Inhibition of Drug Abuse by Pharmacologists

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INHIBITION OF DRUG ABUSE BY PHARMACOLOGISTS
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Introduction
Substance abuse describes ingredients like cigarettes, drugs, alcohol,
physician's prescribed drugs, and other drugs that can damage the human body. It even
leads to addiction. Substance abuse, alternatively known as drug addiction, is referred
to as disorder when the frequent use of drug/alcohol causes clinically significant loss,
including health problems such as psychological distress and other physiological issues
(Roberts et al.). The substance use disorder is prevalent in males, and approximately
50.4% was between the age group of 20-29 years (Bilques et al.). Therefore, there is an
increased necessity to prevent this mistreatment and to initiate awareness programs
related to this matter. This paper focuses on the responsibility of pharmacists in the
prevention of drug misuse.
Discussion
Role of Pharmacist in Drug abuse Inhibition
The pharmacist is designated as a potential health professional that is
considered to have appropriate knowledge, skill, and responsibilities in terms of usage
of drugs and their pharmacological background. They have a significant role in
performing against drug abuse actively. According to the American Society of Health-
system Pharmacists (ASHP), pharmacists have a persistent knowledge in inhibition,
providing education and reducing the ill properties of that substance abuse which has
an adverse impact on the society. The prevention of medication misuse involves
interferences that are focused on reducing the possibility of manifestation of health
problems that are associated with drug consumptions. In this context, it describes the
pharmacists involved in active participation in varieties of drug misuse. These roles vary
under the healthcare organization's aim, legalities, and procedures, chosen population,
and the community perception and knowledge. The responsibilities apply to any kind of
substance misuse; hence, the accountabilities are mentioned in general ways.
Pharmacists, as a health care provider, must provide some preventive measurements

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that the ordinary people should abide by them. The pharmacists involve some activities
to reduce these mistreatments- They introduce and arrange some programs within
different healthcare institutions. It comprises a comprehensive plan. Some designs are
followed, such as an awareness program related to employee education and their
responsiveness, a written drug abuse policy, along with, worker support program, an
administrator training program, and peer support systems like pharmacist recovery
networks and drug evaluation.
The pharmacists assist some activity programs to provide public education about
substance misuse and arrange a precautionary schedule. They initiate teaching in
schools, colleges, universities, churches, and different private institutions about the
harmful effects of such misusage of legal and illegal drugs. They also initiate to
discontinue the sale of alcohol and cigarette products in pharmacies. The
pharmacologists work with state, local, and the federal government to control drug
abuse and engage in the prescription drug monitoring program, prescription disposal
activities, obey controlled-substance reporting regulations, and collaborate with surveys
that comprise misuse of substance use. The chemists also begin multidisciplinary
activities related to controlled-drug inventory events. They work with several
laboratories to categorize substances misuse by the help of position and drug control
scheme. The specialists experiment and identify the appropriate process of sample
collection and then select the most suitable laboratory techniques based on their
pharmacokinetic information to distinguish the affecting ingredient. The pharmacologists
actively discourage the prescription practice that triggers a negative attitude towards
drug consumption. It sub sequentially leads to drug abuse that is initiated by the use of
a larger quantity of pain suppositories, which is necessary for initial and short term
treatment in clinical practice. The pharmacists also launch some combined efforts with
outpatient and ambulatory caregivers who help to inhibit drug misuse after discharge
(Leeper, Chelsea).
The chemists should initiate several educational programs that aid is hindering
the substance abuse activities (Das et al.). They create support groups that will provide
information and understand the people's requirements who are already dependent on

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the drugs by the influence of another person or exaggerated by own (Winters et al.).
They formulate a new subject in colleges and different institutions that is about drug
misuse education, prevention, and support so that the community can recognize the
detrimental effects of it. The pharmacists also introduce alcohol risk education and
activities to prevent substance abuse. According to the World Health Organization,
there are several models of the mechanism of pharmacist experts in the prevention of
drug misuse. These professionals, with proper training, can connect with the people
who are directly associated with drug mistreatment. They help people to participate in
multidisciplinary teams who will promote these patients by collecting information from
their families about addicted drugs. The pharmacologists arrange some motivational
interviews. In some cases, they take those interviews themselves sometimes directly
(Merchant et al.).
Conclusion
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that the pharmacists have the
most appropriate skill and knowledge regarding the drug composition and their mode of
action, their pharmacological properties. Therefore, they have different roles to perform
to prevent the drug mistreatment that is emerging in the world day by day. The
pharmacologists start several educational programs, preventive activities, and plan for a
new policy, different inventory programs with the help of local, state, and federal
governments following this issue.

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