Alcohol goes directly into the bloodstream, physically affecting the whole body. Some illnesses and health problems casued by alcohol include:
- Hangovers
- Weightgain
- High Blood Pressure
- Depressed immune system
- Cancer (colon, stomach, pancreas and lung)
- Liver disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer of the liver)
- Alcohol Poisoning
- Heart or respiratory failures
Nicotine-cigarretes(most used)
Physical Effects- rapid heartbeat, incrase blood pressure, shortens of breath and a greater likehood of colds and flu. Can increase the risk for lung, heart dissease, stroke and cancer in mouth and neck. The people that have this habit have bad breath and yellow teeth.
Other Drugs
- Methampletamine
- Marijuana
- Ketamine
- LSD
- Inhalants
- Heroin
- GHB
- Exstasy (MDMA)
- Depressants
- DXM
- Cocaine and Crack
- Esteroids
- Amphetamines
If you want to now the effects and dangers of these other drugs you can visit:
http://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/prevention/abuse-ism.html
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/drug_guide/Alcohol
This things happend everyday in our community. It's really normal but it's important to know the concecuences of the drugs and alcohol. It better if each one handling the stress doing others differents things.
ReplyDeleteVery informative, all the more reason why I do not do these things. But I know many people who do use them to deal with stress. I hope you post some alternative suggestions that I will pass on to them. Glad I could help you out with your shin slints!
ReplyDeleteVery informative and unfortunately very true, in our world today student are dealing with their stresses in the wrong way, by abusing drugs and alcohol. Student need to find other, less harming to their body ways to de-stress themselves. A good way that I find to de-stress myself is exercising.
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