No Drugs Awareness

1.                What are Drugs?

   “Substances that affect the chemical and physical functioning of the brain are called drugs. Drugs are often termed “mind-altering” because they change perceptions and the behavior.”

Drugs Facts:

   Occupational categorization of drug addicts

   Labor Class 53.3%
   Sales persons 14.1%
   Agricultural workers               10.9%
   Students                                  11.4%

Drugs That Are Commonly used in Pakistan:

1. Tabacco 2. Alcohol 3. Heroin

Marijuana and Hashish prescription Drugs.

Types of Drugs Used in different Classes:

   Drug               Lower             Middle            Upper
   Hashish 39                    15                    25
   Heroin                25                     8                     38
   Opium 10                     3                      0
   Tranquilizer         4                     40                    30
   Alcohol 1                      2                      7

2.                What is Addiction?

Any Substance or habit that you physically or emotionally need to feel normal everyday.
Addiction affects
Body of am addict person will crave the drug but never be satisfied.

Three main cause of Drug Addiction:

Peer Pressure
Failure in relationship
Escape reality

3. Stages of addiction:

The First stage is Experimentation:

You feel:

No negative consequences.
You learn to trust the allurement.
You learn how much to use to feel great.

The second stage is social usage:

The use of Drugs:

Becomes a more regular routine.
You make this a part of your social life.
You make safe rules for self-regulating.
Your trust becomes locked on allurement.

The third stage is daily preoccupation:

The Drug:

Become a harmful dependency.
It violates your value system.
You can’t block out the emotional pain.
Unresolved problems produce stress and strain.

The last stage of addiction:

You start to have paranoid thinking-delusion.
You have no desire to live.
You loose the control and dignity.
You have broken family relationship.

4. How are drugs affecting your family and society?

Drugs are destroying our nation:

   There are over 7 million unofficial and 5 million reported drug addicted in Pakistan.
   Over 60 % of them are between the age of 12 and 25.
   Pakistan is a major drug route for exported heroin.
   There are over 1.5 million female drug addicts.
   These 7 million are nor productive members of society.

5. How do drugs affect our body?

Drugs and the body:

Drugs burn the body’s vitamins.

Drugs dull all your senses:

They entered or body either by smoking inhaling, drinking or injecting.
They enter our blood stream and eventually reach our most important organ our brain.
In the brain is where drugs do the real damage. They kill cells.

6. Danger signs of Drug Use:

A drastic change in attitude.
Withdrawal from relationships.
A rebellious spirit.
Poor grades in school, college & university.
Changing of friends and activities.
Lying becomes a way of life.
Hides his plans from loved ones.
Stealing to meet his needs.
Wants to stay out late at night.

7. Physical signs of Drug Use:

They develop circles under their eyes.
They look tired all the time.
They appear shaky and are restless.
Personal hygiene starts to slack off.
Track marks on the arms.
Lose their appetite.
They avoid gatherings or isolate themselves.
They lose weight.
They become more irritable.

8.    How can we remain drug free?
   Determine to just say NO!
   How to say NO?

Don’t be idle.
Achieve excellence in positive activities such as studies, sports, music, reading, etc.
Choose your friends wisely.
A person is known by the company s/he keeps.
Find a mentor.
Have someone that you can go to and express your feelings and receive wise counsel.
Develop your relationship with God.

   The choice is your……
   Make the right choice
   Only the safe choice is

   Just say NO DRUGS, THANK YOU

   If you need help then please contact us