Since drinking is so common in many cultures and the effects vary so widely from person to person, it’s not always easy to figure out where the line is between social drinking and problem drinking. The bottom line is how alcohol affects you. If your drinking is causing problems in your life, you have a drinking …
Binge drinking is “drinking lots of alcohol in a short space of time or drinking to get drunk”. Because everybody is different, it is not easy to say exactly how many units in one session count as binge drinking. Of course, people may drink at different speeds or drink over a different amount of time and …
SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS that leads to DISINTEGRATIVE DRUG USE In many cultures, drug use is considered deviant under the following circumstances: (1) Effects on Health of Individual The culture sees the integrative use of beer, opium, coffee, etc., as improving the lives and work efficacy of members of the society. Sometimes, as in the case of …
When you do drugs, you get addicted. When you’re addicted, you can’t resist the urge to use them, no matter how much harm the drugs may cause. Drug addiction isn’t about just heroin, cocaine, or other illegal drugs. You can get addicted to alcohol, nicotine in cigarettes, opioids (Tramadol, Codeine) and other legal substances. Addiction is a …
The Lagos state’s commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu, has spoken of tougher traffic rules that will bring sanity to Lagos roads. He has listed 80 offences if violated would attract heavy fines and various terms of imprisonment. He mentioned that it would be difficult for offenders to go Scot free as inter-agency collaboration of all …
Women smoking while pregnant has been an uncomfortable reality for decades. Whatever the reason – whether a lack of concern about the risk, belief it’s too hard to quit or even reports that a resultant smaller baby will make for an “easier” birth – the reality is that a small baby that was meant to …
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A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID-19, United Nations health experts said on Thursday. “The isolation, the fear, the uncertainty, the economic turmoil – they all cause or could cause psychological distress,” said …
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Drug misuse is the use of a substance for a purpose not consistent with legal or medical guidelines. Drug abuse is the use of certain chemicals with the aim of creating pleasurable effects in the brain. Drug abuse often follows drug misuse. Drug abusers simply want to get high, they then develop a tolerance and …
It is indeed a great pleasure to reach out to all our friends, sponsors and beneficiaries at this time, albeit through this Newsletter. We want to thank the Lord for HIS continued protection over us through out the year 2020 and for making us partakers in the new year 2021. To HIM be all the …
Mental health means different things to different people. Mental ill health causes problems and creates barriers to being happy. It can be affected by external influences, and one of these is drugs. Drugs that are psychoactive can cause certain emotions or dampen down others. The changes in mood or behaviour caused by drugs are the …
