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List the Physical Signs of drug and Substance Abuse.

      

List the Physical and Psychosocial signs of drug and Substance Abuse.

  

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Martin
-Physical Signs

These include

- Slurred speech, staggering walk due to lack of co-ordination body movement, blurred and double vision, bloodshot eyes, watery eyes and drowsiness, unusual rashes and sores around the mouth and nose

- Sudden change in eating habits such as loss of appetitive or eating too much

- Burnt fingers, burnt holes in clothes ans injection marks

- General poor health

- Dry mouth or constant licking of lips

- Persistent cough

- Emergence of gangsterism with same mannerisms, for example , hair cut

- Untidiness-becoming untidy or tidy all of a sudden

- Gathering in groups in isolated places or dejected


Psychosocial signs

These signs include:

- Withdraw from the family members and friends. Being involved with other company and that is of suspicious behavior

-Mood swings. Victims may sometimes become violent, excessively excited or argumentative

- Confused conversation, impaired judgment and lack of proper concentration given tasks

- Behavior change where some may present extreme changes in behavior and personality e.g. being untidy or very neat all of a sudden

-Others may present blank, dreamily expressions, fear of lack of sleep

- Truancy and refusal to go to school

- Despair and loss of interest in life, which may lead to depression

- Mental sickness may set in. Victims experience hallucinations and delirium such as seeing things that are not real.

- Drugs could also lead to suicide
marto answered the question on May 10, 2019 at 06:20


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