To know in order to live! Drug Use Prevention Week

The "Week of Prevention of Drug Use" is taking place in Russia from 23 to 29 June. It was announced by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation in honor of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is celebrated on June 26. The spread of drug use and addiction is one of the most serious problems of modern society.

Drugs are substances that can affect the nervous system and cause a change in human consciousness. All drugs are involved in chemical processes occurring in the brain, change them and lead to the development of addiction – the need to constantly take a psychoactive substance. This can lead to the development of severe addiction – drug addiction, which is characterized by an irresistible attraction to a psychoactive substance. Drug use causes mental changes, isolation, impoverishment of emotional reactions, perceptual disorders, and motor disorders.

Among drug addicts, the majority are young people, mostly under the age of 35. Most people become addicted to drugs "for company", and then they lose most of their social contacts. Due to the violation of the emotional and personal sphere, he becomes uninterested in former friends. Finding money to buy drugs moves people into the criminal strata of society. Death from drug use occurs very quickly, which leads to an increase in mortality among young people.

Remember, there are no safe drugs!