Transcript ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES AND PSYCHOTROPICS Addiction

ADDICTIVE
SUBSTANCES AND
PSYCHOTROPICS
Addiction
Drug addict is someone who physiologically or
psychologically dependent on a potentially
harmful drug.
Cigarette, alcoholic drinks, coffee, tea, gambling,
gaming, shopping, are some of the things that
can cause addiction
Smoking and Its Negative Effects
Smoking habit is not known to the world before
Columbus discovered America (1492 CE)
Today, in Indonesia 31.4 percent of the
population smokes cigarettes, 59 percent of
Indonesian male is smokers; with only 3.7
percent female are smokers
Cigarette
Smoke from the average cigarette contains
around 4,000 chemicals, some of which are
highly toxic and at least 43 of which cause cancer
Some of the substances that a cigarette produces
are nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide and sulfur
dioxide
Cigarette
A smoker can also harms other people around
him ( passive smokers )
Smoking habit is responsible for 90 percent of
the lung cancer deaths
One-third of smoking-related deaths are caused
by coronary heart disease or chronic airway
damage
Cigarette
Smoking also increases the risk of stroke by 50
percent among men and 60 percent among
women
Other research has shown that mothers who
smoke give birth more frequently to premature
or underweight babies
Alcoholic Drinks and Its Negative
Effects
Alcoholics (people that dependent on alcohol) can
not control their bodies or minds most of the
time, and as a result, they tend to cause
problems in their family and among the society.
A long term use of alcohol can cause liver
damage.
Cirrhosis of the Liver
Alcoholic Drinks and Its Negative
Effects
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Heavy drinking also affects the heart.
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Alcohol also affects pregnancy.
Narcotics and the Psychotropic and
Their Negative Effects
A narcotic is an addictive drug, derived from
opium that reduces pain, induces sleep and may
alter mood or behavior.
from the Greek word narkotikos, meaning
"deadening,"
Narcotics and the Psychotropic and
Their Negative Effects
Psychotropic substances can be defined as a
chemical substances that acts primarily upon the
central nervous system where it alters brain
function, resulting in temporary changes in
perception behaviour.
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Antipsychotics: prevent hallucination and other
abnormal behaviors
Stimulants: increase alertness (ecstasy,cocaine )
Depressants: decrease body function, reduce
pain (morphine, heroin, and opium )
Hallucinogen: produce hallucination (LSD or
PCP )
Drug
when someone consumes these substances
without proper medical supervision it is called a
drug abuse.
Drug
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Long-term drug use may damage the heart,
liver, and brain
Malnutrition
Infections such as hepatitis and HIV
Overdosing