NAME : SAYED FOUZIYA ALI RAZA RIZVI. STD : F.Y.B.A ROLL NO. : 45 SUBJET: FOUNDATION COURSE.

COLLEGE: ABHINAV VIDHYA MANDIR. JR. & DIGREE COLLEGE TACHER NAME: NITIN SIR

DRUG ABUSE IN MODERN YOUTH IN INDIA.

CONTENT
1. 2. 3. 4. INTRODUCTION CHILDREN AFFECTED BY SUSTANCE ABUSE. CAUSE OF DRUG ABUSE CONCLUSION.

DRUG ABUSE IN MODERN YOUTH IN INDIA.

INTRODUCTION:
June 26 is celebrated as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking every year. It is an exercise undertaken by the world community to sensitize the people in general and the youth in particular, to the menace of drugs. The picture is grim if the world statistics on the drugs scenario is taken into account. With a turnover of around $500 billions, it is the third largest business in the world, next to petroleum and arms trade. About 190 million people all over the world consume one drug or the other. Drug addiction causes immense human distress and the illegal production and distribution of drugs have spawned crime and violence worldwide. Today, there is no part of the world that is free from the curse of drug trafficking and drug addiction. Millions of drug addicts, all over the world, are leading miserable lives, between life and death. India too is caught in this vicious circle of drug abuse, and the numbers of drug addicts are increasing day by day. According to a UN report, One million heroin addicts are registered in India, and unofficially there are as many as five million. The pharmaceutical products containing narcotic drugs are also increasingly being abused. The intravenous injections of analgesics like dextropropoxphene etc are also reported from many states, as it is easily available at 1/10th the cost of heroin. The codeine-based cough syrups continue to be diverted from the domestic market for abuse Drug abuse has led to a detrimental impact on the society. It has led to increase in the crime rate. Addicts resort to crime to pay for their drugs. Drugs remove inhibition and impair judgment egging one on to commit offences. Incidence of eve- teasing, group clashes, assault and impulsive murders increase with drug abuse. Adolescent drug abuse is one of the major areas of concern in adolescent and young people's behavior. It is estimated that, in India, by the time most boys reach the ninth grade, about 50 percent of them have tried at least one of the gateway drugs. However, there is a wide regional variation across states in term of the incidence of the substance abuse. For example, a larger proportion of teens in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh use gateway drugs (about 60 percent in both the states) than Uttar Pradesh or Haryana (around 35 percent). Increase in incidences of HIV, hepatitis B and C and tuberculosis due to addiction adds the reservoir of infection in the community burdening the health care system further. Women in India face greater problems from drug abuse. The consequences include domestic violence and infection with HIV, as well as the financial burden. Eighty seven per cent of addicts being treated in a de-addiction center run by the Delhi police acknowledged being violent with family members. Most of the domestic violence is directed against women and occurs in the context of demands for money to buy drugs. At the national level, drug abuse is intrinsically linked with racketeering, conspiracy, corruption, illegal money transfers, terrorism and violence threatening the very stability of governments.

CHILDREN AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE

In India an NGO survey revealed that 63.6 % of patients coming in for treatment were introduced to drugs at a young age below 15 years. According to another report 13.1% of the people involved in drug and substance abuse in India, are below 20 years. Heroin, Opium, Alcohol, Cannabis and Propoxyphene are the five most common drugs being abused by children in India. A survey shows that of all alcohol, cannabis and opium users 21%, 3% and 0.1% are below the age of eighteen. An emerging trend about child drub abusers is the use of a cocktail of drugs through injection, and often sharing the same needle, which increases their risk of HIV infection. Overall 0.4% and 4.6% of total treatment seekers in various states were children. The problem in India is there are no sensitization programmes about drug abuse in schools or for children out of school. India does not have a substance abuse policy. There is also a high incidence of charging children under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Children who at times done have access to high quality drugs will use volatile substances easily found in corner stores such as cough syrups, pain relief ointments, glue, paint, gasoline and cleaning fluids. There are very few to no health centers that deal with child substance abuse problems, especially in the rural areas. The use of tobacco is another major concern amongst children. In India 20 million children a year and nearly 55,000 children a day are drawn into a tobacco addition. The number is shocking when compared to the 3000 a day new child smokers in the US. The use of certain drugs such as whitener, alcohol, tobacco, hard and soft drugs is especially wide spread among street children, working children and trafficked children but there is currently a lack of reliable data on drug abuse amongst children. In 2008, CHILDLINE India Foundation published a study on substance abuse amongst children in Manipur. The study found a wide spread prevalence and acceptance of drug use from heroin to the most common Spasmo Proxyvon. The high use of intravenous drugs is accompanied by sharing of needles and hence a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Children affected by substance abuse are considered as children in need of care and protection under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.

CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE

Many people wonder about the causes of drug abuse. An underlying cause is the escape from emotional pain. Some people are physically predisposed to drug addition, whether emotional pain is present. Have a question? Get an answer from a Medical Professional now! Emotional Issues o The most prevalent cause of drug abuse stems from the addict's need to escape from emotional pain. Any sort of trauma can lead to drug abuse. Job Loss o An unexpected disruption, such as job loss, can create a feeling of inadequacy and undermine a person's confidence, leading him to flee the pain through drug abuse. o Sponsored Links Windows Server 2012 Cloud-Optimize Your IT with Windows Server 2012. Get a Free Trial Now! microsoft.com/ws2012 Marital Difficulty o Arguments and discord in the marriage can lead to drug abuse. Drugs can provide a release from tension in the family. Genetics o A drug abuser can be susceptible to addiction because of her genetic makeup. Once the drug abuser experiments with a substance, the body will crave more.

 Self-Medication o Self-medication can encompass all of the above issues for the drug abuser. He feels that he must relax, escape or mentally shut down through drug abuse. Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others. The term "drug abuse" does not exclude dependency, but is otherwise used in a similar manner in nonmedical contexts. The terms have a huge range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. All of these definitions imply a negative judgment of the drug use in question (compare with the term responsible drug use for alternative views). Some of the drugs most often associated with this term include alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines (particularly alprazolam, temazepam, diazepam and clonazepam), cocaine, methaqualone, and opioids. Use of these drugs may lead to criminal penalty in addition to possible physical, social, and psychological harm, both strongly depending on local jurisdiction There are many cases in which criminal or antisocial behavior occur when the person is under the influence of a drug. Long term personality changes in individuals may occur as well Other definitions of drug abuse fall into four main categories: public health definitions, mass communication and vernacular usage, medical definitions, and political and criminal justice definitions. Substance abuse is prevalent with an estimated 120 million users of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and other synthetic drugs.

CONCLUSION
Drug abuse is something which has become a serious problem in many countries and the war against it has to be fought together. It has hounded humanity for many years now and ought to be put an end to. But this is an angle where governments have to be involved. They have to work in collaboration with each other. Already the war is on against drugs in many countries. But there is another angle to the war against drug abuse. This is the sensitive angle, the humanitarian angle, which is more like the work that Mother Teresa did for the poor and neglected people. We have to literally go about picking up all the people into drug abuse and give them the love and care they so desperately need to get out of the trap of drugs. We have to understand that most of these people have given up on life or don't know how to handle the problems in their lives and chose drugs as an escape route. First of all we have to believe that every problem has a solution and then we have to go about convincing those into drug abuse that there are solutions for everything and that one just needs to take a positive step towards them. We have also observed that there is hardly any knowledge imparted about drugs in any school curricula. Why are governments shy about discussing such a grave issue with those who are most susceptible to it. Here the old saying, "Prevention is better than cure", really could be given a thought to. There should be enough trained child psychologists in schools who are available to take care of their stress and tensions and can teach them to deal with life's problems head-on.There should be a close interaction between teachers and parents to see any behavioural changes in adolescents and go to the root cause than try to get rid of them superficially. Time is the biggest gift that parents and teachers can give to children in this ever modernizing world. It is very strange that on one hand are so many people fighting for their lives, hoping to live a little longer, living with unimaginable problems and hardships, living bravely and positively in spite of physical handicaps, and on the other hand are people who have all of life's gifts but are so weak that they become the slaves of drugs. Drugs are not worth giving up your life for. You are stronger than you think. If life is a battle, fight it! This reminds me of the famous lines from the poem, 'Psalm of Life', by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"Be not like dumb, driven cattle Be a hero in the strife".