*Internação para dependentes quimicos: Alcoolismo e usuários de drogas - Abuse

Drug Abuse

Daniel — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:28:04 +0000

Drug Abuse

Ancient literary and religious texts show that, at all times and places, human beings deli

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Bibliography

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:28:14 +0000

Alcoholism: Can your genes drive you to drink? – Crime Times Vol. 3, no. 1, 1997, pages 1 & 3 & 7 –

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The Treatment of Drug Abuse

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:24:15 +0000

The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) definition of drug addiction as "a chronic relapsing disease of the brain, which is expressed in behavioral ways and occur in a social context", expresse

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Clinical Manifestations of Drug Abuse

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:20:58 +0000

For the sake of brevity we shall not discuss in this paper the clinical manifestations induced by each drug or drug-group.

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Marijuana and Hashish

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:18:23 +0000

The active principle of marijuana and hashish, D 9 cannabinol (THC), seems to be accountable for the drugs' central affects. Both forms are prepared from the leaves of a plant, Cannabis sativa.

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The Hallucinogens

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:16:23 +0000

Hallucinogenic or "psychedelic" drugs have the capacity to induce hallucinations without delusion.

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Psychostimulants: The Amphetamines and Cocaine

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:13:51 +0000

The psychostimulants is a group of drugs with differing structures and common actions such as increased motor activity and lessening of sleep necessity.

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Drug Abuse: The Alcohol

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:10:23 +0000

Alcohol is a multiple-action depressor of the Central Nervous System, and the depression caused by it is dose-dependent.

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The Chemical Changes Induced by Drugs in the Brain

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:08:07 +0000

Certain characteristics seem to be common to all abuse-inducing drugs:

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The Causes of Drug Abuse

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:04:45 +0000

Investigations show that some alcoholics begin to drink due to social pressures or in response to stressing situations in their lives.

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The Mechanism of Drug Action in the Brain

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:01:07 +0000

Whenever a person uses a drug and the effect it produces is somehow pleasant, this effect gets a rewarding quality for that person.

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The Types of Drugs of Abuse

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:57:26 +0000

Along mankind’s history, several pharmacological agents have been used to induce intoxication, They comprise plant extracts, fermentation products and, more recently, different synthetic substances

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Why People Use Drugs?

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:47:29 +0000

But why are the intoxicants (modifiers of nervous function) so sought after? What are the reasons that drive people to use them?

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Drug Abuse

Daniel — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:50:55 +0000

Ancient literary and religious texts show that, at all times and places, human beings deliberately used (and abused of) substances fitted to modify the nervous system functions, inducing altered bo

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