Addictions

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Addictions
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There are many
addictions.

• One of the addictions are
• Alcohol
• Drugs
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Smoking

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Alcohol

• Alcohol may be the world's oldest known drug.
  Fermented grain, fruit juice and honey have been
  used to make alcohol (ethyl alcohol or ethanol)
  for thousands of years. The production of
  products containing alcohol has become big
  business in today's society and the consumption
  and abuse of alcohol has become a major public
  health problem.

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The Path of Alcohol in the body

• Mouth alcohol enters the body.
• Stomach some alcohol gets into the bloodstream
  in the stomach, but most goes on to the small
  intestine.
• Small Intestine alcohol enters the bloodstream
  through the walls of the small intestine.
• Heart pumps alcohol throughout the body.

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Effects of Alcohol

• In low doses, alcohol produces
• a relaxing effect
• reduces tension
• lowers inhibitions
• impairs concentration
• slows reflexes
• impairs reaction time
• reduces coordination
• In medium doses, alcohol produces
• slur speech
• cause drowsiness
• alter emotions
• In high doses, alcohol produces
• vomiting
• breathing difficulties
• unconsciousness
• coma

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DrugDrug abuse is a serious public health
problem that affects almost every community and
family in some way.
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Drug abuse

• Drug abuse also plays a role in many major social
  problems, such as drugged driving, violence,
  stress and child abuse.
• Drug abuse can lead to homelessness, crime and
  missed work or problems with keeping a job. It
  harms unborn babies and destroys families.
• There are different types of treatment for drug
  abuse. But the best is to prevent drug abuse in
  the first place.

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Anorexia
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Bulimia
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Smoking

• There's no way around it. Smoking is bad for your
  health. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the
  body. Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung
  cancer deaths. It is also responsible for many
  other cancers and health problems. These include
  lung disease, heart and blood vessel disease,
  stroke and cataracts.). Your smoke is also bad
  for other people - they breathe in your smoke
  secondhand and can get many of the same problems
  as smokers do.

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THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING

• ON THE BRAIN- Smoking is a major cause of
  strokes.
• ON THE EYES-If you smoke, you have a two to three
  times greater risk of developing cataracts than a
  nonsmoker. Cataracts are a leading cause of
  blindness worldwide.
• ON THE MOUTH, THROAT, LARYNX, AND ESOPHAGUS
  -Smokers have more periodontitis or gum disease
  than nonsmokers. Smoking causes oral or mouth
  cancer. Smoking causes throat cancer. Smoking
  causes cancer of the larynx.
• ON THE HEART-Smoking causes coronary heart
  disease, which is the leading cause of death in
  the United
• ON THE STOMACH-Smoking causes stomach cance

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