Drug addiction
Definition
By Mayo Clinic staff
Drug addiction
is a dependence on an illegal drug or a medication. When you're addicted, you
may not be able to control your drug use and you may continue using the drug
despite the harm it causes. Drug addiction can cause an intense craving for the
drug. You may want to quit, but most people find they can't do it on their own.
For many people,
what starts as casual use leads to drug addiction. Drug addiction can cause
serious, long-term consequences, including problems with physical and mental
health, relationships, employment and the law.
You may need
help from your doctor, family, friends, support groups or an organized
treatment program to overcome your drug addiction and stay drug-free.
Brazil: Water for life, water for all
With a programme
that extends from the Amazon to Rio de Janeiro, WWF is working to increase the
range of protected wetlands in Brazil, educate local people on the importance
of water as a resource, and strengthen the laws to control water use.
Conserving a
global freshwater haven
Brazil is home
to 14 percent of the world’s freshwater, the vast majority of which flows down
the mighty Amazon river. The country is also host to the planet’s largest
continental wetland – the Pantanal. Yet Brazil has a water crisis. Almost nine
million families have no access to drinkable water and around 70 percent of all
hospital admissions are caused by water-related diseases. WWF’s programme in
Brazil, supported for five years by HSBC’s £3.5 million investment, extends
from the Amazon to Rio de Janeiro. Through this work WWF is increasing the
range of protected wetlands, educating local people on how to manage their
precious water resources, and strengthening local and national laws that cover
freshwater use.
São João river
basin
Located in the
densely populated area in Rio de Janeiro state, the São João river basin is
another freshwater region where the programme is working. The area suffers high
levels of pollution from agriculture and sewage. The WWF programme aims to
encourage and empower local communities to reduce pollution so that the people
of Rio de Janeiro will receive cleaner water.
Water for Life
campaigns
Through
campaigning, WWF is helping people to understand the importance of water
resource issues and how to solve them, and is catalyzing them to take action. A
national campaign is showing the importance of protecting the forests at the
headwaters of Brazil’s rivers, increasing the availability of clean drinking
water and basic sanitation, and reducing water waste. This is being alternated
with two themed campaigns which are focusing on improving the management of
headwaters in the capital, Brasilia, and reducing the impacts of sewage and
sanitation on the environment. WWF is also working with church and government
to prepare and distribute educational material to schools and youth groups.
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