Substitute Misuse: Exploring Substances, Risks, and Consequences

This report provides a comprehensive overview of substitute misuse, examining various substances like nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and barbiturates, and their effects on physical, mental, and social health. The report defines substances, categorizes them based on their pharmacological and behavioral impacts, and details the specific risks and consequences associated with each. It explores the progression from substance use to abuse, highlighting the factors that increase the risk of addiction, including both individual and environmental influences. The report underscores the importance of understanding the complexities of substance misuse to mitigate its negative impacts and promote public health. It also discusses the impact on the brain and the addictive potential of the substances.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
What is a substance or substitute?...............................................................................................3
Different substance misuse information......................................................................................4
Use of substance become abuse..................................................................................................7
Factors increase the risk of addiction..........................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8
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Introduction
Substance misuse is the topic which is related to formally designed activities as the over use or
misuse the any kind of approaches and substance and make any kind of person's physical mental,
social and mental health. All of these are related to basically measured and make effective
approaches for get success within society. Substance can be relate to anything which can make
an impact on perception, Mood, Thinking ability and change in behaviour. There are different
kind of sources and applicability which are used by people in order to remove their anxiety,
stress and demotivated level (Armitage and Nellums, 2020). This presentation will include the
basic knowledge and analysis of the substitute misuse, which are basically related to physical,
mental and sociological heath. With the help of drug, including heroine, cocaine, Nicotine,
Barbiturates and alcohol. Many forms of the substitute misuse give a temporary feeling of well-
being and make control with the major damage in health.
Main Body
What is a substance or substitute?
Substance is majorly define and analysis as per the basic psychoactive compound with having
the potential to affect individual which are related to cause health and social problems that must
be included as addition and major changes within society (Boulton and O'Connell, 2017). These
substance can be legal, illegal or a controllable factor which give licensed for the medical
purpose such as hydrocodone. These are mainly classified within seven major factors on the
ground of pharmacological and behavioural effect.
 Nicotine: This will include, cigarettes, chewing tobacco and snuff
 Alcohol: This include beer, wine or any other distilled liquors
 Cannabinoids: Hash oil, edible cannabinoids and many other factor will include in this
sectors.
 Opioids: This will be included as heroine, Vicodin and Lortab
 Depressants: Valium, Librium and seconal are the main substitute which are used within
this factor.
 Stimulants: Cocaine, methylphenidate (e.g., Ritalin) and atomoxetine which are included
in the stimulants substitute factors.
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 Hallucinogens: For this main factors are LSD, MDMA and mescaline are used by the
people and make impact on the growth of different behavioural approaches.
Different substance misuse information
As per the misuse of the prescription, or the use of illegal drugs, make an wrong impact
on the mental health. More than 15000 people are died from the overuse of rugs, and more than
88000 people are died from alcohol related injuries and this is the third most common death in
US. As per the record of national institute on drugs that abuse the cost, which are helpful in
making substance abuse to protest the health, safety and make quality for especially for children
(Hoggatt and et.al., 2017). The main reason for using drugs are; this will help them to feel good,
which means drugs produce the intense feeling of pleasure, this will give a self-confidence and
improve the energy. This will feel more better, which are suffer from social anxiety, stress and
depression. Which all are related to remove depression and start using drugs to feel less anxious.
Some of the substitutes are described below:
 Heroine: this is ranked as most addictive drug, which is related to opiate that may cause
for the different level and their implacabilities. This is mainly used by most of the
pharmacologic companies in order to work as per most maintenance in brain reward
system. This is mainly related to increased factor up to by 200% in many experimental
animals. In addition to that it is the most usage drug, heroine is being very dangerous. As
it's over dost that can be the reason of death is only five times greater than the dose
required for a high cost. The most common reason for using by people are that it is a
major pain reliever which are most prescribed for the meditation. In order to address this
problem most of the doctors suggest that make proper screening of the patients, take
every-time extra precaution, teach and increase the awareness which are related to risk of
high use of drugs (Luthar, Small and Ciciolla, 2018). Furthermore the use and screening
of the substance are used and work as per having disorder and make combined the
education prospective of the users. Again facing these issues and make control over that
is effective for the use and make supportive healthcare facilities, quality, which are work
as the early screening mode. When it comes to the usage application, medical, nursing,
dental and students for the use of having disorder in substances.
 Cocaine: This is directly work and use for the brain's use of dopamine in order to convey
the message from one to another neuron. In the essence, cocaine work and prevent the
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neuron from truing and sending dopamine signal off which make a result in the use of
abnormal activities of the brain's reward pathway. It is used on the animals and it is given
three time large as compare to normal range. This is one of the most used cocaine in 2015
record and make a market of the worth $75 Billion. This is rank as per the most
dangerous damaging drug and powdered cocaine, this will make a wilder high and fifth
most dangerous world. In the world about 21% of the population are try cocaine and
become dependents on it (Mahmoud and et.al., 2017). Cocaine is mainly related to and
become similar to the other addictive purpose. This is largely available in the society and
make effective approaches as it will; increase the level of natural chemical and make
dopamine in brain circuit which will be helpful in assigning the task and make control
measure of movement and rewards. The short term effect which are related to extreme
mental happiness and energy as per the basic requirement. Mental alertness are related to
effective approaches which are related to stress removal and decrease irritability within
society. This will make a strong impact on the constructed blood vessel, dilated pupils,
nausea, raise in body temperature, fast or irregular heartbeat and restlessness. The most
casual symptoms are useful for making the use of withdrawal, depression, fatigue,
increased appetite and slowed thinking.
 Nicotine: Nicotine is the main addictive ingredient of tobacco, when a person smoke a
cigarette where nicotine is rapidly absorbed by the lungs and make delivery to the brain.
One of the healthcare report said that there were more than 1 billion people smokers who
are died from the diseases of lungs. This is a chemical substance which are used and
contain nitrogen which are produced by plants, including tobacco plant. nicotine have the
sedative and stimulants effect on the human body. This is one of the nicotine which are
used by the adrenal gland, which make the result in the release of adrenaline. Further
nicotine are make pancreases produced less insulin, which may cause for the slight
increase nature in blood sugar or glucose (Mazzeo, 2019). This may give the
pharmacologic effect which mainly cause for the high pressure and stock within the
human body. This will actually help the people to make more concentration, reduce
anxiety and make high addictive of nicotine cause depression, anxiety, moodiness and
difficulties in focusing different users. This is one of the hardest substance to quit by the
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human body, as it will make an urge in body to consume nicotine as comparing to drug or
cocaine.
 Barbiturates: This is also known as blue bullets, gorillas, nembies, barbs and pink
ladies, are are classified in a single group and treated as removing anxiety which are
helpful in induce sleep. This will be work as per chemical signalling in the brain, that
may affect the growth and structure of the individual in believing brain region. There are
different causes and make lethal approaches which are related to suppress the breathing
issues, barbiturates dependence which was related to common drugs and duties in order
to prescribed and make replace them as per the basic need and make lethal because and
make suppress breathing (Virtanen and et.al., 2020). This will be related to barbiturates
overdose of the people in drugs which were easily available by the prescription and make
declining dramatically nature of having drugs and make replace in the human brain. It is
totally become dependent on the dosages of very depending drug issues and become use
of it. This can be use in the power form, capsules and barbiturates tablets (Messas, 2021).
The basic and common side effects are basically related to drowsiness, headache, low
blood pressure, sedation, skin rash and many more related to different sectors. This can
be make an impact on coma, fainting and make temporary breathing cessation.
 Alcohol: There are different legal aspect of US And UK, that it is used and manage
which was scored with the help of with maximum of other sector and growth. Alcohol
may be effect on the brain and make different challenges on the human body. More than
3 million people are died from the excess use of alcohol in 2015. alcohol has been used
and manage as per the basic damaging drug, by the expert by the different sectors.
Alcohol are used and measure as per the most damaging and causing body of the
structure in order to measure growth and individual behaviour of the individual. As per
the basic record of alcohol the accountable nature and growth of the of 7.1% of global
attention to make effective approaches for make and female. Furthermore it can be said
that the use and role of the management are applicable with the major impact on health
problems and make creative approaches such as liver transplant are become the only
option to the person (Parisi and et.al., 2019). This will make the impactful image on brain
and make chronic risk of dementia and shrinkage of the brain in the starting of the middle
age and old culture. Another biggest impact of the alcohol on human body is related to
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obesity and work as per most chlorine rich nutrient and make fat as per their basic growth
and success. This could be said that the use of alcohol are become the reason to be more
successful in gaining weight and sometimes weight loss.
Use of substance become abuse
With working on the different factors and professional belief it can be said that there are different
substances use and make abusive blur when the chronic use of drugs begin impairing. And it will
get an impact on the life style of the individual. The regular use of the substances are become
main reason of abusive nature. Which are related to in future heavy health complication,
inabilities to carry out different responsibility, physical capabilities, craving for drugs or alcohol.
This will be related to the basic mood swings, and making high cognition mind (Rogers and
et.al., 2019). All of these are become one of the important source within human body which are
related to different sectors and measurement of human resource management. Our brain doesn't
allow the individual to perform and work as a separate structure and basic abilities to manage
different kind of abilities.
Factors increase the risk of addiction
There are different factors and sector that may be related to different family, friend, school, and
neighbourhood. There are major families and an environment which affect the important factor
which are helpful for the individual to perform and manage drugs and misuse alcohol and lead to
major challenges (Rowlands, Youngs and Canter, 2021). The time frame which are used by an
individual, the steps which are taken in human body drugs are work and measure as the addictive
potential of the individual.
Conclusion
From the above presentation it is concluded that the use of substitute misuse is basically related
to the measuring amount for the use of drugs in human body. With the help of pyramid
healthcare facilities and measurement it is related to their basic treatment and become teenager
with the substances while using overuse and make disorder in the contact of different use of
learning and their applicabilities. With the overuse substance abuse and make drug addiction
which make a chronic and repetitive. With the help of different use and ways to consuming drugs
are the most applicable way to promote and desire the growth and need of substances.
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References
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