There are many ideas related to drug use that are seen as facts, which however has never been demonstrated... nothing but myths which basically only serve to reassure the individual and collective consciences.

Alcohol is a drug.
Alcohol, although legal, is a drug, since it has effects on the central nervous system, causing changes in perception, motor skills, reflexes, the ability to evaluate situations and can cause physical and psychic dependence. In Portugal it is estimated that there are more than half a million chronic alcoholics.

Drinking just does not affect the ability to drive.
Not true. Even small amounts of alcohol has effects on the ability of concentration, attention, motor skills and reaction time. Furthermore, this decrease in capacity is not perceived by consumers who sometimes even judges who are increased.

Group outings are only fun if everyone is drunk.
The ability of people to play has to do with the living that are established between them, the ties that create the context in which the meetings are not with the consumption of psychoactive substances.

With Hashish is not likely to be dependent.
Although Hashish apparently does not induce physical dependence, some individual and social factors may lead to the need for a binge and psychological dependence.

Hashish always gives sense of well-being.
It is not always so. With some frequency somatiza the consumer and increases anxiety and moods and the experience may not be very pleasant, and there may be anxiety, panic attacks and paranoia.

Tobacco smoking is worse than smoking Hashish.
Generally somebody smokes hashish mixed with tobacco, so that the effects of nicotine are added to the effects of various constituents of cannabis, such as gum arabic and others, which have adverse effects on the lung.

Who consumes Hashish has also heroin or cocaine.
Not true. Most regular users of Hashish feel no need to consume other drugs. However, there are people who, for various reasons, are more likely to abuse drugs than others. The outset, the hashish is more likely to come to consume other drugs.

The heroin end up being completely degraded (in the street, the cars get in prostitution ,...)
While many consumers of heroin coming into degradation and disintegration, there are many that are integrated socially and professionally, without signs of consumption.

When you do not inject heroin, the risk of becoming dependent is less.
Dependence occurs irrespective of the mode of consumption of heroin.

Heroin gives peace of mind and help solve problems.
Even at the beginning of heroin to ease tensions, providing welfare, the truth is that this consumption, sooner or later leads to a state of dependency and malaise that can trigger a series of problems from the personal and social.

Heroin is the drug of the poor and excluded.
Heroin crosses all social strata. The reasons underlying consumption depend heavily on the psychological, relational, and others.

The inserts are harmless because they do not cause physical dependence.
While not physically addictive, its use can lead to the existence of psychological dependence, that is, a compelling need for consumption, which can be facilitated by the contexts of fun.

All inserts are ecstasy (MDMA).
Not true. One of the problems of drug tablets stems from not knowing what substances contain. Laboratory investigations show that the vast majority of the tablets do not contain MDMA (ecstasy) but other substances whose effects can be unexpected and difficult to control.

Since it does not abuse it's OK to drink alcohol and take pills.
The mixture of alcohol and pills can be very harmful to health. First, the level of dehydration that can cause, because both substances are dehydrating, and other consequences that may have at heart because alcohol has depressant effects and the inserts are stimulants, and this effect is antagonistic.

Cocaine increases intellectual performance.
Cocaine is a stimulant of the central nervous system to perform activities in a fast pace, often confused with an increase in income and intellectual abilities. With continued use appears a paradoxical effect of depression that can trigger paranoia and even psychosis.

Who uses drugs does so because it has problems.
But the fact is that everyone has their problems, sometimes serious, and most people do not consume drugs. Many substances in seeking a "magic" effect that gives them deal with reality without suffering. The truth is that problems do not disappear, the substances do not solve anything and the consumption of certain substances individuals lose the ability to deal with reality.

To drop the drugs simply have willpower.
The willpower or motivation is really a prerequisite for the initiation of treatment. However, it is crucial to follow appropriate technical change to be lasting.

Taking drugs causes AIDS.
It is not consumption itself that causes diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis, but behaviors associated with consumption, such as syringes, cottons, tubes or any material used for consumption, unprotected sex and contact with contaminated blood.