Drugs And Their Abuses

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ng cancer but the list goes on. It is a very dangerous and bad habit to get in to.
Heroin is also a common drug used in America. Heroin also gives a high when used. It
is also very addictive at the same time. Once a person tries it they are hooked and keep
wanting more and more. Heroin is much more expensive than those other drugs.
Because of this heroin usually leads to crime to maintain their addiction.


Drug use is generally defined as the use of a drug with such frequency that the user has physical or mental harm or it impairs social abilities. The substances that are discussed in this report consist of hallucinogens, opiates, stimulants, and depressants. These drugs affect moods, emotions, feelings and thinking processes, or they can alter the workings of the mind.

A person dependant on drugs usually carries three basic characteristics that are indicators. First, the user continues to use the drug for an extended period of time. Difficulties in stopping usage is the second characteristic which may lead to one or more of the following results: dropping out of school, trouble with the law, jail, losing a job, and family problems. Mental distress and/or physical pain due to withdrawal are the final characteristics of a drug dependent.

Why would people continue to be dependent on and use drugs even though
consequences are so severe? Most of the time, drug abusers either are unable to see the penalties or reduce the severity of them in their mind. Their mind and body craves the feeling of them. Let’s take a look at the brain and it’s functions. Inside of the brain, natural chemicals are produced called endorphins. These chemicals make a person feel pleasure and take away pain either during sexual orgasm, physical exercise or spiritual uplifting. Drug abuse is way of imitating these naturally occurring chemicals in the brain. Drug abusers find the sense of pleasure is quite easy to obtain through drug usage. When dr...