“Be Wise –Never Use Drugs or Alcohol”

“Be Wise –Never Use Drugs or Alcohol”

Do you think it is wise to use drugs and/or drink alcohol? In my opinion it is not. Why? Well, do you know what harmful effects using drugs and/or drinking alcohol causes? Using drugs and/or drinking alcohol causes a huge number of harmful effects to you. It causes harmful effects mentally, physically, and emotionally. Some harmful effects of using drugs are:

·    The harmful effects of drug abuse include changes in the user’s brain, body, and sprit.

·    The harmful effects of drug abuse on the user can range from mild itching to comas and even death.

·    In addition to the physical effects of drug abuse, there are many psychological consequences too. Perhaps the worst psychological consequence is the drug abuser becoming addicted.

·    Addicts find that they are no longer able to distinguish between right and wrong and make poor judgment choices.

·    Scientists have determined that most drugs of abuse initially affect the brains reward system.

·    Drugs mimic the brain's natural chemicals.

Some harmful effects of drinking alcohol are:

·    Difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times, impaired memory.

·    Alcohol can produce detectable impairments in memory after only a few drinks and, as the amount of alcohol increases, so does the degree of impairment.

·    Large quantities of alcohol, especially when consumed quickly and on an empty stomach, can produce a blackout, or an interval of time for which the intoxicated person cannot recall key details of events, or even entire events.

·    Women are more vulnerable than men to many of the medical consequences of alcohol use. For example, alcoholic women develop cirrhosis (5), alcohol–induced damage of the heart muscle (i.e., cardiomyopathy) (6), and nerve damage (i.e., peripheral neuropathy) (7) after fewer years of heavy drinking than do alcoholic men.

Please people don’t ever use drugs and/or drink alcohol. You have to choose the right!