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Harms of Using Drugs

Twenty-six respondents ranked heroin as having the greatest potential for harm, more than tobacco, but with greater variance; the drug’s high addiction potential, risks associated with intravenous use, impurities, social harms, and overdose were all mentioned.
Are adolescents in a higher risk of addiction?
Adolescents have a natural drive to investigate the unexpected, and experiencing the effects of recreational drugs, either licit or illicit, is part of that drive. However, the use of such drugs might not only result in physical and mental harm for the user, but can also present great burdens to society, such as aggression, car accidents, criminality, poverty, job absence, and health-care costs.
What are the reasons for an addiction?
For drug abuse and addiction, young males are at a greater risk, as are those who have family members with substance abuse problems. Other risk factorsinclude social and peer pressure, early antisocial behavior, stress, and easy access to drugs. Anxiety, depression, and panic disorders are also risk factors associated with drug abuse and addiction.
Is family an effect on drug addiction?
Drug addiction has been defined as a multifactorial phenomenon with genetic, biological, psychological, family, and sociocultural determinants In fact, no single factor accounts for drug abuse. Rather, multiple factors must be considered and are important in understanding the disorder and treating the patient. The conclusions of several studies on the profiles of drug-addicted individuals and their personalities, behavior, and contexts indicate an absence of univocal answers for the phenomenon of substance addiction  Nevertheless, family factors have been found to have an important etiological role in the initiation, maintenance, and mitigation of drug addiction
Sex differences in drug addiction
It is generally accepted that women exhibit lower rates of drug abuse and addiction than men, although the total number of female addictive drug users has increased in recent years. Indeed, men and women showed differences in the initiation and reasons for abusing drugs, drug-seeking and relapse during periods of abstinence, and treatment outcomes  For example, female subjects with drug addiction show higher levels of craving, behavioral activation and motor impulsivity in drug/cue exposure than male individuals with drug addiction and women become dependent on drugs more rapidly than men. Once addicted to a drug (e.g., opiates, nicotine, alcohol, cocaine and the psychomotor stimulants), females tend to have more difficulty giving up drugs and are at greater risk for relapse following abstinence compared to their male counterparts

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