Drugs Abuse

01/01/2026

Channel • 12 followers • Drug abuse and Gender-Based Violence are closely connected. Substance abuse can increase aggression, reduce self-control, and heighten the risk of violent behavior, including domestic and sexual violence. Victims of GBV may also turn to drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with trauma, fear, and emotional pain.
Together, these issues create a vicious cycle that damages individuals, families, and society, making prevention, education, and support services essential.

31/12/2025

🎉💙 Season’s Greetings from WHO! 💙🎉

🙌🌍 As 2025 comes to a close, we want to thank each of you for the steps you’ve taken to make the world a safer, healthier place. Every action matters, and together, we’ve made real progress.

Wishing you a healthy, joyful and restful holiday season, and a new year filled with peace and wellbeing.

💙✨Take care, stay safe, and keep looking after one another.

WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, talks about the highlights and challenges of 2025.For a more complete overview, see “Stronger together...

31/12/2025

31/12/2025

Medical-based prevention programs
Prevention within the medical field plays a large role in impeding substance abuse. This is largely seen when looking at the role nurses play in the opioid crisis in the United States. One program that nurses can get involved with regarding the opioid epidemic is medication-assisted treatment (MAT) system. This system is an evidence based approach that uses both therapy and medication to treat patients struggling with opioid addiction.[30] Special training is required for nurses who want to participate in this program, meaning there are a limited number of nurses who can partake, however, it has greatly reversed the number of overdoses and deaths from opioids in the United States. Another type of program that nurses can assist in to reduce opioid addiction is called "eat, sleep, console." This is an approach that nurses can take when treating patients that can reduce which medications a patient needs and how long their hospital stay is. This is used for newborns that became exposed to opioids in utero, and it gives nurses the opportunity to educate their patients on how to reduce the side effects of addiction.[31] Looking at it in whole, there are several different programs within the medical field that are used to treat substance abuse.

30/12/2025

This holiday season, here's a healthy reminder.
Yoga is for everyone, everywhere. 🌎
Take 10 minutes to reconnect with your breath and body. No gear needed. Just you, your breath, and a little space. 🌿

30/12/2025

High blood pressure is a silent health problem that affects millions worldwide, and the causes are often linked to lifestyle choices. Excessive salt intake, stress, obesity, and lack of exercise can all contribute to the development of high blood pressure. Making healthier choices can go a long way in preventing or managing this condition, yet many people continue to overlook the importance of these changes.

Eating habits also play a critical role in high blood pressure. Consuming unhealthy food, smoking, excessive alcohol, and drinking too much caffeine can lead to a rise in blood pressure over time. These habits cause the blood vessels to constrict, forcing the heart to work harder. If left unaddressed, these issues can lead to severe health complications like kidney disease and diabetes.

To maintain healthy blood pressure levels, it's essential to stay active, eat a balanced diet, and manage stress. Regular exercise, limiting alcohol, avoiding smoking, and eating foods rich in potassium can all help lower blood pressure. 🌱💪

30/12/2025

Plans on preventing substance use
Family based prevention programs
"Prevention programs can strengthen protective factors among young children by teaching parents better family communication skills, appropriate discipline styles, firm, and consistent rule enforcement, and other family management approaches. Research confirms the benefits of parents providing consistent rules and discipline, talking to children about drugs, monitoring their activities, getting to know their friends, understanding their problems and concerns, and being involved in their learning. The importance of the parent-child relationship continues through adolescence and beyond" (National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2003).[17] Research has been done showing that the measures taken within family prevention has been shown to reduce the risk of substance abuse.[18]

Smit, Verdurmen, Monshouwer, and Smil conducted research analysis to measure the effectiveness of family interventions about teen and adolescence drug and alcohol use.[19] According to their data, use of alcohol and other drugs is very common in Western societies. For example, 18% of the young adults between the ages of 12–14 years old in the US have indulged in binge drinking. According to quantities in 2006, 73% of 16-year-old US students were reported having used alcohol; In Northern Europe, this is 90%. Since early use of alcohol and other substances may cause serious health, immediate solutions to these problem are required

30/12/2025

and more than 20 percent will have used a prescription drug for a nonmedical purpose" (Johnston et al., 2013).[11][12] Binge drinking has also, been shown to increase once an individual leaves the home to attend college or live on their own.[13]

Most youths do not progress towards regular, heavy substance use after experimentation. Research has shown, when drug use begins at an early age, there is a greater possibility for addiction to occur.[14] Three exacerbating factors that can influence substance use to become substance use are social approval, lack of perceived risks, and availability of drugs in the community. Youths from certain demographics are also at higher risk for addiction. These groups include those suffering from a mental illness and who comes from a family history of addiction. Yet, some[quantify] teens living with dual diagnosis prove that there is not always a causal relationship between mental illness and a substance use disorder. Moreover, when addiction occurs, youth are more likely to require teen rehab as a form of treatment.[15][promotion?] Most young adults have a false perception that they may be invincible. These individuals believe changes won't be made until an extreme event happens i.e. a friend overdoses, a car accident or even death. Even then it is not likely that they will see the correlation between use and trauma.

Substance use includes risk factors that correlate to one's health that can include HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B virus, and Hepatitis C virus. These viral infections can be easily be spread by injections from needles.[16]

29/12/2025

Substance abuse prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention, is a process that attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems associated with using psychoactive substances. Prevention efforts may focus on the individual or their surroundings. A concept that is known as "environmental prevention" focuses on changing community conditions or policies so that the availability of substances is reduced as well as the demand.[1] Individual Substance Abuse Prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention involves numerous different sessions depending on the individual to help cease or reduce the use of substances. The time period to help a specific individual can vary based upon many aspects of an individual. The type of Prevention efforts should be based upon the individual's necessities which can also vary. Substance use prevention efforts typically focus on minors and young adults — especially between 12–35 years of age. Substances typically targeted by preventive efforts include alcohol (including binge drinking, drunkenness and driving under the influence), to***co (including ci******es and various forms of smokeless to***co), ma*****na, inhalants (volatile solvents including among other things glue, gasoline, aerosols, ether, fumes from correction fluid and marking pens), coke, methamphetamine, steroids, club drugs (such as M**A), and opioids. Community advocacy against substance use is imperative due to the significant increase in opioid overdoses in the United States alone. It has been estimated that about one hundred and thirty individuals continue to lose their lives daily due to opioid overdoses alone.[2]

24/12/2025

THIS EATING HABIT COULD BE DRAINING YOU WITHOUT YOU REALIZING IT.

Recent studies show that the more sugar you consume, the more likely you are to feel tired and depressed, and researchers say the effect builds up over time.

The research focuses on how excess sugar affects energy regulation and brain chemistry.
In simple terms, sugar causes rapid spikes and crashes in bl00d sugar, leaving the body exhausted.
Unlike steady energy from whole foods, sugar creates short highs followed by deeper lows.

This matters because fatigue and low mood are often treated as separate problems.
Scientists link high sugar intake to inflammation, disrupted sleep, and imbalances in neurotransmitters tied to mood.
Over time, this can make everyday stress feel heavier and motivation harder to maintain.

While cutting sugar completely isn’t realistic for most people, awareness makes a difference.
A future with more stable energy and better mental health may start with what’s on the plate.