Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is a complex neurobiological disease that requires integrated treatment of the mind, body, and spirit. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain, they change its structure and how it works. Without treatment, these brain changes can be long-lasting. Addiction is chronic, it is progressive, and if left untreated, it can be fatal.

CANNABIS ADDICTION

Colloquially known as gaanja, weed, hash, etc., Cannabis is a plantation drug that is infamous among teenagers despite the fact it is an illegal drug and can have many side effects such as memory loss, brain damage, impotency, increased heart rate, insomnia etc.

OPIOIDS ADDICTION

Extracted from pods of opium poppy plants, Opioids are drugs that can cause extremely hazardous physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms. Usually consumed orally, at times it is taken through injections by an addict, which can lead to anxiety attacks, heart failure, constricted blood vessels, muscle pain etc.

HEROIN ADDICTION

Colloquially known as smack, black, H etc., Heroin is injected through injections into the body or taken orally or by smoking. They have immense ability to create a fast tolerance in the body and thus cause a high level of dependency and ultimately quitting it, becomes difficult.

COCAINE ADDICTION DISORDER

Cocaine, a white powdery substance made from coca plant, is snorted through the nose or is taken orally or smoked. Cocaine addicts take it along with alcohol, thereby damaging the brain, liver and heart affecting the respiration, which may result in death by cardiac arrest, seizure or heart stroke.

HALLUCINOGENS ADDICTION

Hallucinogenic drugs alter the reality of consumers and make them hallucinate excessively, where the reality is forgotten and they live in an imaginary world, mentally, which changes their way of thinking, acting and reacting to situations.