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= **Physical Affects of Drugs** = Avery Marchant, Julio DeSilva

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Struggle struggle Trouble trouble Pushing through, trying To find a cure To my struggle Wait to see the health In me go away in such A way that all I say Is goodbye. Whats left to myself? Help is needed but Not produced by myself info I got, But all I need is someone to Step up Wait Here is hope! There is hope and it here!

**Drugs are EVERYWHERE. People all over use them to relieve stress, calm down, or just get high and have a good time. They dont realize just how badly they can be harmed by drugs. Drugs can and will deteriorate your mind and body to the point where you're nothing but a husk of what you used to be. Sounds scary? Sounds nasty? It is. But this isn't meant to scare you but its meant to make sure you know. Its to make sure you are aware of how horrifying drugs can be and why you should stay away from them.**

**Common Effects among Drugs** : Hair loss, brain damage, respiratory damage, cardiovascular damage, memory loss, paranoia, anxiety, and violence. All of these are only SOME of the effects that drugs have in common, and none of them are pretty.

**Heroin** : Short term use regular heroin use destroys the body. Some of the conditions from using the drug are: infection of heart lining and valves, liver disease, lung disease, hepatitis, and HIV/AIDS from needles. Heroin is an instantly fatal drug, and a high risk addiction.

**Cocaine** : Snorting cocaine for a long amount of time can lead to: Scabs on your mucus membranes, damages your nasal septum (thin wall separating your left and right nostrils) and can eventually make your nose collapse. Smoking cocaine can make you aggressive, paranoid, and anxious. Cocaine is very dangerous because of the damage it does to your brain and heart.

**Meth** : The long term effects of meth are ugly and scary. This drug is easy to get hooked on. The effects of meth are: loss of weight, loss of teeth, and scabs and sores develop on your face. You become anxious, violent, paranoid, hallucinogenic, and delusional. One of these meth fueled delusions is the feeling of insects crawling under your skin. This drug is powerfully addictive and damaging to your body and brain. Long-term brain damage and death in the long-term make this drug a terrifying one.

**Steroids** : Abusing steroids while you’re still growing will cause and array of physical changes. Steroids can: stun growth permanently, cause high blood pressure, blood clotting, and bad cholesterol. These combined are the perfect recipe for heart failure. Hair loss and breast development/reduction are other possible effects.

**Ecstasy** : Ecstasy instantly affects the brain, and how your brain cells communicate with each other. Ecstasy can cause problems with memory and learning. Taking ecstasy also harms the body’s ability to regulate temperature leading to hypothermia and kidney, liver, and cardiovascular failure. Shaking, cramps, nausea, sweating, and blurred vision are other long term effects.

**Over-The-Counter Drugs** : Over-The-Counter drugs are meant to help you, but can also be used to get high or drunk. Some of the side effects are hair loss, insomnia, menstrual cycle disturbances, UTI (Urinary Tract Infections) diarrhea, blurred vision, and anxiety. Using OTC drugs the way they’re meant to be beneficial, but when mixing them with alcohol or other drugs, will hurt your body for life or kill you.

**Marijuana** : Marijuana is a gateway drug. The side effects of marijuana are: development of weakened verbal and communication skills lowered learning capabilities and attention span. The more dependent you become of marijuana the more likely you will become to be more dependent on other drugs.

- [|www.healthguide.org] - Cocaine is a highly addictive drug that can be risky even the first time you use it. Common side effects include increased heart rate and blood pressure, but seizures, cardiac arrest and even death are a real risk with this drug. - Cocain comes from the coca plant and is hydrochloride salt… processed cocain is known as crack. - Cocain can make your nose eventualy collapse by snorting it. - Smoking a lot of crack or cocain can make you aggressive, paranoid and anxious. - Using marijuana at a young age can result in structural and functional deficits of the brain. This could cause you to develop weakened verbal and communication skills, lowered learning capabilities and a shortened attention span. - Marijuana smoke contains 50% to 70% more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke. - The earlier in life you use marijuana, the more likely you are to become dependent on it or other types of drugs later in life. (gateway drug) - Steroid use can lead to high blood pressure, an increased risk of blood clotting and increases in LDL (bad cholesterol)—all three combined are a recipe for heart failure. - Heroin often has additives that will not dissolve in the bloodstream. This can easily cause a blood clot to form and travel to the lungs, liver, heart or brain, which is instantly fatal. - Heroin is extreemly addictive and can make you more dependent on it everytime you use it. - Common conditions that plague heroin users include infection of the heart lining and valves, liver disease, lung disease, hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, from needle use. - Research shows that many Ecstasy tablets contain a number of other drugs that can be dangerous when combined, including methamphetamine, ketamine, cocaine, DXM and the diet drug ephedrine. - Ecstasy will increase your heart rate and blood pressure. Physical effects of Ecstasy include tremors, teeth clenching, muscle cramps, nausea, faintness, chills, sweating and blurred vision. - Ecstasy affects mood, sleep, perception, and appetite. - Taking any hallucinogens can cause you to experience anxiety, fear and paranoia, sometimes verging on psychosis (a complete loss of contact with reality). In this state of mind, it can be very easy to have a dangerous, or even fatal, accident. - All hallucinogens can cause flashbacks —feelings and thoughts that replay the effects of being on the drug weeks or even years after taking them. Since all hallucinogens disturb the normal functioning of the brain, they put you at risk of developing long-lasting psychoses or mental disorders. - The effects of hallucinogenic drugs are unpredictable. They depend on the amount taken and on your own unique personality and body chemistry. You dramatically disturb the normal functioning of your brain. And this will always make you vulnerable to dangerous, or even fatal, accidents. - [|www.abovetheinfluence.com]
 * Roughly 50 percent of individuals with severe mental disorders are affected by substance abuse.
 * 53 percent of drug abusers have at least one serious mental illness.
 * Of all people diagnosed as mentally ill, 29 percent abuse either alcohol or drugs.
 * Cocain **
 * Marijuana **
 * Steroids **
 * Heroin **
 * Ecstasy **
 * Hallucinogens **