A crackdown on the use of dangerous drugs alone cannot prevent drug addiction. Among addicted patients, there are many who have problems with human relationships. It’s important that they build trusti

There is a mistaken view that drug abuse and addiction is a social problem. However many people do not understand that when people get addicted to drugs it changes the brain to foster compulsive drug abuse. Drugs are chemicals that tap into the brain communication systems and disrupts the way nerve cells send, receive, and process information. It changes the structure and function of the brain. It is a disease that affects the brain so changing the behavior and simply trying to use the willpower will not help a person to stop taking the drug. If you choose not to get treated then the drug use consumes the addict's life and existence. Eventually responsibilities and moral standards can fall by the wayward and the addiction can effect the social, familial, and vocational areas of life. Overtime the changes in the brain caused by repeated drug use affects the person's self-control and ability to make sound decisions, an at the same time create an intense impulse to take drugs. The bottom line is disastrous consequences in human relationships.

The risk of becoming addicted to drugs is increased in people with a family history of drug or alcohol dependence, parts of their brains underlying self-control abilities work less efficiently. Your chances of getting hooked rise times if you have a family member who is addicted. Given that some forms of drug addiction are thought to develop out of bad habits that get out of control, the drug addiction is not a failure of character or a life-style choice, it’s a problem with the brain. If your brain is wired for addiction it’s easier for the drugs to take over, but the good thing is that this is not inevitable.