Drugs

 Drugs

Drug abuse

Drug abuse is a serious public health problem that affects communities and families all over the world. What is more terrifying, a great percent of drug takers are youngsters who can’t yet understand the risk they are involved in. Each year drug abuse results in millions of illnesses and injuries among people.

       

Social problems

Major social problems take place due to drug taking. Here we can talk about drugged driving, violence, stress and child abuse. The problem also leads to homelessness and crime. Drugs harm unborn babies and destroy families.

          

What a drug is

A drug is considered to be any chemical that is not food though affects your body. There are such drugs as medicines and painkillers which are prescribed by a doctor and are available in pharmacies but the other type which is man-made is really dangerous.

These include amphetamines, anabolic steroids, marijuana, inhalants, cocaine and heroin. They cause irreversible changes in a person’s brain and very often lead to losing the feeling of self control and the ability to understand anything. It’s an absurd that nowadays people invent drugs in huge quantities especially for human consumption.

                    

Possible reasons

It’s hard to say why people start taking drugs. One of the main reasons, probably, is the desire to escape the reality. They try to change the way they feel, think or behave. However, everything that happens after taking drugs is just a miracle.

         

Types of treatmen

There are different types of treatment for drug abuse but the best is to prevent drug addiction in the first place. One of the ways to do it is to implement prevention programs into our everyday life which would involve schools, families and the media. But the most important thing is to be aware of the consequences of drug taking.

           

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E-Cigarettes

About Electronic Cigarettes (E-Cigarettes)

What are e-cigarettes?

    E-cigarettes come in many shapes and sizes. Most have a battery, a heating element, and a place to hold a liquid.

    E-cigarettes produce an aerosol by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine—the addictive drug in regular cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products—flavorings, and other chemicals. Users inhale this aerosol into their lungs.

    E-cigarettes are known by many different names. They are sometimes called “e-cigs,” “e-hookahs,” “mods,” “vape pens,” “vapes,” “tank systems,” and “electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).”
    Some e-cigarettes are made to look like regular cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some resemble pens, USB sticks, and other everyday items. 

  What’s the Bottom Line on the Risks of E-cigarettes for Kids, Teens, and Young Adults?
 

The use of e-cigarettes is unsafe for kids, teens, and young adults.
  Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s.
    E-cigarettes can contain other harmful substances besides nicotine.

              

    Young people who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to smoke cigarettes in the future.
                                     

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 There is no safe alternative to cigarettes. Vaping can also lead to heart disease, stroke, infertility, brain damage, and cancer. Another danger is rapid addiction.

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SMOKING

 SMOKING

           One of the most common problems we are facing in today’s world which is killing people is smoking.

           Everyone knows that smoking is extremely dangerous for health. Nevertheless, the number of smokers throughout the world is constantly growing. Just imagine: over a billion people on our planet including kids and teenagers are regular smokers. Every year smoking causes more deaths than flight and automobile accidents together. It is the most widespread bad habit, as well as one of the most hazardous ones.

 

           

         Why is inhaling of tobacco smoke so harmful?
 

The answer is evident: it provokes a lot of dangerous and even fatal diseases. For example, it can trigger almost all types of cancer. The most frequent of them is lung cancer – about 90 percent of cases are caused by smoking. Besides, tobacco-related carcinogens effect vital internal organs including stomach, liver, kidney, and so on. 

 

            Children of smoking parents are more allergic, more amenable to infections, more likely to have asthma attacks. Moreover, they often suffer from developmental delays and have intellectual problems, such as bad memory, distracted attention and others.

           But why do people continue smoking, if most of them are perfectly well aware of consequences? The reasons can be different:

        ! Some people believe that this procedure helps them to relax, but it is just a self-suggestion, no more.
        ! Moreover, many of them start smoking when they are too young to foresee the results. They just don’t think about it. But when they grow older, it’s already too late. 

 

Smoking is one of the most terrible addictions. Maybe it’s because the consequences are not so evident. So, most people think: “Yes, I understand that smoking is not good for my health. But nothing will happen right now, if I have one more cigarette. Of course, I’ll give it up, but I’ll do it some later.” Unfortunately, such self-deception can last for years.

           

           If you don’t smoke, never start to. Don’t forget that smoking is a rather insidious addiction. It seems innocent at first, and you are sure that you will give up at any moment. But one day you suddenly realize that you can’t do it. 

           So, think twice before taking an offered cigarette. Just think that it can cost you your life.



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Alсohol

 Alcohol

Health is the main value in every person’s life. It is important to take good care of it and to avoid bad habits, such as alcohol misuse, drug abuse, smoking, etc. One of the most harmful effects on our body is caused by drinking alcohol.

Some people think that it is just a pleasant pastime. The truth is that alcohol influences most important parts of our organism including the heart, liver, stomach and other vital organs.

Another problem, which is brought by alcohol, is the loss of common sense. Lots of crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol. It’s not so dangerous when taken in moderate amounts but drinking lots of alcohol damages the brain. As a result, people stop thinking clearly and start doing uncontrollable things. It includes suicides, homicides, recreational accidents, car crashes.

However, when people start drinking more alcohol than their body needs, they become gradually addicted to it. As a result, they turn into alcoholics. A large number of people in our country and in the world are seriously dependent on alcohol. This dependence leads to many unwanted effects and serious illnesses. Heavy drinking increases the risk of certain types of cancers, liver cirrhosis, immune system problems.

I really think that people should lead healthier lifestyles.

                                          

BAD HABITS: SMOKING, ALCOHOL, DRUGS

We all have habits, good or bad. Some of them are a bit strange: reading magazines back to front, for instance. Others can be annoying: like biting your nails or being always late. You are lucky if you have only good and healthy habits: jogging every morning or brushing your teeth after meals.

Unfortunately many people have bad habits which mainly cause serious health problems. Nowadays scientists refer such habits to the bad ones as alcohol, smoking, visiting social networks, fastfood, video games, modern smartphones and iPads etc. All of them are contagious and difficult to overcome, as the temptations are everywhere in the contemporary world. They usually stick to us because of boredom and stresses in our life, so the best way to eliminate them is to diversify your life. But sometimes the reason of the bad habit is much deeper, so be ready to be honest with yourself and realize what is hidden behind it.

The world is facing a drugs crisis. There are more young addicts today than ever before. This crisis is serious and international.  There are three main kinds of drug: Hard Drugs, Soft Drugs and Legal Drugs (tobacco, alcohol). They can all cause addiction, serious illness and even death. 

          

Smoking and Alcohol are the most widespread bad habits especialle among young people. People start smoking and drinking alcohol for different reasons. Some think it looks cool, other start because their family members or friends smoke or drink. And in fact, there are no physical reasons to start it. The body doesn’t need tobacco and alcohol the way it needs food, water, sleep and exercises.

Cigarette smoking (active and passive) is extremely harmful, because inhaling of tobacco causes all types of cancer, lung and heart diseases and can be fatal. Smoking shortens your life by 10 years or more and can cost a smoker a lot of money.  Smoking is an addiction. Smokers need it, depend on it, can’t stop it. If they haven’t smoked for some hours they feel a craving for a cigarette. 

                                   

Smoking is a hard habit to break because tobacco contains the very addictive chemicals nicotine. Smokers can try to kick this habit. They may rely on their willpower, wear nicotine patches or eat sweets. But it’s much easier especially for young people to not start smoking at all. Teen smokers have not only health problems, they have such problems as bad breath, bad-smelling clothes and hair, trouble keeping up in sports , stained fingers, an increased risk of illness and more.

Alcohol is a two-faced addiction. The first one is psychological where the mind sends the body the message that it needs more  and  more  of  the  drug.  The other  one  is  physical  where  the  body itself feels a need  for the drug. 

Alcohol drinking is a very common form of drug abuse especially among young. Alcohol takes away problems. All people turn to the bottle in a stress situation: alcohol is available everywhere. Alcoholic parents increase the chances of developing an addiction to alcohol. Teenage drinking is very dangerous. In a short period of time he will become a hopeless alcoholic.

Alcohol is a drug that tends to slow down the working of the brain.  The brain becomes  less  able  to  control  the  body. Heavy drinker  begin losing friends and are soon unable to carry on with their studies or work.

Finally, I want to say that staying smoke, drug and alcohol-free  will give you more energy, better looks, more money in your pocket and in the long run, more life to live.

  

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