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The Influence of Social Media in spreading information
about drugs
By Michael Chernushkin
IS SOCIAL MEDIA HELPFUL OR HARMFUL IN FIGHTING AGAINST DRUGS ?
Goal of investigation:
Source: www.drugwarfacts.orgWithdrawal: Presence and severity of characteristic withdrawal symptoms.Reinforcement: A measure of the substance's ability, in human and animal tests, to get users to take it again and again, and in preference to other substances.Tolerance: How much of the substance is needed to satisfy increasing cravings for it, and the level of stable need that is eventually reached.Dependence: How difficult it is for the user to quit, the relapse rate, the percentage of people who eventually become dependent, the rating users give their own need for the substance and the degree to which the substance will be used in the face of evidence that it causes harm.
Web-site with tips and drugs recipes
Source: www.howtomakeecstasy.com
Source: www.icerocket.com
According to IceRocket.com Mar. 22 – Apr. 22
Source: www.icerocket.com
Stair of drugs interest
Tobacco Nicotine Cigarettes
Source: www.socialmention.com
According to Socialmention, Mar.22- Apr.22:
Cocaine Heroin Marijuana Alcohol
Source: www.socialmention.com
Two powers versus each other
The sale of Cannabis by facebook
Little island of intelligence in social network
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA):
“70% of teens ages 12-17 spend from a minute to hours on Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are five more likely to use tobacco; three times more likely to use alcohol; and twice as likely to use marijuana than teens who don’t spend any of their day on social networking sites.”
REFERENCES• National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XV: Teens and Parents. August 2010. <http://www.casacolumbia.org/templates/publications_reports.aspx>•Heroin-Data. heroin - treatment - opioid replacement <http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Heroin>•Marijuana – Effects.http://www.drugwarfacts.org/ cms/Marijuana•"Cocaine," The Merck Manual, Section 15. Psychiatric Disorders, Chapter 198. Drug Use and Dependence, (Merck & Co. Inc.: July 2008) <http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec15/ch198/ch198j.html>•http://www.howtomakeecstasy.com/
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