The Effects Of Drugs On The Human Body

This Paper examines the substance abuse risk factors, mental changes, treatment goals, devastating effects of substance abuse on the individuals abusing many drugs and prescription drugs are becoming an epidemic as well with continued abuse. Substance abuse damages an individual’s physical, mental, and social wellbeing. The substance abuse can cause long-term, dysfunctions and complications. The most abused drug in the United States is Marijuana, and that individuals will turn to crime to get the substances they want to support their habits of substance abuse. This paper also examines the promotion of wellbeing and what can be done to promote the wellbeing and stop substance abuse.

Methamphetamine and Cocaine are two commonly negatively depicted substances, but a popular comparison is often placed between the pair. This comparison brings up the question, “Which is Worse?”. The answer to that question is Meth, and this article is going to explain why. To create a fair, unbiased juxtaposition of Meth and Coke, one must start by looking at the history of each. Important factors are when and how each “drug” came up in society. Other necessary characteristics one must analyze about each is the positives of each, but also the harmful effects of each. The final, and arguably most important aspect an individual must inspect is how society is affected by either meth or cocaine.

Drugs are used in many ways. There are good types of drugs and very harmful, illegal types of drugs. Too many of any type of drug is bad for you but, illegal drugs can cause the worst type of damage to the human body. Drugs can affect your mental and physical health. Drugs that are psychoactive, such as cannabis, alcohol, ecstasy and heroin have the ability to affect your mood. They can cause certain emotions to spike or cause others to go down. Drugs interfere with the chemicals in your brain. People use drugs to get the short term effect but the long term effect is what matters most. Different drugs enter the body in different ways. The way they enter impacts how the drugs affect that person. For example, injection takes the drug directly into the blood stream providing more immediate effects, while ingestion requires the drug to pass through the digestive system, delaying the effects. Most drugs target the brain by flooding it with dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter present in regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, cognition, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. These types of drugs alter the way the brain works. This is what causes addiction. Once people begin it's hard for them to stop because of this. A lot of people who smoke marijuana say that there's nothing wrong with it but what happens when that isn't strong enough anymore. They go on to stronger things such as heroin or cocaine. Marijuana is sometimes considered good for

Drug abuse is a rampant problem in the United States. Drugs can be abused in a variety of different ways by people from every walk of life. Most of us have been affected by drug abuse either directly or indirectly. Drug abusers harm themselves, as well as their families and communities. Drug abuse takes an enormous toll on our society at many levels. The cost of drug abuse on our society is astronomical, not only financially but also personally, emotionally, socially and professionally.

Drug abuse and addiction is being frowned at in different societies because it has always been on record of contributing negatively to the progress of the society and different laws have been put in place to criminalize the possession and the use of drugs. This paper seeks to explain the different ways abusive ways of drugs, and

In the following paper I aim to highlight the roll of the brain in the body and it’s different parts that come together to form the most complex organ in the body and what drug use and abuse can do both in the short term and long term. The focus of this paper will be on two specific substances; cocaine and opiates. It will examine what each substance and does to the brain and what, if any, long term affects it has on the brain.

There are many types of drugs in today's world, and all can have a significant impact on a person's behavior and their physical attributes. Two such classes are stimulants and narcotics. Both classes can be incredibly harmful to humans when used inappropriately, but yet they are still incredibly popular around the world.

Many drugs have serious negative effects on those who abuse them. From all the way to effecting the mind, the body, and brain. People are doing drugs because they think it is fun thing to do and they are doing them because they cannot stop.

Drugs on the brain is not a new occurance with troubles in our daily lives. One of us at least has haved a loved one who was addicted to misusing the substances in one way or another. The effects could harm the person who is using, or even the surrounding peers and friends, even family. It is an impact that has happened all over the globe, and has no sign of getting better. That is unless we can influence kids more and more to stay away from them and the misuse.

Drugs are harmful, dangerous, and addictive, and there are many different kinds of them. Drugs are not just common in America, but all around the world today. Being more popular than alcohol and Vape, drugs affect the brain, causing its consumers to be unaware and completely unable to think or process things normally. Drug abuse, not only affecting its consumers greatly, hurt their friends, families, and children and cause millions of deaths every year. In America, drug abuse causes four thousand seven hundred and ninety deaths per year, and eighty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-four deaths are caused by drug abuse in the world alone. Unfortunately, the number of drug abusers and consumers are increasing by the year, and the number of lives lost because of this invention is immeasurable. Like all addictions, drug dealing is common, destructive, and leaves bitter consequences to the consumer and the world around

When an individual consumes alcohol, it immediately travels to their bloodstream. As a result, it is circulated around the body to all of the organs, including the brain. As it is a depressant, it slows down the individual’s brain and affects the way in which it carries neural messages

Alcohol impairs judgment, memory, concentration and coordination, as well as inducing extreme mood swings and emotional

Drugs, any substance that effects the brain and the central nervous system, have been an active part of society for as long as time. Since the dawn of time people have been looking for things to make their lives better. Typically these substances are used to dull pain or enhance their perspective. Heroin, a schedule one drug, has been become the drug associated with violence, crime, and the unhygienic homeless population. Throughout the years Heroin was used to treat mild discomfort in cough drops, kids teething supplies and headache supplements. This would suggest that there is a medicinal purpose to this drug. Heroin, derived from opium and morphine, was discovered in 1874 and was marketed as a “safe, non-addictive” version of morphine.

When alcohol is inputted into our brain, it induces many forms of typical behavior outputs such as impaired judgement, extreme emotion, and slowed behavior. Long-term effects include damage in cognitive behavior especially associated with the

Substance abuse and addiction are major problems in society today. Every segment of society, regardless of race, gender, or age is affected. Some of the substances that are used grow naturally, where as others are manufactured illicitly or even legitimately in laboratories. They may be smoked, inhaled, ingested, or injected and used for social, religious, or self-medicating purposes. The substance that are abused include caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, steroids, stimulants, depressants, heroin, ANd cocaine.