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Biology · 2025 · 4 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q30
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Deaths related to the use of drugs were estimated at about 5,00,000 in 2019, 17 · 5…
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Deaths related to the use of drugs were estimated at about $\displaystyle 5,00,000$ in $\displaystyle 2019$, $\displaystyle 17 \cdot 5$ percent more than in $\displaystyle 2009$ . Liver diseases attributed to Hepatitis B are a major cause of drug-related deaths, according to UNODC, accounting for more than half of the total number of deaths attributed to the use of drugs. Drug overdoses account for a quarter of drug-related deaths. Opioids contribute to account for the most severe drug-related harm, including fatal overdoses, when used non-medically. At the global level, two-third of direct drug-related deaths are due to opioids, and in some sub-regions the proportion can be as high as three-quarters of such deaths.
(a)
Why are people taking opioids more prone to liver diseases attributed to Hepatitis B ?
(b)
What is meant by direct drug-related disease ?
(c)(i)
What is the scientific name of the plant from which the opioids are derived and from which part of the plant is it extracted ?
OR
(c)
(ii)
State two common warning signs of drug abuse among the youth.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
As opiodis are generally taken intravenously and use of contaminated needles or contaminated injections increases the chances of hepatitis B
(liver diseases).
(b)
Direct drug related disease means diseases due to overdoses of opioids / fatal overdose of opioids.
(i)
− Papaver somniferum
− Latex
(ii)
Drop in academic performance, unexplained absence from school or college, lack of interest in personal hygiene, withdrawal, isolation, depression, fatigue, aggressive, rebellious behaviour, deteriorating relationships with family and friends, loss of interest in hobbies, change in sleeping and eating habits, fluctuations in weight, appetite, stealing, mental and financial destress.
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