Children are drug addicts. Treatment of drug addiction. Drugs and children

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Certainly, children who are drug addicts are the worst nightmare for parents. What could be worse than the news for a mother that her child is subject to this scourge? How to avoid the appearance of such a problem in the family? What to do if the child has already fallen into this terrible captivity? How to help him escape from the tenacious clutches of this disease? How to recognize the problem in time? This article will address many issues of interest to parents whose children are drug addicts. It also focuses on the prevention of addiction and the peculiarities of raising teenagers.

Drugs and their effects on the body

Some especially dangerous drugs that can cause addiction and destroy the psyche of the individual, as well as he alth should be highlighted.

Opium group

When considering the problem of "Drugs and children", one cannot remain silent about these drugs. Opium and medicines containing it are used in medicine as strong painkillers. However, they are among the most dangerous, causingdependence in the shortest possible time. This group includes heroin and morphine. Due to the use of these drugs, the nervous system is affected, the brain is upset, the lungs and liver suffer. Of particular danger is the use of drugs of the opium group by women during pregnancy, since there is a possibility of the birth of freaks, sick and premature, extremely weakened babies. Children who are drug addicts may also be born, for whom doctors are forced to apply methods of withdrawal from the state of “withdrawal” on the very first day of their life.

Cocaine

The use of this drug is fraught with the fact that the cardiovascular system is affected. It causes hallucinations and paranoid psychoses. Very often, child addicts, like adult cocaine addicts, can die, both at the time of using the powder, and at other times. Death usually occurs as a result of myocardial infarction or sudden respiratory arrest.

Marijuana

It causes a decrease in intellectual abilities. Smoking "weed" is regarded by many as a harmless pampering. However, this is far from the case - it causes a violation of psychomotor functions. And the worst thing is that in most cases, the use of marijuana leads to a transition to more serious drugs, such as heroin and morphine.

Amphetamines

The use of these drugs causes damage to the central nervous and cardiovascular systems. Long-term use of amphetamines leads to psychosis and other mental disorders. Teenagers andchild drug addicts, whose photos from time to time appear in the press in the "Incidents" section, being under the influence of these drugs, are capable of committing terrible acts, up to murder or suicide, without being aware of this at all.

Ecstasy

A drug that destroys the psyche, disrupts the cardiovascular system. It is quite common among teenagers visiting nightclubs and other entertainment establishments of this kind. It is noteworthy that many guys do not perceive ecstasy as a drug.

Why early childhood drug prevention is important

Every parent wants to raise a successful person from their child. Naturally, a teenager's habit of using drugs in no way contributes to achieving this goal, and even crosses out everything positive that adults managed to put into his soul, heart, and head. Therefore, it is necessary at all costs to protect the offspring from harmful addiction. After all, prevention will certainly cost less than drug addiction treatment, both financially and morally. Yes, and losses in terms of he alth can be avoided if the occurrence of a terrible problem is prevented. Therefore, from an early age, you should talk with your child about drug use, taking into account age characteristics. It should also be understood that the treatment of drug addiction in childhood is a more complex process, because it mainly relies on an internal moral attitude, where the patient himself needs strength.will, understanding the perniciousness of this habit. And the younger the patient, the weaker his willpower, the more difficult the healing process is. This is another problem with child drug addiction.

Preventive conversations with the child, taking into account the age

1. From the age of 3-4, it is necessary to explain to the baby that pills taken as prescribed and under the supervision of a doctor heal, and when used on their own, cause severe harm. By the way, it would be appropriate in a conversation to say that harmful poisons, drugs, sleeping pills are often mixed into treats - ice cream, drinks, sweets, pies - in order to harm the child. Therefore, in no case should you take any sweets, food, juices and even plain water from strangers!
2. At 5-8 years old, you can talk about addiction to drugs and what can happen if you use unfamiliar substances. Children are impressionable natures, visual images play a major role in their minds. Therefore, you can find a video or a film where they show a child who, with the help of drugs, was introduced into a state of inadequacy and, for example, was kidnapped. Fear, a sense of self-preservation in this matter can help in education.
3. By the age of 9, concrete examples should be conveyed to the child that the use of prohibited substances can be fraught with dire consequences. For example, a story about the death of a drug addict who lived next door, or about a car accident involving a drug addict. It is very important to talk with the son/daughter and that it is possible to appear in his/her environmentpeople who will offer drugs. The child must be ready to hear such an offer and be able to refuse it.
4. At a transitional age, it becomes much more difficult to talk about this topic with a boy or girl. But the prevention of drug addiction during this period is especially relevant.

Four steps to drug addiction recovery

If the ailment struck a teenager, then trying to get rid of it on your own, hidden - at least a presumptuous step. And by and large, this is fraught with aggravation of the problem. The disease will not leave a person, but will teach him to be more careful, prudent, cunning and resourceful, hiding drug addiction from loved ones. Therefore, the best option would be to address the problem to special clinics. It is there that high-quality treatment will be carried out according to modern methods of getting rid of this addiction, which are based on the “four elephants”:

1. Examination, both medical and psychological, including DNA analysis, based on the results of which the most optimal treatment regimen is selected.
2. Removal of poisons, toxins from the body, removal of withdrawal symptoms - detoxification or elimination of the state of "withdrawal".
3. Procedures: drug treatment, metabolic therapy, massages, apparatus techniques, group and individual psychotherapy, etc.
4. Rehab.

Helping family and friends during the recovery period

Probably on the last, fourthstage, more than ever, the participation of acquaintances, relatives, friends and loved ones is required. This period - rehabilitation - is the most important in the process of treatment, since it depends on it whether the former drug addict becomes a full-fledged person or falls back into the underworld of drug intoxication. Therefore, it is extremely important to help a person restore communication links, push him to a new life by the emergence of a new hobby, passion. During this period, it is especially important to interest a teenager, for example, by giving him a computer or by offering … to make your own film together for the competition! Actually, every adult himself feels what kind of activity can be offered to a former patient in order to arouse in him an interest in a new life.