• Dr. Rajni Nagpal

Drug addiction is a chronic brain disease. It causes a person to take drugs repeatedly, despite the harm they cause. Repeated drug use can change the brain and lead to addiction. The brain changes from addiction can be lasting, so drug addiction is considered a "relapsing" disease. This means that people in recovery are at risk for taking drugs again, even after years of not taking them. Drug addiction is a complex illness. It is characterized by intense and, at times, uncontrollable drug craving, along with compulsive drug seeking and use that persist even in the face of devastating consequences. Addiction affects multiple brain circuits, including those involved in reward and motivation, learning and memory, and inhibitory control over behavior. That is why addiction is a brain disease. Some individuals are more vulnerable than others to becoming addicted, depending on the interplay between genetic makeup, age of exposure to drugs, and other environmental influences. While a person initially chooses to take drugs, over time the effects of prolonged exposure on brain functioning compromise that ability to choose, and seeking and consuming the drug become compulsive, often eluding a person’s self-control or willpower. But addiction is more than just compulsive drug taking it can also produce far-reaching health and social consequences.

DRUG ABUSE: AN OBSTACLE IN “FIT INDIA MOVEMENT”

"DRUG ABUSE: AN OBSTACLE IN “FIT INDIA MOVEMENT”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.50-55, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFK06007.pdf

"DRUG ABUSE: AN OBSTACLE IN “FIT INDIA MOVEMENT”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. pp50-55, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFK06007.pdf