Effects of Drug Addiction
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The effects of drug addiction
are far reaching and can vary from person to person. The one thing that is
common among all drug addicts is that they eventually become completely
overwhelmed by the addiction, or they end up in prison, or they stop using
drugs. It's really always one of those three in the end.
For some
people, the effects of drug addiction are more social and behavioral,
such as lying, committing crimes and promiscuity.
For other people, the
effects of drug addiction are more physical, such as disease and
infection, deterioration of health and physical appearance as well as accidents
and injuries.
However, most people see both sides of effects of drug
addiction, where their physical and social abilities are severely
compromised.
A study funded in part by the National Institute of Drug
Abuse (NIDA) that looked at the effects of drug addiction hat was
published in the Archives of Internal Medicine examined at nearly 750 people
that entered an HMO addiction treatment program. The data gathered regarding
other social and medical conditions was compared to over 3,600 other patients
who were also members of the HMO but who were not identified as having an
addiction.
The study found that those receiving treatment for substance
abuse were more likely to have the byproducts of lower back pain, headaches,
arthritis and of course depression and anxiety, which are common with most drug
users.
Though this study has only recently been done, it has been known
for decades that somatic illnesses can result from the ingestion of toxins such
as drugs, both legal and illicit.
Many people throughout society have
some type of nutritional deficiencies. Since drug use depletes the body of
essential vitamins and minerals their overall health condition naturally
worsens, in addition to the more prevalent physical, mental and social problems
caused by drug addiction. What wasn't reported in this study is that in most
cases when drug use ceases and overall health is restored the other symptoms
often diminish substantially. It is not necessary to start taking prescription
drugs to combat the effects of drug addiction in most cases. |
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