Like perscription drugs, illegal drugs are powerfull substances. People use drugs for mind altering reasons.
Illegal drugs can change the way the brain normally works. When some who uses drugs there judgement,thinking,feelings and actions change along with there apperiance. When pepole use cocaine for the first time they enjoy the “high”. After using cocain over time you begin to lose weight because the effects of the drug cause you to lose your appetit. You also find your self having trouble sleeping and you are often in a Illegal drugs also can cause unwanted side effects.
These effects are different with each person: these effects include upset stomach,dizzenes,drowsiness,headache,vomiting,orvision problems. No one can predict the negetive effects drugs can have on a persons body. If someone takes a drug for over a long period off time, the person can develope an addiction. If a person becomes addicted the person can develope psychological or mental dependence on the drug. With psychological dependence, a person feels the need to keep on taking the drug in order to get the effect they want. With physical dependence,a person the person who stops taking the drug will suffer withdrawl symptoms which means the person will feel uncomfotable and sick.
also sometimes pepole can develope both psycological and phisical dependece on a drug. The drug caffene is classified as a stimulant. All stimulants increase heart rate,breathing and blood pressure. They also make the person who is taking the drugs feel alert and very hyper. But if you take caffiene in large quantities it can make you unstable and it can also make you unable to go to sleep.
Takeing drugs whether its an over the counter medication,perscription drugs, or illegal drugs they all have an effect on the brain and how the body of that person works. Illegal drugs change the way the way the way the brain works. The brains abillity to recieve information and to reponed to it in the right way is also changed because of the use of drugs. This can eventually effect your nervous system,respitory system,digestive system, or your circulatory system. All these systemscordinate and control your body to function properly.
Theses systems give your body the correct information that leads to a quick response from your body. When a drug enters the body, it moves into the blood. The blood then carrys the drug through the rest of the body including the brain and the nervous system. The brain and the spinal cord make up the central nervous system, the central nervous system is involved in almost every task that your body performs.
Illegal drugs such as cocaine and marajuana cause the brain to recieve information incorrectly and then the brain will respond with incorrect information. If two pepole take the same drug they will react differently even if you misuse a drug the two pepole will still react differnetly. This happens because the drug changes the central nervous system, how fast these changes occurs depends on the,drug itself,amount and how often the drug is used,the persons age and health,and interactions with other drugs in the body. Drug interactions can increase or decrease one of the drugs effects.
Or a new reaction can occur, if the drug is used alone. Inhaled drugs take effect faster because they move quickley into the blood and then are carried out through out the body. Drugs taken by the mouth take effect slower because the drug starts working after it reaches the small intestine. If you take a drug over a long period of time you begin to develope a tolerance a tolerance reduces response to the drug. The drug will no longer be as effective as it was the first time you would have taken it.
Most illegal drugs are not pure. To make more money , dealers would add ingredients that are not expensive to purchase such as babypowder an sugar, rat poision, baking soda and backing powder. When these ingredents are add to a drug they can cause unexpected and dangerous reactions they can also kill you. Marajuana ic a type of drug that increases heart rate, pulse rate, and appetit. It also causes red eyes, dry mouth and throat, it causes you to be very paniky and nervous .
