HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DRUG USE AND

ABUSE ON THE FAMILY

By: Carl Janier Agutaya

 HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DRUG USE AND ABUSE

• Early exposure to a home divided by drug use can cause the child to feel emotionally and
physically neglected and unsafe. As a result, they can become more mentally and
emotionally unstable. Children may develop extreme guilt and self-blame for a
parent's substance abuse.
• Teens can become overwhelmed by addictive substances and strained relationships at home
and may want to run away from home. Parental distress can seemingly push troubled teens
into the arms of a substance to “escape”. Above all, once a teen runs away from home, they
are vulnerable to sexual, economical, and emotional exploitation.
 HOW DOES DRUG ADDICTION AFFECT A PERSON FAMILY
AND SOCIETY WRITE IN SEPARATE LIST

Substance abuse affects and costs the individual, the family, and the community in significant, measurable ways including loss of productivity and
unemployability; impairment in physical and mental health; reduced quality of life; increased crime; increased violence
 
 HOW DOES PARENTAL DRUG USE
AFFECT CHILD DEVELOPMENT?
• Emotional, behavioral, and social adjustment. Compared
to their peers, children of substance abusing parents
show increased rates of anxiety, depression, oppositional
behavior, conduct problems, and aggressive behavior as
well as lower rates of self-esteem and social competence
 HOW DOES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AFFECT PARENTING

Parental substance use can affect the well-being of children

and youth in complex ways. For example, an infant who receives
inconsistent care and nurturing from a parent engaged
in addiction-related behaviors may suffer from attachment
difficulties that can then interfere with the growing child's
emotional development.
WHAT IS DRUGS ACCORDING TO WHO?

• According to the WHO, a drug is a substance that

can change how a living organism works. Food is
usually not seen as a drug, even though some foods
may have such properties. Most of the time drugs are
taken to treat a disease, or other medical condition.
An example for such drugs may be Aspirin or
Paracetamol.
 WHAT IS DRUG ADDICTION

• Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior.

When you’re addicted to drugs, you can’t resist the urge to use
them, no matter how much harm the drugs may cause. The
earlier you get treatment for drug addiction, the more likely
you are to avoid some of the more dire consequences of the
disease.
 PREVENTING DRUG USE
• Prevention can be broadly defined to encompass an array of noncoercive activities intended
to prevent, reduce, or delay the occurrence of drug-taking or associated complications, such
as clinical syndromes of drug dependence and threats to public safety. This chapter
emphasizes nonlegal, noncoercive approaches to reducing drug use in populations that are
not yet seriously involved with drugs. They include efforts to educate people about the
consequences of substance use, to change their beliefs about the acceptability or utility of
substance use, and to increase or make more salient the costs of substance use. We address
what is known, what is not known, and what data and research are needed to increase
useable knowledge about the effectiveness of a wide range of approaches.
 PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE
• It is important to note at the outset that although this report concerns
itself with illegal drug use, the notion that the use of tobacco, alcohol,
and marijuana increases the probability of later illegal drug use, which is
generally accepted in the prevention field, requires that these other
substances be considered in this chapter. It is also the case that almost all
of the available research in this area deals with what are called
“gateway” substances, rather then cocaine, crack, heroin, and the other
illegal drugs that are the focus of the other chapters of this report.
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