Drugs, and everything you need to know…
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Drugs, and everything you need to know…

When someone speaks drugs. What is the first thought that strikes you? Probably a white substance. Like cocaine, LSD, and many other things. Well, drugs are not only used for intoxication. But it is used also in medicines and of course, they are not addictive, which helps your body but too much intake of medicines can harm your health. So, the question arises, are Drugs good? What would be the world if drugs never existed? Medical use of drugs and many questions will be answered in this video. So, make sure you watch this video till the end and get to know something new. So, without wasting time, Let’s dive in!

Are drugs good? Why are they addictive?

Well, drugs can be a boon or a bane. It only depends, how and in which form it is being used. Getting drugs in a pure form can be really harmful and can adversely affect your body. But, are drugs good? The simple answer is it depends. Intaking drugs in the form of Alcohol, Cocaine, LSD, Heroin can hurt your body. But, taking it in the form of medicines is not a big deal. But, taking too many medicines is really harmful to your body.

Did you know, nearly 23 Million, means 1 in 10 people are addicted to alcohol? Now a question strikes, why are they addictive? How does addiction work in our brain? Well, the reason behind it is very scientific. But I’ll explain it to you in simple language. Whenever you are happy, a chemical gets released in your brain, known as dopamine. It gives you intense pleasure and this is what is the major problem. Drinking alcohol, cocaine, LSD, heroin increases the production of dopamine in your brain and gives you pleasure over time. By this, your brain gets addicted to this dopamine, and as soon as you stop taking in drugs. Your brain can’t tolerate and they get mad for that drug. Addiction to drugs is very dangerous because over 50% of all suicides and over 50% of all violent crimes are influenced by alcohol or drugs.

Can we overcome drug addiction?

Well, anyone can do their best to overcome drug addiction. But that’s not that easy. It depends on person to person. Some people find it easy to overcome their drug addiction and some can’t even live a single day without that drug. Which makes it very dangerous. For overcoming the drug addiction a person needs to be mentally strong and needs to have strong willpower. Overcoming any addiction is not easy. It will take time and will gradually overcome the addiction.

(Use of drugs in medicine and human evolution)

Just think of getting your surgery done that too without any anesthesia. How would you feel like? Very painful! Right? This is the evolution of humanity. Before the advent of anesthesia, people used to get their surgery conducted with little or no pain relief. Now, if you will get your surgery done. You won’t feel any pain during the surgery but you might feel some pain after the surgery and this was all because of many years of work.

Drugs aren’t always bad keeping in mind how you are using them. The invention of anesthesia made the process of surgery painless and this was all due to drugs. Well, you must have heard about cocaine. I know it’s illegal to use and is also very dangerous. But, did you know cocaine is also used as anesthesia in the Andean Tribal Community of South America? It was all possible due to its numbing property of cocaine.

The evolution of using drugs in medicine is proving to be useful. What if, we still don’t know how to use these drugs in medicine? Then, we won’t be able to fight the illness. Painkiller is one of the best examples of it. Whenever you are having a headache you get those painkillers and in those painkillers, drugs are there. But in a very limited quantity. So, it doesn’t harm us.

How often do scientists use drugs?

Well, this was all about the evolution of medicines and how drugs are used in medicines. But, what do scientists do with these drugs? And the answer is simple, they do deep study and research on drugs. Presently, medical research has become so profound and widespread that there is now an array of treatments for even the most lethal diseases and how was it possible? It was all possible with the help of research. Scientists do deep research on these drugs to find new ways to treat an illness and if there were no drugs. Then we won’t be able to treat illnesses like fever and headache. The shocking thing is, according to the US Census Bureau. In the 20th century, the average life expectancy was 47.3 years and in just 100 years, this number has rocketed to 77.85. How was that possible? This gap is just unimaginable. But, yes. It’s true and it was all because scientists researched drugs.

Well, drugs are not only used in anesthesia, painkiller, medicine, etc. It is also used in the treatment of cancer. Gleevec is a drug that can be used to treat cancer such as leukemia and this drug has a phenomenal success rate. Which this drug the overall survival rate after five years was 89%. Which is a success for the scientist. This all was made possible because of drugs and if they didn’t exist. Then we might not be able to find these diseases or have to go in the search for another way to fight these diseases.

Drugs testing on humans…

All the new drugs developed by scientists are tested on human volunteers and in phases. This is done to ensure that it’s safe and secure before they can be prescribed. But, before a drug is tested on humans. They are tested using computer models and human cells grown in the laboratory. This gives an idea of the efficiency of drugs and the possible side effects of these drugs. Most of them fail the test because they either damage the cells or do not seem to work.

What if drugs never existed?

Till now you might get to know much about drugs. the good use of drugs can help you to fight many illnesses and lethal diseases. According to the stats, the average life expectancy of a human is around 77 years and this was all possible due to the good use of drugs and if it continues. Then the average might shoot to 100 years. But for that, there’s still much time left.

The bad use of drugs can hurt your body. Making any changes in your body from the way of your thinking to depression and anxiety and I don’t think so, this will help you in any way. If drugs never existed then I am pretty sure, we would be less advanced than we are now. New inventions of medicines are keeping the human civilization up to date.

The major challenge in front of us is to reduce the side effects of these drugs. No doubt, these drugs will help you to fight the illness but at the same time, they are leaving a bad effect on your health, and prolong exposure to these drugs can lead to serious complications. Not only that, another challenge is the addiction caused by these drugs.

This addiction eats up a person from inside and eats them completely, till the time they get to know that it’s affecting them. Addiction is a disease like blood pressure, diabetes, and many other things. Like there’s no cure for diabetes and the same goes for addiction. You can’t really cure your addiction. But, yes you can successfully manage them and control them.