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Somatic (from the internal organs) pathology in drug addiction has its own characteristics. Damage to the heart, blood vessels, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, blood system - diseases characteristic of a drug addict.

All patients in a short time develop severe medical consequences of chronic poisoning of the body with narcotic substances: damage to internal organs, nervous system, brain. Therefore, there are a variety of mental disorders and the growing degradation of the individual. Working capacity is lost, complete disability sets in. This category of patients has a high mortality rate. Changes in the nervous system occur early - in the first months of drug use. At this stage, headache, sleep disturbance, lability of the pulse and blood pressure are observed.

When organic brain damage begins (dementia, epileptic disorders, personality changes), adolescents lose control over the dose. And sometimes, stunned and intoxicated, they bring themselves to fatal poisoning.

In the absence of drugs, withdrawal syndrome develops. It lasts 8-10 days and is characterized by a variety of symptoms - vomiting, diarrhea, aching pains, "brittle" twisting nature of the joints and muscles, a sense of fear, anxiety.

The cause of death of drug addicts in 80% of cases is an overdose of drugs: a coma (unconscious) state of a weakened body leads to anaphylactic shock and instant death.

Death is the result not only of complications of serious diseases due to constant intoxication (such as acute heart or liver failure), but also of drug overdoses, accidents while intoxicated, suicides in a fit of anguish, during "withdrawal". Patients die from infection (including AIDS) entering the bloodstream due to the use of dirty syringes, from thrombosis (blockage) of blood vessels.

Drug addicts destroy themselves not only physically, but also spiritually. They are characterized by changes in the psyche - such as emptiness, callousness, coldness, loss of the ability to empathize and emotional contact, deep egoism. In the course of the disease, the energy and volitional tone drop sharply, all desires and needs fade away, except for the attraction to drugs. And hence - the immorality of patients, their tendency to antisocial behavior, readiness for crimes.

Adolescents lose interest in learning, they learn new knowledge with difficulty, and the acquired knowledge is lost. Indifference to relatives, to the efforts of parents develops, an inability to critically evaluate one's behavior appears.

Drug addiction poses a significant social danger from the point of view of criminogenic - as a factor that generates crime. The criminal behavior of drug addicts is due to the personality changes described above.

In addition, drug addicts commit socially dangerous acts in connection with psychosis, for example, for delusional motives or under the influence of frightening hallucinations.

Constant dependence on the drug, on the one hand, and high prices for drugs, the impossibility of obtaining them legally, on the other, push drug addicts to commit more and more serious crimes (forgery of prescriptions, prostitution, theft, robbery and even murder). All of the above requires the adoption of decisive measures, primarily preventive ones.

Authors: Aizman R.I., Krivoshchekov S.G.

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