TATAPAN PEMBUKA KATA

INFOMASI TERKINI RAWATAN DADAH OPIATE : HEROINE, MORPHINE, CODEIN (UBAT BATUK), DAUN KETUM
PIL-PIL KHAYAL : ERAMINE 5, DOMICUM, EXTACY, PIL KUDA, WY
KETAMINE ,ICE ATAU SYABU, GANJA, ROKOK DAN ALKOHOL

Apa itu?

• Klinik Terapi Methadone / Buprex (<---klik ) untuk ketagihan Heroine dan opiat.

• Detoksifikasi Pil Khayal termasuk Dormicum, Eramine5, Pil Kuda dan lain-lain

• Rawatan ketagihan Alkohol, Syabu ( ICE) dan Ketamine

• Pusat Rehabilitasi sementara kes-kes ketidakstabilan mental akibat ketagihan serius dan kronik

• Sesi Percuma Kongsian Masalah dan Kaunseling

Apa itu "Penyalahgunaan Methamphetamine (Syabu)?

Methamphetamine atau syabu adalah dadah perangsang, pertama kalinya dicipta pada tahun 1893 di Jepun. Pada perang dunia kedua telah digunakan secara umum oleh tentera-tentera Jerman, Amerika dan Jepun sebagai penggalak tenaga dan ketahanan fizikal di dalam peperangan. Selepas perang dunia kedua ,tentera Jepun telah secara berleluasa mengedar jenis dadah ini kepada orang awam. Justeru mencetuskan permulaan penyalahgunaannya di kalangan penduduk awam. Ketagihan Methamphetamine memang telah dikenalpasti sejak dulu. Sepanjang penyalahgunaannya telah diberikan berbagai jenis nama seperti ICE, SYABU, SPEED, METH, YABA, CRANK, ICE BABY, HOT ICE, dan lain-lain.

Bagaimana mengenal mereka yang mengambil Methamphetamine?
Pengambilan syabu memberikan peningkatan libido yang mengakibatkan peningkatan nafsu syahwat yang mendadak dan berpanjangan.
Peningkatan di dalam tenaga fizikal serta kurang
selera makan.
Kesan Psikologi

•Euphoria – keterujaan tahap emosi dan pemikiran kearah rasa gembira dan kemuncak kepuasan

•Paranoia – Proses pemikiran tanpa rasional yang dilihatkan sebagai mempunyai rasa ketakutan dan kerisauanmelampau atas satu-satu sangkaan tanpa asas yang dipercayai membawa bahaya.

•Gangguan "Mood"

•Tingkahlaku ganas

•Rasa kerisauan tanpa sebab(anxiety)

•Lekas meradang (irritability)

Jika diambil dengan dos tinggi akan mengakibatkan sifat lekas meradang, agresif, kerisauan yang melampau, halusinasi dan paranoid disertai delusi dan psikosis.

Pengguna syabu cenderung menjadi liar dan ganas. Gangguan perasaan boleh berlaku secara tiba-tiba pengguna boleh bertukar dari sifat penyayang kepada ganas sekelip mata. Paranoia yang terhasil dari kesan syabu, mengakibatkan pengguna sentiasa menyangka buruk tanpa asas, kelakuan hyperaktif dan perubahan mood.

Apa itu Penyalahgunaan Ketamin?
Sejarah

Ketamine dicipta oleh Dr. Craig Newlands dari Wayne State University. Dicipta sebagai ubat bius sewaktu Pembedahan dijalankan. Pada awalnya digunakan oleh askar-askar Amerika semasa peperangan Vietnam dan berterusan digunakan sehingga sekarang.Penyalahgunaannya amat membimbangkan Kerana potensi gangguan psikotropiknya. Ianya juga digunakan oleh doktor-doktor haiwan.

Teknik Mengguna

Ketamine dijual sama ada di dalam bentuk cecair atau debu. Di dalam bentuk debu, ianya kelihatan seolah-olah seperti Kokain, Yang digunakan melalui kaedah Snort (sedutan), jarum suntikan dan kemungkinan ditambah dalam minuman. Ada kemungkinan juga ianya dihisap dengan campuran ganja (marijuana) dan tembakau menggunakan paip.

Kesan-kesan psikologi

Pengambilan Ketamine menghasilkan kesan serupa seperti Dextrometorphan (sejenis ubat batuk). Kesan khayal Halusinasinya akan berterusan selama sejam jika disedut (Snort) dan sehingga 2 jam jika ditelan.Apabila dos yang rendah diambil , kesan halusinasi hanya dirasai di dalam bilik gelap dengan mata tertutup. Tetapi berlainan pula jika dos yang digunakan lebih tinggi, yang mana kesan halusinasinya adalah lebih kuat dan nyata.

Ketamine menghasilkan kesan yang dirasakan seperti “roh meninggalkan jasad”. Pengalaman orang yang menyalahgunakan ketamine menyatakan bahawa seolah-olah dirinya terkeluar dari jasad lantas terapung-apung di dalam dunia khayalannya. Ada di antara mereka yang merasakan seolah-olah jatuh dari tempat yang tinggi, khayalan perasaan kuasa psikik berhubung dengan pengguna ketamine yang lain

dan pengalaman bertemu tuhan dalam bentuk halusinasi. Dos yang tinggi selalu menghasilkan kesan psikologi yang mendalam, yang disifatkan sebagai Lohong-K (K -Hole). – suatu kesan psikologi yang bersamaan dengan fenomena schizophrenia. Pada tahap ini mereka akan merasakan yang dunia nyata ini menjadi semakin jauh dan tenggelam di dalam lohong-K tersebut dan pemikiran hanya ditumpu kepada persepsinya yang baru. Kerap kali pengalaman ini luput setelah pengguna sedar ke alam nyata serupa seperti mana seorang yang lupa akan mimpi yang dialaminya. Gangguan memori ini bukan sahaja untuk pengalaman kesan khayal tetapi berterusan walaupun setelah sedar. Kerapkali penagih akan lupa akan identiti diri sendiri. Mereka juga lupa yang mereka adalah seorang manusia atau lupa apa maknanya manusia itu. Pergerakan fizikal selalunya amat sukar sehinggakan tahap yang mereka tidak sedar yang mereka mempunyai tubuh badan.

Kesan-kesan lain termasuk:

•Rasa mengantuk / pening •Keliru •Muntah-muntah •Panik •Mood yang tidak menentu •Tingkahlaku pelik dan tidak boleh dijangka

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Burnt by Ice (Dr Mahmud Mazlan) - The Star Wednesday 11 June 2008

The Star

Wednesday, 11/06/2008


Burnt by Ice

Crystal methamphetamin is currectly a popular drug among youths.

WHEN May had her first puff of Ice, she never thought that she would be addicted to the substance, which looks exactly like table salt.

"The reason is simple. I wanted to lose weight. At that time, I knew about drugs, but I didn't know how they looked like or how to take them," says the 28-year-old.

But when May saw a friend taking Ice, she was told that it's ok to take it.

According to her friend, unlike heroin, Ice does not cause addiction.

"Apparently not, you do get addicted," she laments.

"Back then, I lost a lot of weight, to the point I was almost anorexic, but now I've put on a lot more (weight) back on, so I'm feeling much better," says May, who is currently going for treatment.

After seeking treatment, May now has a stable job and income, and is able to take care of her daughter at home.

Ice, the nickname for crystal metamphetamine, is currently a popular drug among youths, says consultant in addiction medicine Dr Mahmud Mazlan.

While heroin remains the most prevalent drug addiction in Malaysia, methamphetamine addiction is currently ranking first in terms of new cases.

"Chances of recovery (for metamphetamine addiction) is good if hospitalisation and proper medication and psychosocial intervention is properly administered," Dr Mahmud says.

In his experience in Malaysia, more than two-thirds recover after one year of treatment if medications and initial hospitalisation is utilised. Otherwise, the success rate is less than 10%.

" (Methamphetamine) is classified as a stimulant drug and unlike opiates (like heroin and morphine), it has three major differences in causing addiction,"he explains.

For starters, you don't have to take methamphetamine daily to become addicted. Once or twice a week of regular methamphetamine use can cause dependence.

Unlike heroin- which causes withdrawal a few hours after the last injection - withdrawal symptoms for methamphetamine starts after two weeks of abstinence, says Dr Mahmud, adding that without immediate withdrawal symptoms, many people addicted to methamphetamine thought that there were none.

However, methamphetamine causes more brain and blood vessel damage than heroin does.

According to Dr Mahmud, while heroin only causes permanent impairment to the reward system in the brain, methamphetamine can cause stroke, heart attacks and permanent psychosis (resembling schizophrenia) with chronic use.

"It can also result in aggressiveness, sexual crimes and suicidal behaviour because of severe depression when (users) stop for more than two weeks," Dr Mahmud says.

Besides, methamphetamine is also associated with memory loss and severe dental problems.

There are three main groups that use Ice, says Dr Mahmud.

Men or sex workers use it to enhance their sexual performances; people involved in industries that value high performance may use it to increase work performance; and people addicted to other drugs like heroine and ecstasy may use it as a pleasure drug.

Luckily for May, her family detected her habit just in time, because for her, ultimatums do not work for a person who is already hooked on drugs.

"You can't just tell a person on drugs to stop by themselves, it doesn't work that way. I wasn't given a choice to go for rehabilitation, but if I were given one then, I wouldn't have gone for it. So there must be some sort of intervention somewhere," May says.

"The process of rehabilitation was long, and I'm still in the process. I don't take drugs anymore, but I'm taking medication now. It's like substituting one drug for another; the only difference is that one of them is legal."

Going through treatment, May had her share of withdrawal symptoms.

"When you have withdrawal, you get very depressed. Some people get depressed to the point of being suicidal; some people get schizophrenia - they hear voices; and some experience very extreme paranoia.

And it is very real," says May."And it is very difficult to accept that you are experiencing schizophrenic symptoms because of drugs. It's like you've become crazy."

"Eventually I want to stop medication, and I wish I can be a responsible mother and a responsible citizen too."

When asked of her advice to young people out there, rather than just a straight "don't try it", May advises them to read up about drugs.

"For those who have never tried it, read up about the street drugs out there. There are some designer drugs that can really mess up your brain.

"And also, know more about the symptoms and the kinds of people who take drugs, and stay away from them. That is perhaps the only way," she adds.

Coming from a drug user, I was curious. If everyone were to take her advice, wouldn't drug addicts feel deserted? May's answer was, "wouldn't you seek therapy?"

"(When you feel deserted), you would feel very conscious and know that 'its not cool to take drugs'," May said. But if drug addicts really want to stop, May suggests that they seek help.

"It is affordable. If you can afford drugs, I'm sure you can afford to pay for medication," May said.

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