Abstract
The drugs are substances which have found receptors in our organism and act by increasing, slowing down or changing the processes of the organ. The scientists have reached a long time ago the conclusion that there exists a biological foundation for the drug dependency. A repeated usage or consumption of some large dosages can represent a serious threat regarding the health state of the individual. Those who abuse a drug are those who not only used it frequently but consider also that they cannot live without it, leading to dependency. This phenomenon regarding the dependency existed during the entire history, yet from the oldest times, people knew also the properties of the drugs, these being used for various purposes, religious, therapeutic, relaxation, etc. In the past, as well as nowadays, the drug was and is considered a substance which can be used in therapy due to some curative properties, but whose effect is sometimes uncertain and deadly for the organism.
Highlights
Ever since the Antiquity, using drugs, no matter their type has as purpose the religious or ritualistic activities (Rascanu and Zivari 2002, 1), and later, these became known due to the therapeutic properties
The drug is psycho-social and cultural reality which was born at the same as the humanity, and its origin must be searched in the antic civilisations which used within the religious rituals the smoke of the aromatic plants or that of the mushroom with hallucinogen effect or with stimulant effect, by the priests or which doctors with the purpose of submitting and controlling the mass of followers (Buzatu 2015, 11)
The drug consumers are seen by the society as being sick persons or persons who have a vice which they could not renounce
Summary
Ever since the Antiquity, using drugs, no matter their type has as purpose the religious or ritualistic activities (Rascanu and Zivari 2002, 1), and later, these became known due to the therapeutic properties. The pharmacology frequently uses the notion of “drug abuse” in order to designate those substances which, through their abusive usage, can lead to physical or psychic dependency or to severe disorders of the mental activity, perception or behaviour, in connection with the administered dosage, it actioning firstly as narcotics and as hallucinogens. The drug is a psychotropic substance, acting with predilection upon the central nervous system as its stimulant (excitement) or as sedative of the mental activity.
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