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Use of marijuana and cocaine among teens
Drug use among Spanish students 14 to 18 years has decreased in 2010 compared to previous years and this reduction is more pronounced in the case of snuff, cannabis and cocaine.
However, these three drugs are still the most consumed by the Spanish youth, according to the National Survey on Drug Use in Secondary School Students (ESTUDES) 2010, released by the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality.
Alcohol consumption shows a relatively stable trend, but three out of 10 schools recognized having been drunk in the last month.
Alcohol, snuff and inhalers are volatile drugs earlier onset (between 13 and 14 years).
Cocaine use among students recorded the lowest figures of the last decade: 3.9% say they have used the drug sometime in their life, to 2.6% did in the last year and 1.5 % last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Effects after consumption
The effects of cocaine can be divided into two parts. On one hand it must refer to the primary consequences that causes an individual consuming a dose of cocaine. For another, what can be termed as side effects of cocaine, all those leads caused by abuse, prolonged and excessive consumption of the substance.
Regarding the first point, leading to cocaine may be referred to as the pleasurable effects of it, main reason being consumed. These effects cause a great euphoria and excitement, which usually are accompanied by an elevation of self esteem.
The individual and the drug
Not only influences the amount or regularity with which a drug is consumed the effects it generates. Individual consumer level also plays a part. In this way, through tolerance or awareness that everyone has.
As mentioned, the effects felt on the first occasion of use, never repeated. Therefore, each subsequent use, but will have a pleasant nature will not be in the same way, neither in intensity nor in time.
In turn, the decrease in the pleasurable effects brings a feeling of discomfort for the consumer, which, through repetition, becomes more severe.
Tolerance and awareness come into play here. Tolerance refers to the lack or absence of these primary effects. Which leads to increasing doses to assimilate those effects. In this way a consumer repeated doses more frequently, because the effects are not the same. The latent risk here is to dependence.
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Consumption and Addiction to Cocaine
In the process of the drug, except marijuana, there is always a post-primary effects, time where you feel the satisfaction produced by the material, which consists of the decline of these effects, and there is the need for another dose to avoid the state of depression involved. This condition is exacerbated by the usual consumed, the size of the dose used. Tolerance and sensitization.
If you eat for the first time, or not in the habit of consumption, decrease the instance of the primary effects of cocaine is markedly milder than if you eat more often. It is noteworthy that in the particular case of cocaine, the need for consumption is from a psychological and not physical. Physical dependence is not characteristic of cocaine.
Stimulant Drugs
Modern life is characterized by a relentless race activities, responsibilities and requirements. The work and study, by themselves, are very demanding, and more if done simultaneously. The need for many people to respond effectively to these activities, leading to the consumption of pills that help support the bustle of the day.
The use of these drugs stimulating the central nervous system, is one of the main options that make many people, even to fulfill those responsibilities. The problem starts, no doubt, is installed on the addictive nature of these substances, many legal drugs.
Consequences of Drug Addiction
The negative consequences associated with drug addiction affect many different aspects of a person’s life. These consequences are very different, but we can divide them into two groups.
Health
Drug addiction causes or is involved in the appearance of various diseases, damages, losses, and organic and psychological problems. Hepatitis, cirrhosis, depression, psychosis, paranoia are some of the disorders that produce drug addiction and can be fatal.
Types of Drug Addiction
Addiction to drugs
Used to describe a pattern of use of drug addiction that leads to serious problems or concerns such as skipping work, using drugs in dangerous situations (driving a car), or the continued use of drug addiction that interferes with relationships with family and friends. drug addiction as a disorder, refers to substance abuse or excessive use of legal substances (alcohol).
The Chemical Dependency
It is the continued use of drug addiction, even when significant problems have developed. These include an increased tolerance or need for increasing amounts of drug addiction to get the desired effect, failure to attempt to stop drug addiction, and a weakening of their social activities.
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Social Drugs Among Adolescents
Consumption of any drug by teenagers, there is, in most cases, through so-called social drugs. These drugs are alcohol, snuff, marijuana and cocaine. In turn, within the previous point, the snuff is the substance used by the majority in the first instance, followed by alcohol. These two substances, snuff and alcohol are the most frequently among adolescents.
They are different factors that can lead to a teenager, and any other individual in age range, drug use, whatever the substance. From psychological, social, personal, family, curiosity. It is impossible to single out one factor over others.
Drugs Effects on The Body
These drugs produce stimulant effects by altering the perception level and causing hallucinations. The most frequently used is ecstasy, which causes feelings similar to amphetamine and mescaline.
Whichever is the dose that is consumed, will expand its impact.
At low doses produce feelings of euphoria and confidence in self-esteem, developing some fluency in communication and the ability to relate to others.
The results usually take place in three stages: first a slight loss of orientation, then a heightened euphoria and loss of control, reaching an exaggerated sociability.
Methods of Drug Administration
Methods of administration of cocaine not only determine the primary effects you feel the consumer, but also the potential health hazards. There are three ways exist to use cocaine. On the one hand the most common or usual among today’s consumers by intranasal, being sucked through the nose.
Intravenously can also be consumed cocaine, ie directly into the bloodstream through an injection. In contrast, the drug can also be smoked, especially if it is cocaine crystals, such as cocaine base or crack.
As mentioned, each shape will determine the effects you feel the consumer, as well as potential dangers. Anyway, and amen of the form used for the administration of cocaine, there are common risks to the individual.