SOCIAL ISSUES IN MALAYSIA
DRUG AND ALCOHOL
1.1 Definition
Drug is any substance which taken into the body,
alters the body function either physically and psychologically. Drug may be a
legal such as alcohol, caffeine and tobacco or illegal such as cannabis, ecstasy
heroin. While alcohol can be described as a psychoactive drug, which means a
drug that effects the mind or mental processes.[1]
1.2 Ingredients
of drug and alcohol
The ingredients of drugs and alcohol is a ionic
liquids can be used to increase the solubility of sparingly soluble drugs and
to enhance their topical and transdermal delivery[2].
ILs can be used either synthesize active pharmaceutical ingredients or as
antimicrobial ingredients. Alcohol have four type of alcohol which is, methyl
alcohol, ethyl alcohol, propyl alcohol and butyl alcohol. It is also widely
used as a solvent and presentative in pharmaceutical preparations.
1.3 Factors
of drug and alcohol
There are a few factors that cause individuals
involved them self with drug and alcohol. Firstly, genetic predisposition.
Drugs and alcohol can cause directly to genetic predisposition based on
experiences from past family history. They are more likely to be involved
because of a mother or father of family members. Secondly, certain brain
characteristics that can make someone more vulnerable to addictive substances
than the average person, tendencies come from themselves. It can include
psychological factors such as stress, depression, feeling anxiety or other
psychiatric disorders. Thirdly, drugs and alcohol can cause environmental
influences such as emotional abuse or trauma or exposure to popular culture
references that encourage substance use. Based on Harrison Wein, director of
NIH’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, “A common misperception
is that addiction is a choice or moral problem and all you have to it to stop.
But nothing could be further from the truth.[3]
1.4 Effects
drugs and alcohol
Drugs and alcohol have a big effect on individual
bodies if they consume more than the doses. It can effects our health
complications that related to heart attacks as well. Moreover, it can effect
infections, when drugs and alcohol on personal individuals sharing needles, it
can give disease such as hepatitis C, HIV, AIDS[4].
The most important things, drugs and alcohol can cause individuals in injuries
and death, involve in car accidents and also suicide and homicide.
1.5 How
to prevent
Prevention refers to step that might be taken to avoid
alcohol and other drugs problems. It focus of prevention might be on drugs,
individuals or community environments and so on. It can be prevent by early
treatment such as participate in whatever programme that can prevent individual
to involve in drugs and alcohol[5].
Conclusion
For the
conclusion, an individual should avoid from takes drugs and alcohol because
it’s is really give big impacts to individual and surrounding people.
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[1][1] D.M
Lovinger 2005 state that drug that effects mind of mental processes
[2] Dorota Dobler 2013 state
that ingredients increase solubility
[3] Harrison Wein 2015 state
that factor can cause individual
[4] Hasbah Razali 2016 state
that effect of drug and alcohol cause health problem
[5] Richard Wilson 2011 state
prevent drugs and alcohol cause positive effect
