Abstract
Drug abuse is a worldwide problem that affects millions of people (UNODC, 2012), and Maldives is no exception. Drug misuse or abuse refers to the use of a drug for purposes for which it was not intended or using a drug in excessive quantities.
This report content knowledge of drugs abuse and addiction, their difference. Data collected from Maldives drug user.
Introduction
A drug is a chemical substance especially one prescribed by a medical provider that is used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a condition or disease.
“Drug misuse or abuse refers to the use of a drug for purposes for which it was not intended or using a drug in excessive quantities. Drug addiction is a state of physical or psychological dependence on a drug. Cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy are illegal drugs most commonly used” (Powell, 2011)
Drug addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance eg alcohol, cocaine, nicotine or engages in an activity e.g. gambling, sex, shopping that can be pleasurable but the continuation of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary responsibilities and concerns.
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What causes addiction?
Addiction specialists decide that not everybody who uses drugs or alcohol will develop a problem. Whether or not someone becomes dependent or addicted to a drug depends on many factors,
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Addiction begins as a result of using a substance that have a measurable impact on the reward center of the brain—but it doesn’t end there. The repeated stimulus of this reward center is sufficient to effect a change in the functionality of the brain itself –as the procedure of stimulating the recompense circuitry, so to speak, becomes of paramount importance above all other aspects of an otherwise standard life. Sleeping, eating even sexual activity can take a back bench to obtain and using