Fear and delusion under the pretext of passing the exam!

Health Department of Mehr News Agency – Muhaddith Ramzan Ali: I know I'm not doing the right thing, but my life can't be lived without these ingredients! When I consume this substance, I feel better and I am freed from the hustle and bustle of the world. How long will I live if I want to pursue a healthy life? These are the words of a teenager who is looking for a good time by using these drugs.

Zahra is one of the girls who fell into the trap of using mescaline in order to study with better concentration, but ironically, by using mescaline instead of concentrating, she suffered a false hallucination, and while she was returning from school, she crossed the bridge. He was passing by, he imagined that a cat was hanging from the flyover and he bent down to save the cat, unaware that there was no cat and risked his life.

About his experience of using this drug, Poria says that we were having fun like little children. As if anything for Mann It was new. It was as if we had become children and we were in the middle of Disney land They left us alone. I could feel the cool wind on my face.

My friends didn't have this feeling, but I still remember it. In those moments, I felt everyone smaller than me. I knew that I had an important job in this world that I had to do I'm there to give At times I was like this, that I was incapacitated Hey I did not see felt anythingI can do whatever I want in a moment and there is no obstacle for me.

But these pleasant feelings lasted for about 2 hours and then entered a very unpleasant phase. One of my friends saw their house surrounded by snakes. The feeling of flight and style did not last long. Again everything came back with the same bad feelings. I felt my heart beating as if my heart had been taken out and given to me. The dizziness did not stop for a moment. I did not know where I was or where I should go. I lost my balance…

As exam season approaches and stress increases, some seek to find a way to focus more on studying and resort to drugs that have irreversible side effects and sometimes cause dementia and memory loss.

The use of drugs, especially in student groups on exam nights, has a significant trend, and according to official statistics, in recent years, the amount of drug use in this group of people has been increasing every year, and this is an event that is growing in the society. And there is no supervision on this issue.

The family should provide a safe environment

The family is a hug that should always make itself available to its children to raise any challenge with them, family fights, financial pressure, etc. are among the issues that have a double impact on young people, many families face their own pressures during exam seasons. They put pressure on their children to study and get good grades and start using drugs to increase their concentration. But the irreparable side effects of such substances are, in addition to severe dependence, causing anxiety, palpitations, insomnia and fatigue, depression, forgetfulness, and other symptoms.

The role of families and communities in the field of consumption of such drugs and addictive substances should be very prominent and different trainings should be given to people in this field, because under the influence of these false beliefs and at the insistence of their friends, they start consuming these drugs and substances. Even with one test, they fall into the trap of addiction.

Visual hallucinations are one of the most common side effects of this drug

Saeed Safatian, addiction expert he said and Go Mehr told the reporter: mescaline Except hallucinogens Za According to the classification of the United Nations since 1971, this substance has been classified as non-consumable substances.

He added: the greatest effect of the material mescaline Based on illusion Za Being is what is created visually in people's vision and people see light as spider web, chess, spherical shapes and other modes.

Visual illusion is one of the side effects of this harmful substance

Safatian continued: After taking this drug, a person suffers from self-indulgence and visual illusion, which does not mentally focus. People who take this drug make mistakes in estimating the distance, and this causes an increase in traffic accidents.

According to him; People who use this substance can't tell time and state dumb They experience time. Depression and mental confusion are other side effects of consumption mescaline is

This addiction specialist said: Except for these few cases Psychiatry which affects the person, consumption of this substance causes physical problems including; Heart rate increases and blood pressure also increases, which causes convulsions in people with increased heart rate.

From a cactus plant to a horrible substance

He continued: When a psychoactive substance enters the body, it is associated with liver and kidney complications. This drug is absorbed through the intestines and reaches its maximum effect after two hours. This substance is obtained through a type of cactus in the upper part of the plant.

He added: This substance is mostly used in religious and indigenous ceremonies in South America and is sold illegally in other countries in the form of pills and powder.

According to Safatian; In order to quit this substance in the centers, they use an alternative substance so that the person can control it and gradually reduce the drug and the path of addiction treatment is mescaline It is between 3 and 6 months.

He added: “Unfortunately, many people have to be treated for up to a year due to the severe psychological dependence they find.”

The silent killer of helpless fetuses

In the end, Safatian pointed out: It also causes an increase in blood pressure in pregnant women, which causes pregnancy convulsions and causes miscarriage and sometimes causes failure in the fetus.

According to him; This psychedelic substance is very dangerous and in no way comparable to ordinary psychedelic substances such as mud and glass. Taking this drug causes dependence and mental addiction, which makes the treatment difficult and long.

Hadith Aghaei, an expert on the prevention of drug abuse, who has done a lot of research on psychedelics I see has done in this load said: mescaline It is a substance made from the tablet-shaped parts of a type of cactus called “Sen PedroIt goes out. Because of its bitter taste and smell, it is poured into capsules and consumed in different doses. The sense of vitality and euphoria of this substance is 3 times more than that of psychedelics L S D is reported.

False self-awareness that falls into the trap of young people

In these moments, the consumer has a false sense of self. He feels that he has been assigned a mission like superheroes. He feels that he has thought like other people and others should follow him. Some people, apart from the visual illusions that sometimes appear, also bring this type of cognitive illusion to reality, and the words of dignity are ridiculed by the people around them in the days after consumption. For this reason, these people feel misunderstood and slowly separate themselves from society.

Aghaei said: With the consumption of more psychedelic drugs, these feelings appear, but there is a difference mescaline It is in this that it establishes self-awareness. That is, a person finds a spiritual need to return to a feeling, and this spiritual need undermines all the main elements of his life.

This addiction prevention expert continued: It is only with the help of medication as well as continuous sessions of clinical psychology that it is possible to reduce the side effects of using these psychotropic drugs: We believe that the desire to use psychotropic drugs is more in people who have anxiety disorders. . So get help from a consultant Hazeq It can identify the roots of this type of disease to a great extent and then treat it. In many cases, the consumers themselves do not want to visit and it is the people around them who, seeing these symptoms, should encourage the patient to attend the office of these psychologists. Paying attention to teenagers, identifying their needs, creating a sense of self-confidence in them, as well as monitoring their behavior and behavior can be very effective in preventing addiction. The