Drugs are called narcotic if
they affect psychological condition of a person and lead to dependency.
When we talk about drug dependency we should bear in mind that two types
of dependencies exist – physical and psychological.
Physical dependency appears in a certain period
of time when a person uses narcotic drugs. Strong physical dependency
is mainly characteristic of opioides. When a drug user suddenly stops
using narcotics so called banning condition – abstinence is developed
which is associated with acute physical pain (particularly in joints),
sweating, diarrhea, disphorea, anxiety, horrendous craving towards drugs,
depression. However, while using small quantities of narcotic drugs,
the said condition passes away. In physical abstinence though we face
psychological impact aspects as well (disphorea, depression, craving
for narcotics) being mainly associated with physiological transformation
of brain, rather than psychics transformation. Abstinence may appear
only as a result of more or less regular drug usage and depends both
on the individual and consistency of the narcotic drug (e.g. a person
using heroine more easily and quickly becomes physically dependant,
than in the case of opium). To treat the abstinence a method called
detoxication is applied. Despite the strongly apparent somatic physical
abstinence as a rule disappears in 2-3 weeks or even earlier if relevant
medical treatment is provided.
Detoxication does not finish at this stage though.
After the physical abstinence disappears more acute psychological dependency
appears. Even when a person completes a course of medical treatment
and s/he no longer requires narcotic drugs, s/he feels horrendous craving
towards drugs. If not psychological component, necromancy would never
turn into the dangerous social malady, which makes us worry so much.
For the reason of this dual dependency drug dependency
(necromancy, drug dependency) is classifies as acute psycho-physical
diseases and a patient very rarely can get rid of narcotic drug dependency
through consistent psychological and physical efforts. It is an unpleasant
fact that despite the majority of drug dependant people dream of getting
rid of this disease, undergoes medical treatments at specialized clinics
and mobilizes all his/her stamina, the psychological dependency forces
the patient to get narcotic drugs again and the cycle starts all over
again.
Family members of the drug dependant persons
should remember that most the strongest and the most unpleasant aspect
of this disease is psychological dependency, which appears prior to
physical dependency – sometimes while single drug usage and lately
weakens to the level when a person can easily combat the craving. This
happens after 2-3 years from abstinence.
Many drug dependant people believe that it is
enough to stop using drugs and psychological dependency will never bother
him/her.
This is self-deception!
Psychological dependency appears because the
person initially feels pleasure of drug usage. Drugs have effect on
the human’s centre of pleasure and the person’s psychic
acts with the principle of pleasure rather than intellect. There are
narcotic drugs that do not lead to physical dependency, however psychological
dependency appears to more or less all the drug users. Thus, nobody
should think that detoxication is sufficient for getting rid of drug
usage.
Besides, different narcotic drugs lead to various
associated side diseases, which a person would not have generated if
were not using drugs. Such diseases are deterioration of cardio-vascular
system, pathological transformation of liver and lungs and what is more
important, organic damage of brain system that is rarely retrograded.
