Addictions - Problemas do Mundo Actual

Drug Addiction

Curso: Técnico de Informática Disciplina: Comunicar em Língua Inglesa Modulo: Os problemas do mundo actual

July 4, 2011Sara Gonçalves

Introduction:

This work arose in the course "Communicating in English," module "Knowing the problems of our world today," taught by the trainer, Luisa Silva.

This work is represented Addiction as a problem in today's world, in my opinion is one of the most serious problems that exist worldwide, as is present in all types of society and with which we should worry about.

This paper will explain what addiction is, the various types of existing drugs, records show studies in public sector schools in Portugal, a study conducted in the countries of the European Union on drugs. Testimonies of drug addicts and a video illuminating/enlightening on the drug.

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ConteúdoIntroduction:...................................................................................................1Definition of Drug...........................................................................................3illicit drugs......................................................................................................4Drugs can also be distinguished as follows:...................................................5Why Addiction?..............................................................................................6School Role in Preventing Drug Addiction......................................................8Work and Addiction........................................................................................9What are the addiction recovery services in the country?...........................10Cocaine and amphetamine use by students................................................12Real testimony of a teenager who try out drugs..........................................14Conclusion:...................................................................................................15


Definition of Drug

Addicts are people who consume a particular drug and can no longer live without them, or are dependent on drugs in their day-to-day.

We can divide into two types of addiction, mental and physical.

In psychological dependence, there is a compulsive desire to use the drug regularly for their psychotropic effects. In physics, the user has physical problems arising from lack of substance.

In relation to drug addiction is essential to understand several concepts:

Addition: the particular case of dependence characterized by the compulsion to consume a substance.

Dependence: When the person stops with the consumption of a substance has negative psychological and physical symptoms (withdrawal syndrome).

Tolerance: the continued consumption leads to increased dose of the substance to the person feel the same effect.


illicit drugs

The illicit drugs most consumed by the Portuguese are hashish, heroin, cocaine and ecstasy.

Hashish: folder is a resin obtained from hemp. It has brown color and is sold in the form of plates "chocolate".


Cocaine: obtained from coca leaves. Color is white and is sold as a powder on, "White."

Heroin: Obtained from the opium. It has grayish brown color and is sold

in powder form, "Brown".


Ecstasy, amphetamine tablets are sold in some nightclubs.

It is estimated that 50,000 to 150,000 Portuguese are dependent on illegal drugs.


Drugs can also be distinguished as follows:

Depressants: reduce physiological arousal, and reduce the psychological stress can induce relaxation. There are three types of depressants: alcohol, barbiturates and benzodiazepines.

Narcotics: although it is often used to refer to illegal drugs, the term refers to a specific class of drugs derived from opium. The narcotics have the effect of numbing the senses and creating a state resembling sleep. However, consumption of high doses can cause a prolonged degree of relaxation that can lead to respiratory arrest and consequently death. Narcotics include opium, morphine and heroin.

Stimulants: cause states of euphoria, because they increase the levels of certain neurotransmitters and thus increase the level of neurological activity in the limbic system, a system that is responsible for pleasure. The two most powerful stimulants are amphetamines and cocaine, but could also include caffeine and nicotine.

Hallucinogens: have the effect of distorting sensory experiences. Under the influence of hallucinogens, what the individual sees or hears is changed, changed or deformed. Such distortions may be called hallucinations, perceptual experiences that are not based on reality. Some hallucinogenic drugs are cannabis, LSD and mescaline.


Why Addiction?

One of the main reasons that lead people to enter the world of drugs are problems that have personal, family, social, etc.

The way a person is educated, the way you live, the people who surround him, his character, his way of looking at life the way it deals with the problems influenced their choices in the future.

Therefore does not mean that a person who has a rigorous education and family that has not connected to any type of dependency does not take a teen to experience any kind of drug, yet is hardly addict.

One way to know if a couple is inserted into the drug world, is when this young man has had major projects on a personal level and a moment's notice ceases to have any will, any project, but not always.

Some reasons that may lead young people to enter the world of drugs, remember that the explanation does not depend on one or a few. Depends on the combination of all.

Being Human: addiction is a problem of human beings, but the explanations must be sought in the circumstances of Being drugs, people with problems, their lives and their families, social institutions like family, school, or Work and Street. Citi es and society. Television and other forms of illusion. The politics and the economy.

Drugs: The effects of drugs on people is a part of the explanation of the problem. The drugs produce an illusion of well being and power. This illusion is artificial, but people get used to "being" and thus can only with drugs.

People: People who become addicted are another perspective necessary to understand the problem. Stories of life and ways to be different: for example, a poor idea of itself, an inadequate expectations about life and living and a thirst to win quickly, the exaggerated fear of the future, the suffering of being that becomes unbearable for some ...

Family, School and Street: Family disoriented, separated by individualism of our day. School mass, offering little and look for more leaves. Family and School that there are pitched at primary mission is to educate, which is to form the Self Family lost to resign from their responsibilities. The school can never replace the Family. And for the young little room left to find the meaning of their lives, to find the direction and Lack Being Being, and so walk in "Streets" is very dangerous.


Work and Family: Many are lost before the time comes to have a job. But another of the wars of our time is between Family and Work. Work devalues the Family. We are what we do, we are our work. We are in the present and forget our children who are not nothing. Growing Family is essential to the Being that is where the root form of the Self Growing more, at School and Work in the Street is only possible from this root. Balancing Work and Family is one of the challenges that our faces every time an all to continue to be (before we talked about the responsibility of each one, remember?).

City: Massa huge, shapeless, faceless people without Being The drug is the ultimate expression of urban life, life without Being is the mass of the city that is about to kill a human being had at Ser

Company: Individualism and materialism exacerbated. Everything tends to objectified, to be non-being. Being (human) alone is not Being, is a thing among things. Being (human) builds up and grows in the relationship with other beings. It is respect for others that comes respect for ourselves and a sense of a dignified and responsible.

Television: The illusion. Because the drug. Life outside of us, so fast that does not give us time to feel, to think. Does not give us time to be, to be ourselves.

Politics and Economics: The drug problem is a social and global, that is, a political problem. It is the political vision. They should define the strategy and promote the mobilization of such responsibility of each and every one. Unfortunately often spend their time with more urgent things (but less important). As for the economy, we all know that the drug is one of the largest businesses in the world. There are economically dependent. Then the octopus tentacles reach everywhere. We cannot say that politics and economy have created this problem alone. We can say that this problem contributed to birth and grow. We can say that their contribution to managing this problem is essential.


School Role in Preventing Drug Addiction

The school is a place where students spend most of the time. That's where I begin and develop their socialization process.

The functions of the school are:

TEACH OR KNOW-KNOW, KNOW-HOW. EDUCATION OR BE KNOW. Socialize or BE KNOW

It is at school that young people gear up for their working life, learn to be adults, autonomous citizens capable of achieving.

At school the children learn theoretical concepts and theoretical and practical, it develops your ability to concentrate, memory and performance capacity.

The school can always be instructive lectures to various concerns in the lives of adolescents, but can never replace the role of the parent (parents) because they also have an important role in the life of each of these young people.

If the parents are minimally aware, if they show interest in the personal lives of the young, to speak openly with the youth about all the dangers and what causes them, you can help it do not follow paths less suitable and if they follow a these paths may be able to realize in time to avoid becoming dependent.

The school also has the duty and obligation to alert the parents to take any illegal substances in order to prevent them and warning them of dangers and to help parents better cope with this situation, because many parents are not prepared and sometimes not quite know how to cope or talk to the young.


Work and Drug Addiction

General January 9th, 2008

"Drug abuse can undermine the work (absenteeism, accidents, low productivity, conflituosidade, image ...). The world of work can contribute to addiction. Working poor, rich, an inadequate job, no work, poor management of work stress. The work has risks to physical and mental health. For these two reasons, and because of this responsibility we have discussed, labor organizations and people who are here should do anything. Duty ... and want. Ethical duty. Want, because we know that power is not enough. And because they want is power. For ourselves, for our jobs and our children, we must all do something.

Most people with problems of alcohol and drug works. Some work in a "special", but they work. Sometimes your family is disorganized and the "friends" also live in the drug world. The work ends up being the only bridge to the world of life without drugs. So finding these people in a professional context is an opportunity to help. How? Not pretending not to see or anything that is not with us (such a responsibility).

Do what? Human being at work is the principle. We should not be at work as mere instruments or pieces of gear. We must be humane and treat others as human beings. Be alert to all colleagues, especially the misfits, those who appear unwell. To lend a hand. Sometimes just a little attention, a word, a helping hand. Do not make things worse with "mouths" or ignoring certain people. When we are sure that there are problems with colleagues, openly confront. Tell them you know your problem and motivate them for treatment. Transmit these colleagues confidence in their recovery and not put them aside when they return after a "cure."

But the biggest challenge you can throw into the world of work is prevention. We look for information. We must form ourselves. Disseminate information within the company. About these things, organizing a discussion group and problem management in the company, the Commission or the Workers' Union. Find consultants to help our group to function and produce work. Contact organizations that specialize in prevention and treatment. Propose that the company clarify its policy in this area. The company proposing the organization of information campaigns and training for workers.

These are just some ideas. We wanted to show what is possible. Now they are in your hands. Force”

Text: Dr. Paul Victory


What are the addiction recovery services in the country?

"There are addiction recovery centers across the country, acting not only in prevention but also in rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug addicts. The families, whose participation is essential in the long process of recovery can also be followed in these centers and elucidated on the dangers of drugs.

If a drug addict or know someone in these conditions can contact the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction at the Ministry of Health (SPTT), which provides free and confidential consultations and has the following specialized units:

Service centers for drug addicts (CAT) - provide comprehensive care, individually or in groups, always in outpatient;

Unit’s waiver replacement therapy - extensions of the CAT, which provides the daily dose of methadone and controlled the heroin addicts or LAAM. The SPTT considers that when abstinence is impossible, it is preferable to replace the heroin with other opioids, associated with lower health risks and social;

Withdrawal of units - units of short hospital stay, principally specialized stop the suppression of consumption without the pain


associated with withdrawal. Its action is based, as a rule, a program of seven days of hospitalization, no visits or contacts with the outside through the therapeutic contract. After this time, respecting the contract, the user can go to a program of opiate antagonist therapy or long-term institutions in the therapeutic community. Another program is 10 days of hospitalization for pregnant women drug addicts, whose output is in withdrawal or relocation in the therapeutic community;

Therapeutic communities - units of long-term institutions, where care is provided to addicts in need of psychotherapy and social support treatment, with the aim of breaking the relationship with psychosocial their addiction and re-socialize him into a new world family, social and labor;

Day centers - places where active nature of occupational and / or pre-professional, outpatient;

Information Centre and reception (CIAC) - units dedicated to the prevention of risk behaviors in adolescence and education / health education. "

Cocaine and amphetamine use by studentsFor R.P.A.13 June 2009

Clinical psychologist ensures that stimulant use is "normal" during the final exams of secondary school. Some of the drugs taken by students can cause "schizophrenia"

"It's a habit of high school students, in these times of testing, consuming amphetamines." Who is the guarantor clinical psychologist expert in the field of pharmacology, Carlos Lopes Pires. Although no studies related to secondary education, the psychologist believes that "a good percentage" of the approximately 157 000 students Tuesday begin taking the exams "stimulants".

However, in this field, "drugs" can be divided into two types: the harmless, vitamin supplements (such as the cerebrum) and the dangerous amphetamine or similar substances.

Fruit of the various research that has developed, Carlos Lopes Pires gave an overview of the substances to which students use, "Methylphenidate (substance prescription drugs, amphetamine-related drugs and present in Ritalin, Concerta and Rubifen) pridana, piracetam, modiodal, piradetam, amphetamines, and guarana tablets. "

In addition to this long list of substances, which consumed in excess "can cause psychological and schizophrenia," says Lopes Pires is still used another drug "cocaine".


Although harmful to health, psychologists recognize that these substances give results, since "provide a more intense level of adrenaline, increases the ability to be several hours studying and accelerate cognitive abilities."

For Rui Trindade, an expert in Education, students consume more and more to amphetamines because "there is a lot of pressure, which leads them to resort to legal and illicit." Moreover, "competition is increasingly fierce, installing the 'win at all costs'."

Contacted by the DN, the Infarmed said he had no data on consumption of stimulants, since "only looks at the products reimbursed by the state." Already the National Association of Pharmacies (ANF) recognizes, through its vice president, Maria da Luz Sequeira, that "these times increases the sale of light bulbs. Students supplements to consume more tired physical and mental fatigue."

However, it reinforces that the ANF has no study on the matter. With regard to the pharmaceutical amphetamines "or believes that goods of that kind to walk out of the circuit of pharmacies." Also Goulão John, president of the Institute for Drugs and Drug Addiction, reveals that this body does not have any study of amphetamine use by students or awareness campaigns.

On the other hand, even if data existed could not be completely reliable, because as Carlos Lopes Pires explains, "students can buy on the Internet." Still, the psychologist believes that "most students get it through medical." All because many of these substances are used for other purposes such as treating people who suffer from hyperactivity.

Source: Daily News

http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1261282&page=-1

http://youtu.be/3HghH_Dkc-w

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Video: Free heroin, testimony of a couple


Real testimony of a teenager who try out drugs

"I was 15, was with my friends, had recently started to smoke (tobacco), was a person with low self-esteem, sometimes I found myself doing things just because they did made me a person Metia more protected and more respect and so people stopped looking at me as always looked.

I was afraid to speak, afraid to beat me, fear me they enjoyed it because he was poor, or because they just could not have had that many.

So I decided to be like the people liked, I started stealing money from my parents to buy things they do not I could afford, in order to drink at the end of either period, as my colleagues.

Then later wanted to learn to smoke, because if I smoke in front of my colleagues do not know catch, it would be funny.

A few days later then started to smoke tobacco until I decided to try drugs, as several people around me were smoking drugs, why not try? What would I have to lose with this? But today would say that I got with it?

I was never totally dependent, smoked occasionally, at parties with friends, buy a few times, but the few experiences I had were enough to realize that I did not feel good about it, gave me puke, sick, drowsiness, and I even but see for 10minutes, only the grass and left me, made me laugh, was happy during the period was the effect.

But if sometimes I did not feel well why not leave?

We would not be excluded from our group of "friends" because we do not know how to live without them, because none of this makes sense, but the truth is that while continuing in their company would have to be very strong to avoid the temptation to give some raisins in a joint!

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The salvation of this does not continue for life is the people closest, such as the family who can help us without having to scream. Knowing this world and deal with these problems can greatly help to remove people like in this life.

With me it was like a family member became aware of the situation and did everything that I left the companies that influenced my life choices and ideas.

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With all this I can only conclude that no free will, without force, without fighting, without goals, without prospects, without help, without understanding / support from family, this is not as simple as it sounds. Sometimes it is more straightforward when the drugs have never experienced the light, since all other processes are much more painful and lengthy. "


Annex:


Conclusion:

It concludes that there are plenty of people worldwide who use drugs, or who already consume.

If you are curious and will try to experience is continuous, hardly able to stop and it is very difficult to accept, your future will go through the addiction.

It is difficult for people who are dependent on the drug or other substance that makes addiction, admit that it depends on something in order to feel good.

These people cannot always ask for help, in fact hard to accept that they need help to people with normal lives without depending on any kind of substance; the future of these people will not be very bright.

Experience indicates it will not always be an addict, because not all people make the same reason, there are those who experience because his friends also smoke and want to know how it feels, when this feeling becomes "good" first experience led him to a person to make the smoke, but there are exceptions to the rule, those who resist and say no at the right time!


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