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• Due to frustration
• To satisfy curiosity
• To feel relaxed
• Personality problem also makes a person use drug
• Some people use drug to worship lord Shiva

b. Effects of Drugs
• Decreases of memory power
• Increase of blood pressure and heart beat
• Use of infected syringe can cause HIV/AIDS
and other STDs
• Impact on reproductive health
• Can cause death if taken for a long time
• Can drag towards social crimes and Fig: 36
misconduct
• Leads to economic problem
• Loss of appetite and weight
• Leads to respiratory diseases like pneumonia, bronchitis, etc.
• Causes sweating, headache, dizziness, etc.
• Some addicts may try to commit suicide

c. Prevention and Control of Drugs
• Avoid the company of drug addicts.
• Launch awareness programmes against the
effects of drugs.
• Engage in games and sports, music, dance
and other recreational activities to utilize the Fig: 37
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• Enforcement of laws, rules and regulations to control the supply of drugs.
• Treatment and rehabilitation of the addict.
• Create good understanding within the family members.
• Give proper counseling to the people engaged in drug addiction.

Summary
1. Community health is defined as the science of preventing disease, prolonging life and
promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort. It focuses on the
health problems seen in the community rather than that of an individual or a family.
2. Community health is an organized effort of the community people in the
identification of the existing health problems and providing health services to the
people to improve of community people health as well as environmental health.

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