Club drug addiction is a growing problem in the United States among tens of thousands of young adults. In fact, what makes the sale of club drugs unique is that they are intentionally marketed to a young demographic of users. Drugs like MDMA, Ketamine, Rohypnol and ecstasy are being sold at raves, clubs and other gatherings frequented by young people as safe alternatives to other types of drugs like crack, cocaine and heroin. However, club drugs are actually more dangerous than traditional types of street drugs. Serious physical consequences including seizures, cardiac arrest, addiction and even death can occur with continued club drug use. As a result, creating awareness about this burgeoning problem will be essential to saving young lives.

Club drugs are especially dangerous because of the manufacturing methods used to make them. Often these chemical compounds are developed in dangerous labs and may be comprised of substances are known to be toxic to humans. The original chemical formulations for drugs like ecstasy or MDMA have been severely adulterated in clandestine backwoods laboratories, leading to the production of unsafe compounds that can have disastrous and potentially fatal effects on any person who ingests them. Once these drugs reach the market they are then sold as being safer than other drugs.

Drug abuse or substance abuse is a condition where drug which may include pharmaceutical drugs or other narcotic substances are consumed to get a high or a unparalleled sensation. This sensation, in the words of a drug addict, may be described as a ‘trip’ or a ‘kick’. Now, medically speaking this is nothing but a neurological excitation of the brain or better put, a set of complex hallucinations which the subject begins to enjoy.

Some of the factors that govern drug abuse are disturbed childhood, problem families, peer pressure, ease of availability, western culture, non availability of parents for supervisory duties and last but not the least availability of monetary resources. It begins with use of pocket money for the purchase of drugs, slowly but gradually leads to demand for money from parents and elders, borrowing it from a myriad of people that includes relatives, teachers, friends, and so on when denied at home, lying for the same, and ultimately even stealing money or articles which may not be highly valued but do get them money enough to get any drug – the use and abuse of which will give the consumer a high and allegedly shall take him on a ‘trip’.

According to statistics, the State of Colorado ranks the highest for all drug categories within the United States. Increased drug use has caused a breakdown of the family unit in Colorado.Drug abuse can have lasting effects on family unit. This applies whether the family member is a parent, a spouse or a child. Foundations of the relationship are destroyed; and it takes time to rebuild essential relationship components, especially trust. Early detection of drug abuse is the best way to preserve the family bond and save it before these components are destroyed.