HELLO DRUGS!!!!

                      HELLO DRUGS!!!

Drugs???Is it really good or bad?When we say drugs, some people will automatically think of prohibited drugs but let`s just try to explain to them that there are different types of drugs. Sad to say but there are so many drug abusers, or even drug addicts. Believe it or not, but, not only the prohibited drugs could have bad effects on our body, but all kinds of drugs when used improperly.

Drugs are chemical substances that affect the processes of the mind or body. There are different kinds of drugs according to use; the regulated drugs which are used to cure illness, safe if properly used and can be bought over the counter without physician`s prescription, the other kind is the prescriptive drugs that can be obtained only by means of a physician`s prescription, and the third kind is the prohibited drugs that alters the state if mind from what is perceived as actual reality, it is also known as illegal drugs.

There are also classifications of drugs according to its effect; the opiates which are derived from opium and tending to induce sleep and relieve pain, the inhalants which are taken by inhaling, the hallucinogen that causes hallucination, the stimulant that can temporarily increase the functional activity of the brain, the depressant which is the opposite of stimulant. Alcohol is one example of both stimulant and depressant. At the first phase, it is a stimulant but when we already get drunk, our energy will subside until we fall asleep.

Philippines is one of the countries in which almost all criminal cases are caused by drug dependency or drug addiction. Most of the times, teenagers are the suspects of those cases. I think most of the times peer pressure, curiosity, trying to escape from problems at home, to prove their guts, and to relive tension or nervousness are the reasons why they intake prohibited drugs which a lot of times, causes criminal cases.

For the parents out there, try to conduct some evaluation on your children. Try to know who their friends are, and show your love to them. Do everything in order for them not to become delinquents. Let`s say, “Hello drugs.” It doesn`t mean that we have to use illegal drugs. It just means that we have to be aware on the different kinds of drugs, their effects, and causes of abuse.

Source:   

https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/studentlife/health/promotion/goto/resources         

/drugclassifications.html

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/takeaction/parent.html

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/talk_about_drugs.html