Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Drugs and Stress

When we are underpressure and stress we take the alternative of drinking alcohol or using durgs to calm down or just to relax and "having fun". But these is a wrong way to relax or deal with the pressure that collge gave you. Most of the college students smoke because of the pressure or the stress that they got from their classes. Below are the effects of the alcohol and most drugs used:
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
Drugs

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

http://www4.uwm.edu/safety/otherdrugs.cfm

3 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. Very 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!

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  3. Very 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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