How do legal highs work?
Legal highs, or designer drugs, are a colloquial term for substances with powerful psychoactive effects. They can be of natural or synthetic origin. More and more people are using them, but they do...
An epidemic of legal highs! Side effects associated with their use
We hear more and more about legal highs every day. There is even talk of an after-dose epidemic in Poland. These are drugs, commonly known as "collector's items", which are particularly dangerous to...
After-drugs
Every day the number of people who have died as a result of poisoning by legal highs is increasing. These are mostly very young people.
How do computer games affect children?
Scientific studies and observations by psychologists show that children are spending more and more time on the computer. Computer games are their most frequent entertainment choice. For many children...
Anorexia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Anorexia nervosa, or mental anorexia nervosa, is an eating disorder affecting an increasing number of young people. The initial age of onset is decreasing - it happens that children are affected, as...
Effects of alcohol on behavioural changes
Scientific studies carried out to date, as well as the observations of patients, show that alcohol changes a person's behaviour to a great extent. Under the influence of alcohol, people's mood...
Alcohol delusions
Studies show that as many as 600,000 to 800,000 people in Poland have serious alcohol problems.
Body drug tests
In almost every pharmacy there are tests available to detect the presence of drugs (psychoactive substances) in the body. However, they are only available there to test for: morphine, amphetamine,...
Effects of narcotics (psychoactive substances) on the nervous system
Scientific studies and clinical observations carried out to date show that narcotics are not only addictive, but also have a very negative effect on the nervous system.
Is cybersex dangerous?
For many people, cybersex is something abstract and incomprehensible. Of course, advocates of cybersex assume that it is a very safe, harmless and, more importantly, not financially burdensome form...
When is pathological gambling involved?
Sometimes we like to enter competitions, play cards or different kinds of games, lotteries or participate in betting. Many people do this because they want to feel the adrenaline rush, but at the...
Brain damage after drug use
Incidental exposure to certain drugs can cause permanent damage to certain brain structures responsible for, among other things, learning and memory processes, emotions and motivation. A one-off...
Toxicology of psychoactive substance addiction
The latest statistics on drug addiction show that it is not only people of school age who are most at risk of using substances harmful to the central nervous system. It has been shown that also...
Is it possible to become addicted to travel?
Addiction can be found in many areas of life today. Most often we hear about addiction to alcohol, nicotine, drugs, the computer or sex. But is there such a thing as an addiction, but to travel?
What do people in a family with an alcohol problem feel?- codependency
Functioning in a family with an addiction problem is a burden for its members. A long-term relationship causes emotional disturbances as well as affecting somatic health.
Addictive sport?
In a healthy body, a healthy spirit! It's a saying that everyone is familiar with from an early age. But can sport be addictive?
Alcohol and diabetes
Alcohol inhibits gluconeogenesis, the liver's ability to produce glucose. It is true that the liver can still release glucose in the form of glycogen, but when this supply is depleted then...
Codeine addiction
Addiction is defined as a strong need to perform certain actions, movements, gestures, to consume specific foods or drugs. It is a very broad concept and, importantly, nowadays one can become...
Computer game addiction
Computergame addiction, like computer and Internet addiction, is classified as a disease. Research into this type of addiction is ongoing. It can be defined as the need to play games using a...
Nicotine addiction
Nicotine (C10H14N2) is classified as a pyridine alkaloid. It is found not only in the leaves but also in the roots of tobacco. It is one of the most addictive psychoactive substances. Addiction, both...
