CAUSE AND EFFECTS OF DRUGS ABUSE AND ADDICTION
Written By: Ventura Gutierrez,Blanca Estela Borgen, Nichole Do, Vu Rivera, Claudia
Vasquez, Sonia
DRUGS: Are substances that change a person physical or mental state. The vast majority of drugs are used to treat medical conditions, both physical and mental, some, however are used outside the medical setting for their effects on the mind.
Drug can be used for medical treatments but if it is used in wrong way, it could bring the worse result to human: destroying organ structure, getting mental illness, bringing social evils.
Moreover, when people get drug addicted, they will do everything to have it. Because drugs are expensive to keep using it every day, people can harm to their life and other ones to get money to afford. Since many bad effects
The government needs to get to involve in drug control.
CAUSE AND EFFECTS OF DRUGS ABUSE AND ADDICTION
The excessive use of drugs can have different effects, mainly health problems, for example:
INJURIES: More deaths, illnesses and disabilities stem from substance abuse than from any other preventable health condition.
HEALTH PROBLEMS: The impact of drug abuse and dependence can be far reaching, affecting almost every organ in the human body. Drug use can: Cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.
EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN: Overuse of drugs can cause very serious problems in the brain, for example: The Schizophrenia.
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS: For examples, Aggressiveness, Hallucinations, Addiction, Impulsiveness, and Loss of Self-Control.
BIRTH DEFECTS: Some kind of drugs may pose various risks for pregnant women and their babies. Can cause a baby to be born too small or too soon, or to have withdrawal symptoms, birth defects or learning and behavioral problems.
KIND OF DRUGS: There are many kinds of drugs alcohol is it included such as drug but that drug is legal. We are going to talk about others drugs they are illegal
Marijuana: street names: ganja, grass, and herb, joint, Mary Jane or weed.
Hashish: slang name: Boom, gangster.
Heroin: slang name: Smack, horse, brown sugar, dope, junk, white horse.
Opium: slang name: Big O, blacks stuff, block, gum.
Cocaine: slang name: blow candy, crack, flake, rock. Snow.
Amphetamine: Slang name Dexedrine. Black beauties.
Methamphetamine: slang name: Dioxin, ice, crack, chalk, and crystal fire. Glass, go fast, speed.
BENEFIT AND RISK
Are 2 types of drugs natural and chemical, some natural drugs has been using as a medicine and until those days is using for medicine development, drugs like marijuana, the cannabis, cocaine, etc. helps to:
Treats migraines
Slows tumor growth
Relieves symptoms of chronic diseases
Prevents seizures
Helps those with ADD and ADHD
Many multiple sclerosis
Helps relieve PMS
Helps calm those with Tourette’s and OCD
The chemical drugs came from medicine but the most of them are using as illegal way like LCD, Heroin, hashish, etc. that kind of drugs are more dangerous and addictive as natural. Deteriorate and destroys the mind, body and whole of person consuming. Blanca,Claudia,Nicole,Sonia, Ivan
