TCA is the antidepressant drug; it is been misused from long time as illicit drugs. TCA drug addiction can be detected by the test strips which are available in a kit which is called as drug stick tricyclic. (more…)

Heroin is the highly addictive and more rapidly acting opiate drug. Heroin abusers are at high risk of developing many health hazards. People are least aware of the content in heroin. It is just processed from naturally occurring morphine and is marketed in brownish color or black color powder.

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Drug abuse information shows that drug addiction affects the whole surrounding of an abuser. It spoils the self character, behavior, family, relationship, carrier, job, health and finance. What’s more to acquaint with the consequences of drug addiction? Drug addiction must be abolished completely from the society.

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Addiction to gambling and drugs is the greatest concern all over the world. It has been reported that gambling and drug addiction will destroy one’s life when left untreated. Addiction can be cured by the existing medication for the treatment. Have you noticed the casino table, players will be playing with drinks in a hand. Gamblers are offered with free drinks to enjoy the game. Automatically gamblers are getting addicted to gambling, drugs and alcohol. The stimulants for both gambling and drug addiction are the same located in the brain. The pleasure pathway is triggered to become addict in both the cases.

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Sports person are more likely to abuse drug in order to mask the pain experienced during the play and practice. The pain experienced by the sports person during practice is intolerable and may act as barrier during play. Hence to overcome the pain sports person seeks drug abuse. Drug makes the pain insensitive to the player. It masks the central nervous system which responsible for the sensing the pain. Drugs like amphetamine, narcotic acts as a good pain reliever. Players make it as a habitual use which results in serious side effects.

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It becomes more important to pay attention to individual risk factors that are related to drug abuse. They are:

1. Impulsiveness.

2. Stress.

3. Emotional instability.

4. Excessive use by peers.

5. Vulnerability.

6. High sensation seeking.

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Drug abuse is a prime contributor to homicide, suicide, motor vehicle accidents, and deaths. Alcohol abuse is directly attributed approximately to 150,000 deaths each year. Drug abuse and alcohol not only leads to these but also to premature deaths through brain damage, overdose, anemia, gastritis, and other physical problems. Studies showed that these deaths occur between the ages of 20 and 40 in persons addicted to alcohol and drugs.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by a virus named human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that lives and multiples in white blood cells that are part of the immune system. This virus ultimately leads to depletion of cells and tissues in the body. As the immune system weakens, the HIV-infected person becomes vulnerable to various illnesses and infections. Behavioral disorders that include drug abuse where a sharing of needles occurs and risky sexual contacts are the central to the spread of AIDS since the epidemic began more than 30 years ago.

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There are a number of drugs that are capable of producing the addiction but every one them have a different mechanism of action. Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance which is followed by sedatives, opiates, cocaine, cannabis, tranquilizers, etc. But all of these invariably lead to the verge of depression, lowering your physical health, spoiling your social, life and lead to a brutal death. It exists as a major medical, social, ethical, moral, legal and political issue.

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