Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF LEYTE
TANAUAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tanauan, Leyte

Factors Affecting Drug Addiction

Prepared by:

SERGIO RAYAN JAMES S. YEPES

Grade-10 Armstrong

Submitted to:

MRS. THELMA A. PRESBITERO

Illegal drug abuse is detrimental, and excessive drug usage is a worldwide

problem. Drug use ordinarily starts during puberty. Factors for illegal drug use

incorporate an assortment of defensive and hazard factors. Hence, this systematic review

aimed to determine the risk and protective factors of drug abuse among adolescents

worldwide. Which annihilates a great many lives and public assets for battling, treatment

and damages caused by fixation (1). Chronic drug use forces natural, mental, and social

issues, and brings about significant damages to the well-being of the public (2). The

worldwide issue of fixation and substance addiction causes 5 million passing and around

42 million new instances of AIDS every year (3). And Illicit drug use in a family result

from three element (1) effect of pathological families on young people’s behavior, (2)

easy access to drugs, and (3) influence of groups of people of the same age.

Analysis of the family environment of young people in danger of drug addiction

indicates several alarming signals: (1) Very often, young people stay in the company of

persons whose behavior and social norms are unacceptable. (2) Accessibility to various

kinds of drugs is practically unrestricted; dealers reach younger and younger people, very

often using pressure, encouragement, or even “promotion” of goods. (3) The environment

of people of the same age may bring strong pressure to bear. Parents often learn with

delay, not infrequently from strangers (a physician, a teacher, or a police officer), that,

because of the applied forms of relationships with the child and of educational errors,

there have arisen conditions for the child to be in a dangerous circle and to take drugs.
 “Not to treat but to prevent”; such a motto should quicken the procedures toward

families struggling alone with the problems related to dependencies. It should be

emphasized that prevention should be carried out mainly through providing all attainable

forms of help to serve the process of supporting the family. In the opinion of E.N.

Anerswald,1 “open communication in the family, . . . good organization of family life and

basing family ties on love make family members do not use narcotics in a destructive

way.” These problems were discussed in detail in the publication “Young People and

Narcotics: Family Factors of Addiction,” by J. Rogala-Obłeˆkowska.2 The author cites

two conceptions of systemic analysis of family influence on the origin of dependence.

The first, that of D. Reilly, draws attention to the lack of emotional exchange in drug

addicts’ families, resulting from disturbed relationships with parents who think that open

expression of feelings may be dangerous. Fear of coming into close relationships merges

with the fear of losing independence and individuality. A child quickly learns in this

situation that the only way of drawing attention to himself or herself is to cause trouble

and tries to get this attention, creating in his or her mind a quickly fixing mechanism of

strong intensifications for this type of behavior. Simultaneously, the child observes that

often parents wanting to cope with the feeling of mutual alienation willingly use remedial

measures with the help of such accessories as cigarettes, strong coffee, alcohol, or

medicines, because only under the influence of these agents are they able to function

emotionally in a more or less normal way. The child quickly adopts these models,

internalizes them, and, when he or she begins to grow up, finds among people of the same

age the methods of “coping” with emotions in a way typical for the given family, with the

help of narcotics. Another conception cited by J. Rogala-Obłeˆkowska,2 the theory of

D.H. Stanton, discusses the cyclic process in a drug addict’s family. Stanton noticed that
drug addicts are not able to function because of their strong dependence and need to be

cared for by others. This conditions a complex mechanism of feedback, repeating in the

family in which a child takes drugs. It creates a system of interdependent interactions.

Conflicts between parents disturb the stability of this system, changing an addict’s

behavior toward focusing the others’ attention on himself or herself. The parents

concentrate then on the child’s drug addiction, putting aside their own problems for a

time. When the marital conflict calms down, a drug addict begins to behave in a way

causing less conflict and the atmosphere in the family mellows periodically; when marital

tension increases again, the cycle begins to repeat. D.H. Stanton emphasizes that the

process of interdependence, in which a child’s drug addiction plays the role of

homeostatic stabilizer of family system balance, is paradoxically a positive factor in

keeping the family together. Both conceptions (which are to some extent

complementary), despite controversial and not always empirically confirmed detailed

statements, draw attention to the great role of family environment in the process of

originating, coming into, and remaining in narcotic dependence. The role of this

environment is equally significant in attempts to become free from addiction. Also,

possible therapeutic successes depend on the cooperation of this environment, which is

confirmed by therapeutic conceptions in this sphere. I decided to investigate empirically

to what Institute of Pedagogics and Health Sciences.

This study aims to answer the following question.

1. What are the effects on our body if we take too much an illegal drug?

2. How would you do if your friends, relative, love one’s and even parents are

affected the factor of drug addiction?

3. What will be your message to those people who are affected in drug addiction?
C. Significance of the Study

This study is significant to illegal drug addiction because of excessive drug usage

is a worldwide problem. That will lead us chaotic, debate, reasons for emergency in

nation. Illicit drug use is a difficult main issue that is not effectively address that chronic

drug use in public is destructive, hazardous and dangerous.

This topic is very common in our society that even youth is familiar of illegal

drugs. Illicit drug use is very risky in our psychological, social, and even to our body.

That unlawful medications reliance on medications can make various risks and harming

entanglements, etc. The monetary results of chronic drug use seriously trouble

administrative, state, and neighborhood government assets at the citizen. To those

children who raised by parents with illegal drugs are at a greater risk of carrying that

trauma into adulthood. It ultimately impacts how they raise their future children. For

example, a child with an addicted parent may become too overbearing and not allow

future kids to express themselves independently.

There are 3 main issues in drug addiction:

(1). Which obliterates a considerable number of lives and public resources for

fighting, treatment and harms brought about by obsession.

(2). Chronic drug use forces natural, mental, and social issues, and brings about

significant damages to the well-being of the public.

(3). The worldwide issue of fixation and substance addiction causes 5 million

passing and around 42 million new instances of AIDS every year.

This demonstrate that resident is more victimized of these unlawful medications.

Will lead us some chaos, social, natural, mental issues. Illegal drugs are one of the

common problems but hard to solved causes of the money, fame, wealth, and power.

There are the three (3) main component reason that they got addicted in illegal drugs:

(1). By influence of groups of people of the same age.

(2). Effect of pathological families on young people’s behavior.

(3). Easy access to drugs.

To accomplish the target of this review, that is to say, to decide factors

influencing propensity for chronic drug use in individuals going to an enslavement

the individual himself is vital in inclination for drug use, so in like manner the most

regular reasons for propensity for drug use were companions, individuals around and

having family issues, individual attributes and furthermore friendly variables. The

investigation of Meymandi et al. additionally recommends that correspondence and

collaboration with peers is one of the main elements in propensity for substance addiction

among understudies. It appears to be a few factors that can assist with keeping away from

enslavement include: guardians legitimate anticipating their kids' diversion and showing

them how to choose an old buddy, likewise fundamental abilities preparing with a way to

deal with increment fearlessness and confidence in schools, colleges and military

destinations for little fellows.

From the analysis of the family environment of young people in danger of drug

addiction indicates several alarming signals:

(1). Very often, young people stay in the company of persons whose behavior and

social norms are unacceptable.

(2) Accessibility to various kinds of drugs is practically unrestricted; dealers reach

younger and younger people, very often using pressure, encouragement, or even

“promotion” of goods.

(3) The climate of individuals of a similar age might major areas of strength for

carry to bear. Guardians frequently learn with delay, not rarely from outsiders (a doctor,

an educator, or a cop), that, because of the applied types of associations with the
youngster and of instructive mistakes, there have emerged conditions for the kid to be in a

risky circle and to consume medications.

References

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[Young People and Narcotics: Family Factors of Addiction], pp 51, 104–9, 208–11.

Warsaw, Poland, 2001.

2. Porter B, O’Leary KD: Marital discord and childhood problems. J Abnorm Child

Psychol 1980; 8: 287–95.

3. Tafreshi SH (2011) Statistics of drug Addiction in Iran. Razi Journal 23: 45-56.

4. Verdipour H, Barati M, Jaliliyan F (2012) Prevalence and Predictive Factors of

Psychoactive and Hallucinogenic Substance Abuse among College Students. Journal of

Fundamentals of Mental Health 4: 374-383.