An Intelligent Volatile Substance Time of Use Prediction System Using 1D Convolutional Neural Network Classifier

Introduction

Drug addiction is one of the most major global problems in the modern era. Human performance gets affected by it to a great degree as it leads to physical as well as mental health issues. The effect can range from mild to severe depending upon the amount of drug consumed and the frequency of the drug intake.

Adolescents as well as adults around the globe are hugely affected by volatile substance abuse. Volatile substance is considered as one of the most easily available psychoactive drugs which has very high toxicity. The consumption of volatile substances leads to various psychiatric problems and the behavior of those who consume volatile substances also become anti-social. It is observed that its consumption results in impairments in cognition and dysregulation are affected (Garland et al. 2012). The central nervous system and cardiovascular systems are targeted by the volatile substances like butane (Vahabzadeh et al. 2022). Butane(C4-H10) is one of the most easily available and inexpensive inhalants. It is used a lot by young people and its consumption may have very severe effects. The study suggests that most of the excessive butane consumption cases are reported in Japan and Europe. For children, the volatile substance abuse is the result of various factors like easy availability, bad family, and social conditions (Casley et al. 2022). As children are among the majority in the consumption of the volatile substances, it is a major concern for the society. The study suggests that there should be a proper intervention from the society on this sensitive matter of volatile substance consumption by children. Around the globe, throughout last two decades the studies done in different counties have confirmed the prevalent use of virtual substances mainly among children and adolescents. In the study, (Garland et al. 2011), the use of virtual substances in United States since 1975, the population at the risk of its consumption and its various consequences are elaborated. The focus is also made on the future research in this area and the need to identify the users at early stage is explored. The young people lying in the age group of 13 to 18 years are very prone to become addict of volatile substances. A study is done on nine different countries of South America which has included individuals of this age group who are high school students (Hynes-Dowell et al. 2011). The study suggested that individuals who consume alcohol or are chain smokers, are more prone to become virtual substance abuser. It is found to extremely common among the high school students in South America. A national school survey performed in Israel has identified the rapidly increase in use of volatile substances among the young people (Neumark et al. 2011). The relationship between the consumption of volatile substances in previous month and psychological, behavioral, demographic, and interpersonal attributes are examined. It is found that the individuals are addicted to excessive alcohol consumption, nicotine, gambling on internet have high chances of becoming addicted to virtual substances too.