Drug Abuse
Drug Abuse
Many people in the world have abused drugs at least once in their lifetime and some of those people abuse it every day. Lots of drug abuse often turns into a drug addiction which is much more serious and can even be deadly.Many people do not understand that people who have drug addictions choose to continue their behaviors or that they lack the will to quit. Many people just assume that a person with a drug addiction could just quit anytime they wanted to but that is not the case. Because of the ways that drugs change the brain quitting is extremely hard, even if a person wants to quit. Although the decision to take drugs for the first time is a personal choice, eventually the brain changes to reduce self control and their ability to resist that drug. Drug addiction is a complex problem and scientists are just beginning to understand how to successfully assess and treat a drug addiction. Drug abuse will often lead to an addiction and once addicted it will take more than just good intentions to quit.
To understand how people become so addicted to drugs that they can not stop doing them you need to understand how drugs affect the brain. Some drugs like marijuana and heroin have certain chemical messengers that act as neurotransmitters which are already produced by the brain. Methamphetamines, cocaine, and some other drugs cause nerve cells to release excessive amounts of the neurotransmitters that are already produced by the brain. Either way the brain is filled with dopamine which is the neurotransmitter that control movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. This reaction makes a person want to access this reward feeling again and again which leads to a person abusing drugs. Because the reward system that drugs activate are usually activated for things that are necessary for survival the body naturally wants to continue to access this reward system leading to excessive drug use and eventually an addiction. As a person starts to do
Many people in the world have abused drugs at least once in their lifetime and some of those people abuse it every day. Lots of drug abuse often turns into a drug addiction which is much more serious and can even be deadly.Many people do not understand that people who have drug addictions choose to continue their behaviors or that they lack the will to quit. Many people just assume that a person with a drug addiction could just quit anytime they wanted to but that is not the case. Because of the ways that drugs change the brain quitting is extremely hard, even if a person wants to quit. Although the decision to take drugs for the first time is a personal choice, eventually the brain changes to reduce self control and their ability to resist that drug. Drug addiction is a complex problem and scientists are just beginning to understand how to successfully assess and treat a drug addiction. Drug abuse will often lead to an addiction and once addicted it will take more than just good intentions to quit.
To understand how people become so addicted to drugs that they can not stop doing them you need to understand how drugs affect the brain. Some drugs like marijuana and heroin have certain chemical messengers that act as neurotransmitters which are already produced by the brain. Methamphetamines, cocaine, and some other drugs cause nerve cells to release excessive amounts of the neurotransmitters that are already produced by the brain. Either way the brain is filled with dopamine which is the neurotransmitter that control movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. This reaction makes a person want to access this reward feeling again and again which leads to a person abusing drugs. Because the reward system that drugs activate are usually activated for things that are necessary for survival the body naturally wants to continue to access this reward system leading to excessive drug use and eventually an addiction. As a person starts to do