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Youth are the backbone of any country; they are the asset for
development and the progress for coming generation. Nowadays
there are many efforts to destruct youth whatever through internet,
new technology games or through drugs. In the last few years Arab
countries face a serious attack through drugs. Kuwait is one of these
countries which face such challenges; there are many efforts to
attack Kuwaiti with many kinds of drugs. Nowadays there are new
type of drug appears between Kuwait names Shabu ( )or with
English Shabu. This paper will discuss what is Shabu, what does
methamphetamine look like, what is meth made from, who uses
shabu, the deadly effects of meth and the best way to treat from
Shabu.
WHAT IS SHABU?
Shabu or (Crystal Meth) is short for amphetamine. It is just
one form of the drug methamphetamine. Methamphetamine is a
white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling
through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle. Some
even take it orally, but all develop a strong desire to continue using
it because the drug creates a false sense of happiness and wellbeinga rush (strong feeling) of confidence, hyperactiveness and
energy. One also experiences decreased appetite. These drug
effects generally last from six to eight hours, but can last up to
twenty-four hours. The statistics showed that 60 percent of the
repentant for drug addiction in Kuwait, returning again to abuse
because of the law, which deprives them of the integration of
society again, but five years after being rehabilitated come out
repents from prison do not find a job or fill or social status, a Mijolh
plunge as he often does even death or commit a crime.
Also, the amendments to the current law has gone unheeded
by the Council of Ministers in contrast to most of the Gulf states,
which amended the restitution awarded on the basis of the addict a
new opportunity for a better life law.
WHAT IS METHAMPHETAMINE?
Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as
cocaine and other powerful street drugs. It has many nicknames
meth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common. Shabu is used
by individuals of all ages, but is most commonly used as a club
drug, taken while partying in night clubs or at rave parties. Its most
common street names are iceor glass.
It is a dangerous and potent chemical and, as with all drugs, a
poison
that
first
acts
as
stimulant
but
then
begins
to
or
injected.
Shabu
comes
in
clear
chunky
crystals
come
back
on.
Also,
the
body
often
associated
with
this
drug.
Health
authorities
worldwide really don't know exactly how many people take Shabu,
simply because it is illegal, so collecting reliable data is challenging.
A Michigan University Study (Monitoring the Future Survey),
estimated that almost 5% of high school seniors in the USA had
tried Shabu at least once, while 3% had done so during the previous
12 months.
irritability.
Other
serious
effects
can
include
insomnia,
Loss of appetite
Dilation of pupils
Nausea
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
Psychosis
Depression
life,
such
as
personal
hygiene,
work,
family
and
other
in
nature.
Agitation
Anxiety
Fatigue
Insomnia
Moodiness
of
relapse,
residential
Shabu
treatment
is
often
achieved
with
the
proper
help,
support
system
and
drugs.
o Anti abuse of drugs and medicines which spoil the effect of opiate
abuse and make it not pointless.
o Help addicts achieve existence free from drugs on the basis of the
treatment on an outpatient basis.
2:- means of rehabilitation and social reintegration
While these measures differ from country to country, the following
measures are the most common in the application:
o Programs to raise the level of educational qualifications and skills
of the AC to the clinic so that it can either qualify for the
subsequent education or vocational training.
o Vocational training.
o Media projects in the community of drug addicts.
o Run homes and intermediate stay to help the wavering gradually
move from the vicinity of therapeutic institutions to independent
living.
patients
need
to
be
stimulated
to
specification
and
rehabilitation therapy.
o And the form of treatment that is doing all it can to support and
enhance the patient's desire to remain free of the drug, and
accepted easily recovered if drug and returned to the program.
o The follow the style of preaching and guidance to inform the
authorized person on how much drug is shameful and harmful
drug use will not achieve much.
o If treatment Authority has been able to understand what it means
to use the drug for the individual, they would be in a better
position to help the chronically addicted to refer to the way a
normal life.
Linking treatment rehabilitation and social reintegration
The treatment alone limited its ability to help drug-dependent
in the case of access to the liberation of the drug and return to the
way of life and a more fruitful achievement. The treatment in this
context, is an early step in a longer process, and should be linked to
treatment programs since the beginning of such broader measures
which constitute rehabilitative measures with other measures to
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part
of
the
rehabilitation
programs
in
the
learning
role
of
the
psychological,
behavioral
and
other
approaches
The medical aspects of treatment should not be a substitute
for other approaches that can help the patient to modify aware of
itself, and aware of others and their behavior. For example,
consideration should be given to removing the poisoning, as a
prelude to these other approaches
Medical methods of treatment
If the individual escaped chance of prevention, we must firmly
grasp the opportunity of treatment to be a last resort. Whether to
get rid of the individual to such devastating health damage, or to
save him from suffering and the pain of withdrawal on both stage.
And the treatment of addiction has successive stages, cannot be
hashed sufficient stage of it without the other, or the application of
some of without some, because that would hurt him and weaken the
results may not be made, for example, simply the first phase of
ridding the body of toxins addictive without psycho-social therapy,
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sleep.
It
also
includes
the
treatment
of
the
original
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