Substance Abuse: Heroin

By: Saina - 8R
Substance Abuse - Heroin
Substance abuse means abusing the power of various drugs, alcohol or chemicals to the point at which the user can’t stop. This can usually result in physical, mental and/or emotional harm to the users and others. Teenagers are more in the risk of the substance abuse as they don’t acknowledge the consequences of their actions; the reason is the biological and psychological changes during the adolescence, but also lots of the adults get addicted to the drugs due to some issues that they have in their lives. There are many drugs and substances that teenagers and adults use to feel better and forget some of their problems but there are many horrible and huge effects that they can have, one of these addictive
Also many teenagers get addicted to this drug because of peer pressure. Peer pressure is when pressure from members of one's peer group to take a certain action, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted, and usually this is why the teenagers get involved in drug addictions. The other reason would be that heroin has a cheaper price, and it’s easier to find comparing to the others. Many people with psychological issues such as depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety will end up using this rose gray, brown or black drug to feel better without knowing the damage that it has on their bodies. Right after heroin usage, people get a rush of good and happy feelings, but after a several hours it seems that the hours pass slower and everything is extremely slow, even the person will think or walk much slower than usual and they feel that they’re in a dream, that reduces the worry feeling. It doesn’t let the users to feel any kind of pain in their bodies because it blocks the brain’s ability to perceive pain, and that’s the reason that over 15% of the American soldiers became addicted to heroin to keep their stress down in the Vietnam War. Heroin is strong but the users never know how strong the one that they
One of the things that they can do is to effectively deal with peer pressure, because a huge percentage of teens get addicted to drugs due to peer pressure to not be left out and look like an adult. They need to find a better group of people or be strong to say no. In life, there are a lot of ups and downs, people need to deal with life pressures. People today are overworked and overwhelmed, and often feel like a good break or a reward is deserved, however in the end, drugs only make life more stressful. To prevent using drugs as a reward, find other ways to handle stress and unwind. Take up exercising, read a good book, volunteer with the needy, create something. Anything positive and relaxing helps take the mind off using drugs to relieve stress. The people with psychological problems who decides to have addictions, can make a better choice and go to a professional to ask for help. The other way is to be aware of the physical, biological and mental effects of addiction to heroin, before trying it; you need to know the consequences that it has and then make the choice of using or not using it because some of the effects can’t be fixed and may last forever. Before getting too late the users should try for a recovery as heroin addiction is so hard to treat. The short and long term effects that it