
Name: Adeogun Sofiat
ADDICTION CRISIS AWERENESS.
WHY
WE AS A NATION ARE DEALING
WITH
ADDICTION CRISIS.
In every nations and
country we are all dealing with addiction crisis. I believe we as a
nation are dealing with addiction crisis because our mental health
and addiction crisis has led to the longest decline in life
expectancy since world war 1. This is a priority for me because as a
future doctor I see the implication of addiction crisis everywhere
I go, everything from the effect that people surrounding me are
facing.
But before
putting the horse before the cart, I will like to shed more light on
what we call addiction crisis. What do we understand by addiction,
crisis and when the two words are join together to form one sentence
which is addiction crisis. What are the consequence of addiction
crisis in our nation? How can we eradicate addition crisis.
Addiction is a
condition in which a person engages in the use of a substance or in a
behavior for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling
incentive to repeated pursue the behavior despite detrimental
consequences. While crisis is refer to a short term substantial
change in one’s psychological functioning or circumstances. And
according to the phenomenon addiction crisis is ?
Addiction crisis
are cause
CONSEQUENCES
OF ADDICTION CRISIS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND THE SOCIETY.
There so many
consequence of addiction crisis. For example addiction of drugs like
(marihuana, cocaine, nicotine and heroine) and alcohol have lot of
consequences for both individual and the society.
The first consequence
is physical and psychological dependency, in many instance the drug
addict becomes physically and psychologically dependent on the drug.
Sudden withdrawal of the drug from the addict results in the
withdrawal symptoms. The prolonged use of the drug brings about
psychological changes in the central nervous system, which causes
physical manifestation when the drug is suddenly withdrawn.
Craveness: a drug
addict craves for a particular drug and becomes increasingly upset
if deprived of it, and he/ she may uses any means to obtain the drug
either by disobeying the law or by using any other method which can
also affect the society.
Suffering : this is
usually experienced either by the drug addict or the society he/she
belongs or both. And to crown it all drug abuse or addiction leads
to an untimely death.
REMEDY
TO ADDICTION CRISIS ON BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY.