Drug abuse and addiction are serious problems that affect people’s lives in many ways. The physical effects include but are not limited to nose, teeth, liver, lungs, bones, muscles, and the ability to think or reason properly. The emotional and psychological effects include but are not limited to depression, anxiety, paranoia, irritability, and feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Addicts are also more prone to committing crimes such as robbery, theft, carjacking, sexual offenses, and drug manufacturing/production.
Teenagers are the largest group affected by prescription opioids abuse and addiction. Teens use and abuse of prescription opioids for a variety of reasons including peer pressure, a desire to feel cool, or out of responsibility. Sometimes, they just want a high; others use them because they are illegal and have no other options. Prescription opioids are highly addictive substances which can lead to an overdose if they are not treated with the proper rehab programs and medication. Using heroin or an illicit drug such as oxycodone while taking prescription opioids can also be deadly.
There are many symptoms that arise from drug abuse and addiction. Most notably are brain changes, including changes in the function of both the nervous and the endocrine systems, changes in the regulation of brain temperature, changes in brain chemistry, changes in mental status (hypnosis, unconsciousness), and changes in behavior (deliberation, muscular tone, sleep patterns). There are also physical symptoms such as muscular weakness, increased blood pressure (tachycardia), seizures, heart attacks, breathing difficulties (tremor). These are all areas that need to be evaluated and treated in detox treatment Phoenix az if a person is to have a chance of recovery.