Areca Nut Addiction
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Areca nut addiction. Snippet areca nut is the fourth most commonly used psychoactive substance in the world chewed regularly by at least 10 of the population with high prevalences in south and southeast asia. Paan from sanskrit para meaning leaf is a preparation combining betel leaf with areca nut widely consumed throughout southeast asia east asia mainly taiwan and the indian subcontinent. Limited clinical applications exist and long term adverse reactions to betel quid chewing are well documented. A decrease in positive symptoms among men with schizophrenia was attributed to betel nut consumption.
Betel quid usually includes a combination of the areca nut from the areca catechu tree and slaked lime calcium hydroxide obtained by heating or harvesting sea shells or quarrying limestone wrapped in a betel leaf. Betel nut has a long history in south and southeast asia and the pacific basin. In guam and other pacific islands its use can be traced back as far as 2000 years. A drug is any substance other than food that provides nutritional support that when inhaled injected smoked consumed absorbed via a patch on the skin or dissolved under the tongue causes a physiological and often psychological change in the body.
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