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1. DRUGS ARE BASICALLY POISONS.
Drugs are basically toxins or, more simply, poisons. The amount that you take controls how the drug affects you. A small amount acts as a stimulant (something that speeds up the activity of the body). A greater amount acts as a sedative (something used to make someone sleepy or calm). A larger amount acts as …
2. ALMOST ALL DRUGS AFFECT THE MIND.
When a person thinks of something, he gets a picture of it in his mind. These “mental pictures” are very easy to see for yourself. If you close your eyes for a few seconds and think of a cat, you will get a picture of a cat. The mind records these pictures and uses them …
3. PEOPLE TAKE DRUGS TO GET RID OF UNWANTED SITUATIONS OR FEELINGS.
Anyone who takes drugs does it to avoid problems or get rid of some pain or unwanted feelings, including boredom. To understand why someone takes drugs now, you need to know what was wrong before he or she took them. He may have had some physical problem which was causing him pain. Maybe he was …
3. PEOPLE TAKE DRUGS TO GET RID OF UNWANTED SITUATIONS OR FEELINGS. Read More »
4. W HEN A DRUG WEARS OFF, THE PERSON WANTS MORE.
When any drug wears off, the pain or other feeling that went away comes back harder than before. If someone had a problem that made him want to take drugs, like feeling “too nervous” to talk to anyone at a party, he might take a drug to help him relax. When the drug wears off, …
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5. ALCOHOL IS ONE OF THE MOST USED DRUGS OF ALL.
The body needs vitamins to stay alive. Not having enough vitamins can make it easier to get sick. Then if you get sick, it takes longer to get better. Any time you take drugs, they burn up some of your body’s vitamins. If you take enough drugs, later you may feel bad or get sick. …
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6. MARIJUANA DAMAGES THE LUNGS, NERVES, AND BRAIN.
There are 400 chemicals in marijuana smoke. 60 of these have been proven to cause cancer. These chemicals can stay in the body for months or even years. Also, marijuana contains THC, a “neurotoxin” (a poison that damages nerves.) When someone smokes pot, it makes two things happen: 1) There’s almost an immediate burnup of …
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7. ECSTASY IS A DANGEROUS DRUG.
Ecstasy can cause a dangerous increase in body temperature that can make a person’s heart stop working.Ecstacy can damage cells in the brain. Also, ecstacy users can have problems with their memory. Besides this, ecstasy is a “hallucinogen” (a drug that acts on the mind to cause people to see or feel things that aren’t …
8. DRUGS RUIN CREATIVITY.
There is a series of emotions that people move up and down on as they go through life. Here’s an example: *Cheerfulness *Interest *Boredom *Anger *Fear *Grief (feels sad) *Apathy (doesn’t care about anything) Let’s say someone is bored. She smokes pot which causes the nervous system to go numb and “lifts” her into a …
9. DRUGS DULL ALL YOUR SENSES.
Because drugs numb the nervous system, they are a way for a person to temporarily get rid of unwanted feelings like sadness, boredom, or fear. They do block off pain and other unwanted feelings. But there is a whole group of wanted feelings, and drugs block off all feelings. Eventually any kind of feeling becomes …