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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