‭SAY NO TO DRUGS‬

‭Drug use can also cause addiction.‬

‭Addicted people often have one or more drug-related health problems, which may‬
‭include lung or heart disease, stroke, cancer, or mental health problems.‬

‭According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a drug is any substance‬

‭introduced into a living organism by any means (inhalation, ingestion, intramuscular‬
‭route, intravenous route), capable of acting on the central nervous system and causing‬
‭physical and mental damage. . ./or physical disability. , experience new sensations or‬
‭change psychological states, that is, being able to change a person's behavior and being‬
‭able to create dependence and tolerance in consumers. Substances that, when‬
‭administered to a living organism, are capable of changing or modifying one or more‬
‭psychological functions of the organism (they are psychotropic or psychoactive).‬
 ‭Stopping its use can cause significant somatic or psychological discomfort (physical or‬
‭psychological dependence). Dependence: After a more or less prolonged consumption‬
‭habit, the person must consume the substance in question. Drug use can also cause‬
‭addiction.‬

‭Addicted people often have one or more drug-related health problems, which may‬
‭include lung or heart disease, stroke, cancer, or mental health problems.‬

‭According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a drug is any substance‬

‭introduced into a living organism by any means (inhalation, ingestion, intramuscular‬
‭route, intravenous route), capable of acting on the central nervous system and causing‬
‭physical and mental damage. . ./or physical disability. , experience new sensations or‬
‭change psychological states, that is, being able to change a person's behavior and being‬
‭able to create dependence and tolerance in consumers. Substances that, when‬
‭administered to a living organism, are capable of changing or modifying one or more‬
‭psychological functions of the organism (they are psychotropic or psychoactive).‬
‭Stopping its use can cause significant somatic or psychological discomfort (physical or‬
‭psychological dependence). Dependence: After a more or less prolonged consumption‬
‭habit, the person must consume the substance in question.‬
‭Scope of the problem‬

‭Some of the main factors that largely explain this phenomenon are related to the wide‬
‭availability of substances, the increase in families with relationship problems and the‬
‭increase in mental disorders2.‬

‭Existing data show a high prevalence of comorbidity between substance use disorders‬
‭and mental disorders in adolescents, specifically between 65 and 75%3–7 (Table 1). This‬
‭situation means in clinical practice that many of the young people treated for a mental‬
‭disorder in mental health services abuse or are addicted to substances, which has an‬
‭impact on the patient's symptoms and consequently makes both the evaluation and the‬
‭process difficult. diagnosis the possible development of your main disorder.‬