Substance Abuse
Substance abuse- Inhalants
The term substance refers to chemical compound that are ingested in order to alter mood or behavior. Substance use: It is the ingestion of psycho active substance (which alters mood or behavior) in moderate amount that does not significantly interfere with social, educational or occupational functioning. Eg: Drinking a cup of coffee in the morning in order to wake up. Substance intoxication: It means our physiological reaction to ingested substances that is getting high is referred to as substance intoxication. dependence: Substance dependence It is usually described as addiction means the person is physiologically dependant on the drug, requires greater and greater amount of the drug to experience the same effect (Tolerance) and will respond physically in a negative way when the substance is no longer ingested (withdrawal). So the tolerance and withdrawals are the physiological reactions to the chemical being ingested. Substance abuse: A maladaptive patterns of substance use leading to chemically significant impairment or distress that is if the substances disrupt your education, job, or relationship with others and put you physically dangerous situations and if you have related legal problems you would be considered as a drug abuser. . Inhalants: Inhalants are a diverse group of volatile substances whose chemical vapors can be inhaled to produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. While other abused substances can be inhaled, the term “inhalants” is used to describe substances that are rarely, if ever, taken by any other route of administration. A variety of products common in the home and workplace contain substances that can be inhaled to get high; however, people do not typically think of these products (e.g., spray paints, glues, and cleaning fluids) as drugs because they were never intended to induce intoxicating effects. Yet young children and adolescents can easily obtain these extremely toxic substances, and are among those
The term substance refers to chemical compound that are ingested in order to alter mood or behavior. Substance use: It is the ingestion of psycho active substance (which alters mood or behavior) in moderate amount that does not significantly interfere with social, educational or occupational functioning. Eg: Drinking a cup of coffee in the morning in order to wake up. Substance intoxication: It means our physiological reaction to ingested substances that is getting high is referred to as substance intoxication. dependence: Substance dependence It is usually described as addiction means the person is physiologically dependant on the drug, requires greater and greater amount of the drug to experience the same effect (Tolerance) and will respond physically in a negative way when the substance is no longer ingested (withdrawal). So the tolerance and withdrawals are the physiological reactions to the chemical being ingested. Substance abuse: A maladaptive patterns of substance use leading to chemically significant impairment or distress that is if the substances disrupt your education, job, or relationship with others and put you physically dangerous situations and if you have related legal problems you would be considered as a drug abuser. . Inhalants: Inhalants are a diverse group of volatile substances whose chemical vapors can be inhaled to produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. While other abused substances can be inhaled, the term “inhalants” is used to describe substances that are rarely, if ever, taken by any other route of administration. A variety of products common in the home and workplace contain substances that can be inhaled to get high; however, people do not typically think of these products (e.g., spray paints, glues, and cleaning fluids) as drugs because they were never intended to induce intoxicating effects. Yet young children and adolescents can easily obtain these extremely toxic substances, and are among those