Drug abuse and heroin
A drug is a substance that has medicine, intoxicating and enhance performance of the human body. Drug abuse is the use of those drugs which the consumer of this substance in which the user exposes harmful to themselves and others. It is a psychiatric, social and psychological problem affecting the youth. Drug abuse ruins the user and the society socially, physically, emotionally, economically and culturally. After taking the drugsthey use spawns disorders such as anxiety, fear, sense of insecurity and hallucination in the human mind. Drug abuse reduces cognitive operation making the youth to unable to develop values and ideals that are functional. This reduced cognitive performance lead to poor academic performance, low self-esteem and retarded growth in the personality of the consumer.
Heroin is becoming a popular drug among the youth. Heroin abuse is considered a negative behaviourbecause the use always goes against the norms and they become obsessed. Heroin is a white or brown powder substance that is extracted from the opium plant. Heroin is injected into the body. Use of heroin has long and short term effects on the user and the society.
Short term effects
After taking heroin in the body, it is converted to morphine. The user feels a rush of pleasure sensation. It is highly addictive because it is absorbed in the brain faster than the other drugs. Heroin rush is accompanied by mouth dryness, extremities feeling and a warm rush on the skin. Voting, nausea and severe itching may also be felt depending on the dosage taken. The user gets a drowsy feeling for several hours because the central nervous system is affected leading to a slow cardiac functioning. Overdosing heroin leads to slow breathing rate sometimes to a point of death.
Long term effects
Addiction is the most detrimental long term effect of abuse of heroin. Heroin has a profound degree of tolerance and physical dependency causing the user to spend time, energy and resources on the drug. Addicted individuals have signs of withdrawing symptoms when they attempt to stop abusing the drug.
Solutions to abuse of heroin
Primarily young people should be educated about the effects of drug abuse and in particular, heroin. This will a sense of awareness on them, preventing them from trying and abusing. The society also should dedicate more resources, time and energy to win the way against drug abuse.
