Dangers of of Drug Abuse, essay by Hardin B Jones

2. Born on June 11, 1914, in Los Angeles,
California, USA
Parents: Ms. Maude Blair & Mr. Hardin
Henry Jones
Education: From University of California
Profession: Started career as Assistant
Professor of Physiology and rose to
rank of Professor at Berkeley.
WRITER:

3. Then became Assistant Director of
Donner Labortaory, University of
California
Died after a brief illness on 16 February
1978, in Berkeley, California.
Book: 'Sensual Drugs: Deprivation and
Rehabilitation of the Mind', co-authored
by his wife, Helen Cook
WRITER:

5. INTRODUCTION
This essay is a
timely warning
to the modern
society about
DANGERS OF
DRUG ABUSE

6. INTRODUCTION
DRUGS
1. to prevent &
cure physical
disease
2. to reverse
mental
disturbance

7. CAUSES OF
DRUG ABUSE
. Any illness can be
relieved by taking a
pill - This led to Drug
Abuse
. People depend upon
drugs not to solve
their problems but to
forget them

8. PROBLEMS OF
DRUG ABUSE
. Over dependence on
drugs to solve
problems lead to lose
of the capacity to deal
with life's situations
through perseverance,
self-discipline and
mental effort.

9. HIPPOCRATES
Father of medicine
says
a) A remedy must
take into Account
i. Symptoms of
Disease,
ii. General health of
the Patient

10. HIPPOCRATES
Father of medicine
says
b) Person in good
health losses
strength by taking
purgative medicine

11. WHAT ARE
SENSUAL DRUGS?
i. It gives strong
sense of pleasure
ii. Stimulates the
brain's pleasure
centres

12. WHAT IS THE
ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS?
.Brain governs
sensations,
moods, thoughts &
actions

13. WHAT IS THE
ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS?
.Sensual drugs
upset this
mechanisms that
control pleasure &
satisfaction.

14. WHAT IS THE
ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS?
.This weakens brain's
pleasure reflexes & in
severe addiction
pleasure mechanisms
fail to respond

15. WHAT IS THE
ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS?
.Later the brain is
unable to
interpret it as
pleasure

16. WHAT IS THE
ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS?
. Only Naturally
attained pleasure
can give total
satisfaction.

17. EFFECTS OF
THE ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
I, feels physical
discomfort & in
personality
changes,
II, feels depressed
& fails to respond,

18. EFFECTS OF
THE ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
III, psychotic
disorder & distrust
of others,
IV, feels people are
looking at him
strangely

19. EFFECTS OF
THE ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
V, feels dead inside
VI, harmful side
effects
VII, death from
overdose,

20. EFFECTS OF
THE ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
VIII, decline of
health & brain
function,
IX, mental
mechanism responds
abnormally,

21. EFFECTS OF
THE ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
X, Damage to
Brain (Most
subtle but least
understood)

22. EFFECTS OF
THE ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
affect the chemistry
of brain cells & upset
chemical balance of
brain's
communication

23. EFFECTS OF
THE ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
X1, Damage to
cell tissue

24. EFFECTS OF THE
ABSUE OF
SENSUAL DRUGS
A great deal of
harm will be
done before
warning
symptoms occur

25. Reasons for drug related
disorders
i, Dirty needles and solution
used for injecting
Effects:- liver disease, venereal
disease, infection of kidney and
brain

26. Reasons for drug related
disorders
ii, sniffing of
cocaine & other
drugs
Effects:- damage of
the tissue of the
nose, hair to fall
out.

27. Reasons for drug related
disorders
iii, Smoking
marijuana &
tobacco
Effects:- lung
disease, damage
cells.

28. Reasons for drug related
disordersiv, women
addicted to
drugs
Effects:- babies
born with
withdrawal
symptoms.

29. Reasons for drug related
disorders
v, an overdose
of any of
sensual drugs
Effects:-
respiratory or
cardiac failure
and death.

30. PURPOSE OF THIS
ESSAY
It is a study on the effects of
drugs in brain – damage of
brain is the most subtle, most
often unrecognised & least
understood consequence of
drug abuse

31. CreCreated by ANJANA S
PLUS ONE SCIENCE
CHSS CHETRAPPINI
THRISSUR
Edited by Thomas a a
GHSS KATTOOR,
THRISSUR