Predicting Factors of Addiction

Drugs were originally made to benefit the public by improving human health; introducing the notion of modern medicine. However, there is a side effect of having this new form of modernism that was not foreseen: abuse of prescription drugs. When these prescription medicines are used improperly they cause problems for the drug user and society.

So what causes someone to become addicted?

The answer is complex just like the causes that contribute to drug addiction. Some causes are still unknown and unclear. Some factors of drug addiction are known, such as your environment, heredity, and biochemical reactions inside your brain. Repeated drug use, usually for drugs that are easy to get a hold of like prescription drugs, causes the user to become dependent, addicted. Tolerance to these drugs plays a large role and constitutes physical dependency. To feel the same effect of the drug, the drug user has to take larger amounts each time. When an addiction cannot be controlled and the drug abuser cannot get a hold of the drug, they will experience what is known as withdrawal symptoms. When there is no physical dependency, there can a psychological dependency on the drugs, especially with drugs such as marijuana. The drug user will develop an emotional compulsive need to get a hold of the drug. Addiction is usually defined by a combination of compulsion to use the drugs and being preoccupied to get the substances.

All of this talk of physical and psychological dependency leads to try to uncover the truth of the rumor of an addictive personality. The truth is that drug addiction can be genetically inherited. The theory is that a person most likely inherited several factors that increase their risk for drug addiction to occur. Psychological and environmental aspects also play a part in the addiction. Some of these factors that can cause someone to use drugs are stress, anxiety, family disorders, lack of self-esteem, peer and social pressures, and bad living conditions.
 
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