get addicted or not
 Why People gets Addicted

Biology
Genes in combination with
the environment

Environment
Family, Friends and socio-
Economic status

Development
The earlier the drug use
begins the more likely it
will escalate to addiction
How Addiction Develops
 Effects of Drug Addiction

01 02 03
On Individual On Friends and On Society
Family
 On An Individual
Physical
01

Nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain

04 02
Liver failure

03 Seizures and strokes

Permanent brain damage

 On An Individual
Physical
01

Damages the immune system

04 02
Heroine withdrawals can cause
vomiting and muscle cramps

03 Cardiovascular conditions including

heart attack

Overdose can cause death

 On An Individual
Mental and Moral
01

Effects brain chemistry

04 02
Behavioral problems

03
Hallucinations

Aggressiveness
 On Friends and Family
01

Loss of employment

04 02
Financial problems

03 Marriage problems

Homelessness
 On Society
01

Drink and drive

04 02
Increases crime rate and domestic
violence

03 Constricts production at workplace

Offenses related to damaging property

 Stats
Pakistan

01 02 03 04 05

6.7 Million People 4.25 Million 70% Male Number of Drug Pakistan Spent 800
addicted to drugs Dependent on the 30% Female Addicts Increased Billion Rs on
drugs by 40,000 / Year Terrorism and just
70 Million on Drug
Addict
 Stats
Pakistan

01 02 03 04

44 Tons of heroin In 2007, almost 11 % of KPK 2.8 lac are

consumed annually 90,000 people population is dependent on Drug
injected to drugs. Addicted to
But the number rose Cannabis
to 500 thousand by
2014
 Stats
World

Use of Alcohol
results in 3.3
Million death per
year

Every Person in the 31 Million people

world age 15 or above around the world
drinks 6.2 liter of have drug use
Alcohol yearly disorder
Stats
World
 DRUG MAFIA 1

A drug dealer is an individual

1 who sells drugs illegally.
Small time dealers or highly
organized group.
3
Seen as the key part of the addiction
2 In society.
They sell variable type drugs.
2

PABLO ESCOBAR world famous

3 drug dealer of cocaine
OVERCOMING DRUG ADDICTION

Understanding Addiction Different

Perception
OVERCOMING DRUG ADDICTION

Portuguese Decriminalized
OVERCOMING DRUG ADDICTION

Recognizing that you have a problem

and Deciding to make a Change

Find Support for you addiction recovery

Learn Healthy ways to Cope with Stress

Pamper yourself
OVERCOMING DRUG ADDICTION
RECOMMENDATION

Should be a family Support for a patient to

cure Drugs

Family and Friends should explain side

effects and its serious outcomes like death

Family should help a Addict in finding the

root cause which brought him in this
situation

Family must give treatment to addict for

him to become Emotionally Stable

Family and Friend should stay alert to

protect them from bad company
RECOMMENDATION

Drug Abuse should be considered as Public

health Problem

Allocation of equal funds and resources

 CONCLUSION

WRONG PATH
WHICH LEADS TO RIGHT PATH WHICH
MISERY SAVES THE LIFE.

CHOICE IS YOURS
THANK YOU