Effects of Drug Abuse

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Effects of Drug Abuse

• By Christian
• May, 2007

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What You Will Learn

• Why Do Some People Use Drugs?
• What Are The Dangers Of Drug Abuse?
• How do drugs effect people other than the drug
  user?
• How to avoid Drugs?

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Groups And Friends

• Some people start doing drugs because there
  friends start doing it or they want to be in a
  specific group.
• Some even do it because there friends tell them
  to.

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Why Do Some People Use Drugs?

• Some people use drugs because they think it will
  help them with their problems.
• People that use drugs may be hard to get good
  grades, do well in sports, and some people feel
  it hard to feel happy or calm.
• Some people feel that drugs will make them feel
  even better.
• Some of the people who start using drugs do not
  have problems.

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What Are Some Of The Things That Can Happen To
Drug Users?

• Fatal car accidents
• Some people have an overdose which usually
  results in death.
• Get in serious fights

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What Is An Overdose?

• An overdose can cause a severe physical reaction
  or death.
• An overdose occurs when a drug user takes more of
  a drug then his or her body can deal with.

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How Drugs Harm And Kill

• Some immediate affects of drug abusers are they
  may feel high, feel dizzy, headachy or nauseous.
• Some drugs can kill instantly.

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Important Words You Should Know

• Angel Dust-an illegal drug that causes very
  violent behavior, comas, and death.
• Cocaine-a highly dangerous, illegal drug that
  provides a strong high but which can be very
  deadly.
• Downers-a nickname for drugs that relax people
  and help them go to sleep.
• Heroin-a very dangerous, illegal drug that is
  often injected.
• LSD-a very dangerous, illegal drug that causes
  people to see, feel, smell, taste, or hear things
  that are not there.
• Tranquilizers- Drugs that doctors use to calm
  people many people abuse them.
• Drug Abusers- people who take drugs that can harm
  them.

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Important Words You Should Know

• Cold Turkey-The sudden stopping of a drug abuse.
• Drugs-substances that cause changes in the body
  and the mind.
• Marijuana-a dangerous drug that is smoked or
  eaten. It is illegal in many countries.
• Dope-a nickname for drugs also people who abuse
  drugs are dopes.

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References

• Drug Abuse,1988,Regensteiner publishing inc,
  Canada, pgs 5-45
• Your Health Textbook, 1999, Harcourt brace
  publishers, New York, pgs 232-235
• Internet Source, Lembersky Robert b, Why do some
  people use illegal drugs?, http//
  www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alchohal/know_dr
  ugs.html