"I have chosen this theme because it is very thorny problem of today. The drugs exist the long time about as. I am talking about illegal drugs which dislocate the society and the social relationships. The people have used the drugs every time. Why? You can never tell. The human has had problems, one has problems forever and they will be in problems. We can hope for a better future and we cannot hope for a future without problems…without the drugs….The drug poses the big danger for each of as.

Basic Terms

The basic terms include for example :

Drug……….is a natural or synthetic chemical substance which affects the natural proscess of the body. It can be either used pharmaceutically to treat or prevent disease or misused for the sole aim of achieving pleasure.1

Habitual Substance….In terms of article 89, section 10 of Penal Code under the term habitual substance is understood: alcohol, psychotropic substances, narcotic substances and other substances able to have an bad influence on man´s psychic, his abilities to control oneself or on his social behaviour.

Prevention …..are meant partly efficient protection and preserving man´s health, partly by prevention are meant preventive programmes as komplex of various activities the aim of which is to restrict using habitual substances.

Drug addiction …..is a pathological longing for narcotic substances and their usage, at the same time a pathological dependence is generated together with the subsequent somatic and psychic disorders.2


Tolerance……is the ability of organism to tolerate the specific substances.


Drug addict…..is the person who uses drugs constantly and he don´t know often how he can stop with it.


Briefly from HISTORY of Drugs

The drugs are with us for ages. The drug was using for healing, fortune telling and for the shamanist rituals and the like. If the shaman wanted to experience the intensive feelings, he has used some drug. Such drugs called „sacred plants“.At those times it was not possible to use the drugs for recreational purposes because usual people did know these substances and their full effects. They were only people not shamans. The shaman has treated by drugs, he was the doctor in this time. The sacred plants were using for his control and the people believed him. If people believed in drugs, the drugs were really able to heal.

After some time the people have begun to discover the secret power of drug. The drugs have been using since this period of time on increase rate. Great expansion endured the drugs in the period of World War II. It was very bad time and the different substances were misused for medical experiments of the germany doctors in the prison-camps. In he 60´s and 70´spreading of drugs was accompanied by such phenomena as the rise of organised crime and related things. The drug became an ideal trade commodity, many people wanted it and for them have been here the pushers and the suppliers. Illegal trade with the drugs permanently increased and increased a count of drug pushers and drug addicts.


The Basic Classification of Drugs

The drugs can classificate according to several viewpoints. The Drugs can be classified according to their effect on organism:

1/ Hallucinogenic drugs….After an aplication this drug occur significant changes in psychic state. The person can experience the strong feelings and various perceptions without regard to possible injury or death. Among hallucinogenic drugs belong for example LSD, Mescaline etc.

2/ Stimulating drugs……they have stimulating effects for human´s organism.
An improvement of abilities and a performance for the users. Some of these drugs can be very dangerous and habit-forming (for example: metamphetamine, ectasy, pervitin, cocain)."