Family and community support:

The table below shows commonly used drugs and its side effects:

Drugs	Side Effects
All drugs have economic, social and personal cost. Apart from cost of buying the drugs ( which is on an average almost 90,800 BDT per year depending on the drugs one use; health care expenditure, lost productivity and social costs such as crime and accidents.
Phensidyl	Drowsiness and constipation, itching, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, hypotension, urinary retention, depression and paradoxical coughing. Withdrawal symptoms are: drug craving, insomnia, weakness, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle spasm, irritability, body pain, increased heart rate, blurred vision, short term memory loss, difficulty in concentration etc. Long term use can cause: erectile dysfunction and stroke
Yaba	Euphoria, anxiety, increased libido, alertness, increased energy, aggressiveness, irritability, skin problems, hair loss Withdrawal symptoms are: fatigue, increased appetite, anxiety, irritability, headache, excessive sleeping, gastric issues and ulcer Long term use can cause: psychosomatic disorder, feeling of excessive power and invincibility, depression, suicidal, Parkinson’s, heart disease, memory loss, schizophrenia
Heroin	Constipation, HIV and hepatitis (if used with non-sterile needles) Withdrawal symptoms are: slurred speech, difficulty walking Long term use can cause: decreased kidney functions, brain damage, skin popping
Pathedine	Nausea, vomiting, sedation, dizziness, urinary retention, constipation Withdrawal symptoms are: slurred speech, difficulty walking Long term use can cause: decreased kidney functions, brain damage, skin popping
Alcohol	Insomnia, chronic anxiety, irritability, jaundice Withdrawal symptoms are: higher risk of having sepsis, impairment in perceiving facial emotion, ability to understand humour Lon term use can cause: effect in nervous system, reduced liver functions, reduced ability to survive critical illness

Family and community support:

It is important for the trainers to inform the students that issues of drug abuse is not a matter of shame. It should be discussed at schools and work places so that students know the bad effects of drugs. If there is an addict in the family, problems should be discussed with appropriate health workers/ rehabilitation centre so that timely treatment can be given to the abuser. Unless students have the correct information, they will not be able to help others. It is unlikely that the drug abuser will be willing to seek for help themselves. In that case, it should be the family members and community that supports the abuser to seek help.