DRUGS

Drugs are chemicals or substances that change the way our bodies work.
When you put them into your body (often by swallowing, inhaling, or injecting
them), drugs find their way into your bloodstream and are transported to parts of your
body, such as your brain. In the brain, drugs may either intensify or dull your senses,
alter your sense of alertness, and sometimes decrease physical pain.
A drug may be helpful or harmful. The effects of drugs can vary depending
upon the kind of drug taken, how much is taken, how often it is used, how quickly it
gets to the brain, and what other drugs, food, or substances are taken at the same time.
Effects can also vary based on the differences in body size, shape, and chemistry.
Drug is an acronym for Narcotics, Psychotropic Materials / substances that are
addictive drugs are very dangerous for the wrong use.
1. Narcotics
Are substances or drugs derived from plants or not the plant, either
synthetic or semi-synthetic that can cause certain effects for its users.
Influence the form of narcosis, loss of pain, stimulation of the spirit,
hallucination or delusion that led to the emergence of dependence effect for the
wearer.
Kinds of Narcotics:
a. Opioids
Opioids or opiates derived from opium, the juice of the poppy flower.
1) Heroin
Opiates, including heroin group
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) distilled to make morphine,

codeine & heroin

Opium used for centuries as a pain relief and for pleasure (avoid
coughing, diarrhea, etc.

Heroin is a drug that is very easy to make a person addicted

because have a very strong effect. These drugs can be found in the form
of pills, powders, and also in the liquid.
Heroin gives a very rapid effect on the user, and it can be
physically and mentally. And if the person stops taking heroin, he will
experience continuous pain/ withdrawal / withdrawal symptoms.
Heroin has a power of two times stronger than morphine (often
used for medication) and opiates are the type most often misused people
in Indonesia.
How to use a drug that is injected to trigger the HIV / AIDS and
hepatitis C. Usually caused by sharing needles and other equipment
together.
2) Codein
Codein including salt / derivative of opium / opiate.
Codein effects are weaker than heroin, and its potential to cause
low addicted. Commonly, it is sold in pill or liquid. Codein often
also used as a cough medicine for a chronic cough. Purchase them
with a prescription.
3) Demerol
Another name is Demerol is pethidina. Demerol sold in
pill form and colorless liquid. Demerol is also used for treatment.
b. Cocaine
Cocaine is one of the addictive substances are often misused.
Cocaine is an alkaloid obtained from plants Erythroxylon coca shrub,
which originated from South America, where the leaves of this shrub
plants usually-chewable chewed by local residents to get a stimulant
effect, such as to increase endurance, stamina, reduce fatigue, hunger, and
to euphoria effect.
Other short-term impact of cocaine use are depression, paranoia,
heart attacks, seizures, strokes and psychosis.
c. Cannabis / marijuana / cimenk
All parts of this plant contain psychoactive cannabinoid.
Marijuana plants are usually cut, dried, cut small - small and rolled into
2

cigarettes called joints (in Indonesia called pocong). Will bind the mind
and can make you become addicted.
The most potent form derived from plant extracts of dried
marijuana and brown-black color called hashish or hash.
Cannabis is known to trigger psychosis, especially for those who
have background (genes) schizophrenia. Cannabis can trigger and mixing
between anxiety and depression.
Smoke marijuana contains tar three times more carbon monoxide
and five times more than ordinary cigarettes.
THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is stored in fat in the body
and can be detected up to six weeks after use.
2. Psychotropic
Substance / drug that can reduce or stimulate the brain activity of the central
nervous system and cause behavioral disorders, sometimes accompanied by the
emergence of hallucinations (visual disturbances and auditory perception),
illusions, disturbances of thinking, feeling natural changes.
Species, including psychotropic:
a. Ecstasy / Ineks
Ecstasy (methylen dioxy methamphetamine) / MDMA is one of the
drugs illegally created in a laboratory in tablet form.
Ecstasy will encourage the body to perform activities that exceed the
limits of the maximum of the body's own strength. Lack of body fluids
can occur as a result of high exertion and long, which often causes death.
Chemicals are harmful are often mixed in ecstasy tablets or capsules.
These substances are often actually more dangerous than ecstasy existing
content. Ecstasy affects the brain's dopamine receptors so that when the
effects of these substances can cause depression exhausted and paranoid.
b. Shabu shabu
Chemical name is methamphetamine. Shaped crystals such as sugar
or cooking seasonings. This drug-shaped crystals or tablets, no color or
odor.

This drug has a strong influence on the nerve of them:

Feeling pleasure, euphoria, alert, energetic, social & self-

confidence (when used more than usual).

Agitation (rage), aggression (attack), anxiety, panic.
Nausea, sweating, sticky molars, the teeth continue to chew.
Increasing risk behaviors.
Loss of appetite.
Sleep.
Severe mental illness.
Paranoid and depressed.

What the background people consume drugs?

Drug abuse is influenced by several risk factors that can also be a protective
factor, among others:
1. Social Environment
a. Family
Risk Factors:
Poor family management
Family conflict
Parents using drugs
Ill-treatment / not consistent from parents
Negative communication patterns
Protective Factors:
Proximity.
Opportunities and rewards of social engagement.
Great family support.
Hopes / ideals high (realistic)
b. Peers / school
Risk factors:
Academic failure
Low commitment to school
Intimidation
Deviant peer
Friends use drugs
Rejection from peers
Protective factors:

 Proximity
Opportunities and rewards of social engagement
Teacher expectations realistic
Responsibility and willingness to help that is expected.
School norms against violence.
c. Community
Risk Factors:
The relationship is tenuous environment
Disorder in the community
Norms and laws that pro-drug
Financial support services
Protective factors:
Proximity to the community.
Network with the community.
Mutual care in the community.
Involvement opportunities in the community.
2. Individual
Risk Factors:
Defiantly
Early drug use
Impulse
Friends wearing
Sensation seeking
Protective factors:
Skills capacity
Belief in the value of morality
Capacity humor
Having a hobby or interest
Drug Abuse Effects
Based on its effects, drugs are divided into:
1. Stimulation
a. Increasing activity in the central nervous system (the faster the blood
pumping, heart rate and breathing increase, etc)
b. Accelerating the mental processes, make people aware, and excited.
c. Example: Caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines and the like, cocaine, Ritalin,
deksam fetamin, etc.
2. Depressant

a.
b.

Slowing activity in the central nervous system.

Make people become more santi and less aware of surroundings.
c. Example: Alcohol, Valium, Rohypnol, Serapax, Temazapan, codeine,

Panadin, heroin, opium, morphine, etc.

3. Hallucinogens
a. Can change significantly and cause disruption of perception, state of mind,
and the environment.
b. Disruption it causes the user to see or hear something very different from
the actual (or does not really exist).
c. Example: Lysergic Acid Diethylamine (LSD), magic mushrooms, Meskalin
seeds, peyote, etc.
4. Entaktogen
Entaktogen: including stimulants have been modified which also has
hallucinogenic properties.
5. Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids: including a unique group that affects certain receptors in the
brain.
Prevention and Treatment
Drugs and drugs again. In recent years, the case of circulation and the
rampant drug abuse alone. Not only the case in the capital is bustling but also in the
other cities in Indonesia. Not looking at the social status where he is, do not look at
the background a good family or a mess, do not look at the areas where he came
from. People who become victims of drug addiction more diverse and increased from
year to year. Including you, groups of young people who became heir of the nation. If
many of the younger generation now like drug and addiction, how is subsequent fate
of this nation?
For information about the drug that needs to be clarified to all people. This
is so gullible we are not especially useful for the interests of a group of people.
Well, let guns easily brainwashed or convinced to do drugs, you should
know some things about drugs such as below:
1. Do not even think to try, even if only once
2. Do not think that drugs are a lucky god

3. Do not tell me that only some types of drugs are deadly, but some are
very healthy
4. Drug Use by inhaling glue fumes or other substances are cheap but
deadly.
5. Selective in choosing friends.
Practical tips to be free from drugs:
1. Never once - once tried DRUGS though only once. Do not be afraid or ashamed
to deny the people / friends who offer DRUGS.
2. Build communication between family members. Get used to establish
communication between the family and take time, although a bit to hang out with
family.
3. Try to learn to solve problems. Never once - once wore DRUGS when you have
a problem. TAKE DRUGS not completely solve the problem.
4. Strengthen and deepen the religion and faith. This allows the faith is not shaken
by seduction - seduction to use Drugs. It is highly recommended starting a
family.
5. Often follow / hear the campaign ANTI DRUG. This is done so that we
understand the negative impacts caused if using Drugs.
6. Expand knowledge of Drugs. This is one of the main a very strong fortress to
resist wear Drugs. If you already know will be so many bad effects of the drugs
would have thought to use it 2x.
7. Campaigning / preventing Drugs. Participate and to spread the impact - negative
impact caused if people take drugs in order to be understood so as not to use
Drugs.
APPEAL
Once again, DONT USE DRUGS!
Life without drugs were very pleasant and full of freedom. You can go
anywhere without caged by drugs. Drugs cant solve any problem, actually will make
various terrible impact of the body.
Take drugs caused only joy and pleasure very briefly once, then you will
feel great pain, misery and suffering that you could not imagine before.

And if you're already at the stage of addiction, feeling of joy that arises
when using no longer exists, then you will feel enslaved by drugs, because you will
feel intense pain when not using it.
Make good relation with family and religious harmony. Create a
communication between family members. Spend a little time for family and trying to
mutual understanding and open.
If you have a friend / relative who wore drugs, Help them to be separated
from Drugs. They really need you to help them regardless of Drugs. Approach them
and persuade them to repent. But careful - careful not to us who actually fall.
The latter, Get used to pray to the Lord, for we all begged to be kept away
from all problems, especially problems drugs.