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Alcohol and drug addiction are the major drivers in HIV/AIDS diseases in many parts of the world, but due to various political reasons, scientists and clinicians tend to avoid the research of HIV. But in a presentation in Australia at 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis the scientists all over the world had discussed about the implications of drug and alcohol dependence. An analysis on number of studies in association with alcohol use and HIV in sub African region found that drinkers had a 70 percent rise in risk as compared to non drinkers. The director of National Institute on Drug Abuse described alcohol addiction as a chronic brain disability determined by genetics and environmental factors, but this factors have not prevented addicts from being highly stigmatized, and HIV-positive addicts. Drug addiction has many serious health consequences which include a greater risk of infectious disease such as HIV. One can’t cure drug addiction but one can definitely...

Addiction often begins with feeling of lonely or depressed. Turning to drugs or alcohol is often the easiest way one can turn to in an effort to take away the emotional pain. Feeling lonely or depressed are 2 different behaviors one can have. Being lonely is like a state of mind and that state can be changed when one desires to have it. There is also a different feeling for making feel one lonely and making one feel alone. If you are alone you are literally a part of one and often times it is the preferred choice. But if you are feeling lonely you have the option to move out to places where there is a more of populated venue. The main question that you might always have is that how many times does one counteract emotional loneliness of the company of others and at the same time take care of the real needs? If the answer for this is to do something that takes away the pain which would turn to taking up of drugs or alcohols then it is a very destructive behavior. Drugs or alcohols del...

The non medical usage of the prescription drug abuse is higher than the abuse of cocaine and other such hallucinogens. According to a report from Oregon Department 228,000 Oregonians are abused to prescription drug abuse annually. According to report and statistics of Oregon people don’t view prescription drug as a dangerous or potentially dangerous addictive like heroin, cocaine or meth. The survey by researchers said that 13% of Oregonians between ages 18 to 25 are addicted to prescription drug abuse while 8% between 12-17 years of age are addicted to drug abuse. Many researchers also found that out of 10 teens nearly 3 of them believed that prescription pain relievers are not addictive. Pain relievers are by far the most abused prescription drug which majority of people don’t understand. In United States as of 2004 the consumption of hydrocodone supply was 99 percent which was a choice of teens after marijuana. The consumption of Methadone is also high which is leading to a large n...

Seroquel is considered as a novel drug in adult patients for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder which helps them to stabilize their lives. As a result of tablet prescription children with serious mental illness were also prescribed similar medications. But this days use of Seroquel is growing in popularity in a different age group with men and women living on the margins who simply wants a good night rest. The use of Seroquel as a sedative shows the no. of prescription drugs that crosses the illicit drug market, which would create incentives for dealers to obtain drug. The dealers obtaining the drugs are either unaware of ignorant of the side effects of this drugs. If this drug is misused it can lead to risk of high diabetes, heart and blood pressure problems and rapid weight gain. The Seroquel drug appears to be more addictive psychologically rather than physically addictive. In a 2007 American letter a psychiatrist working on drug abuse said that the persons using this drug just had ...

Everyone on this planet knows Michael Jackson a very famous pop singer. Various medical reports suspect that the death of Michael Jackson was due to various prescription drugs. If the autopsy report confirms this he would be one of the people who would be the victim to prescription drug abuse. In United States most susceptible people for prescription drug abuse are young adults and teenagers. There is a still a question over Michael Jackson death : Did he die due to prescription drug abuse? Michael Jackson ’s nutritionist Ms Lee said that he rejected Michael Jackson demands for powerful sedatives and told him that the drug Diprivan which he is taking has serious side effects. Many of the celebrities which includes late actor Heath Ledger and Rock Elvis Presley had been the victims of this prescription drug sedatives and pain killers. This drug abuse is not only with celebrities but it is also common among teenagers and adults in United States. In one of the incident prescription dr...

Every year lakhs of people die due to drug over dosage across the world. But this time Baltimore has reported decrease in no of deaths due to alcohol and drug over dosage the second time the lowest being in 1995. Reports and survey proves that the deaths have decreased to about one-third compared to other cities. This success came due to increase no of drug treatment slots, better outreach to addicts and a 5 year course which teaches the drug addicts on how to avoid overdosing. The Baltimore officials also states that all this has happened due to $1.1 million grant from state Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration. Due to this grant the city was able to expand the treatment slots for heroin addicts which helped in decreasing over dosage. This is definitely a success but the city has much more drug addicts than being cured. Official information states that 74,000 people needed the treatment out of which only 16,000 have been treated. One of city’s major efforts was a program called Stayi...

Russia one of the most developed & conflicted countries of world had been reported a large number of drug addicts, by the West. One of its major institutes State Laser Surgery Institute in Chelyabinsk took this criticism and accepted the challenge to make it its country free. Inside the Russian building one of scientist Arnold Kossel and his colleagues conducted a series of experiments on drug addicts. Firstly they attached electrodes to front and back of addicts head and analyzed the patient for 24 hours and administered the low levels of electric current leading to cravings of addictive behavior. This experiment lasted for 2 hours for about 300 subjects. Then Kossel began experimenting with lasers initially on rats, dogs and then on human beings. From the year 2001- 2005 the doctor and his team drilled holes in patients skull and burned their parts of brain with laser. In the patients on whom these experiment was conducted were successfully treated for recovering from drug addict...