Thousands of people are affected by the abuse of drugs each day. Very few people know the dangers of taking drugs. Many of the abusers are in their teens. They are addicted and can not stop.
Why would people take drugs in the first place? Some people feel pressured into drugs because of their surroundings. Their fellow peers push the person into choices that they might not be ready for. This is known as peer pressure.
The other reason to do drugs is because the popular people do it. Teenagers think the only way that they can fit in is to do drugs. People also do drugs because it can give them a happy, tingling feeling. Drugs make people feel good about themselves. It makes them feel happy and giggly.
But little do these people know about the dangers of doing drugs. Drugs can kill brain cells if the drug is not properly used.
It affects many of a personÃÂs internal organs. Doing drugs could lead to cancer and even death.
Drugs also change a personÃÂs emotions. All of a sudden a person could get snappy and hurt many of their loved ones. A person who would usually be happy and perky would suddenly feel depressed and tired.
A student who takes drugs could see a drop in their grades. The person could have been too tired to study for an upcoming test. The drugs affect the brain and make it hard for people to concentrate on their work.
There are many different kinds of drugs that can be addicting. One is a prescription drug. Prescription drugs are types of medicine. These drugs could be bought at a regular drugstore.
Stimulants make a person all jumpy and happy until it wears off. The person then feels sick and tired.
Why drugs are bad
I disagree completely with the prior comment. I think this essay does little more than recite a number of tired chichés about drug use, chichés that are worn out from redundant and constant repetition with minimal thought. Does the writer seriously think that with the continual barrage of information about drugs and drug use that there are hordes of people who do not understand the dangers of drugs? For this point of the essay to be valid, there would have to be a mas of young people who have stayed blissfully ignorant of one of the main themes of discourse in our society for at least a full generation.
Second, a look at some in-depth statistics would disclose that relatively few people who use drugs are truly physically addicted. The Hollywood scenario of the drug addict robbing the store owner to get his next fix is a scene played out in the studios of Hollywood, but rarely on the streets of Chicago, New York, or Los Angeles, or any other real town. The vast majority of drug killings, according to the FBI are the result of turf wars between rival gangs. Further, even with heroin, one of the most addictive drugs, fewer than fifteen percent of users actually become addicted.
The discussion of the types of drug is flawed. Prescription drugs, by definition, require a prescription, from a doctor. No one is permitted merely to walk into a drug store and buy prescription drugs like an over-the-counter substance.
Crack is used primarily as a euphoric, not a stimulant per se.
The most widely used illegal drug is not mentioned: marijuana. And according to most defintiions, marijuana is not addictive.
Probably most disheartening is the idea that underlies this essay, that people become involved with drugs always through ignorance rather than through a conscious and deliberate choice. For many people, modern life is sufficiently discouraging that drugs become an entirely reasonable alternative.
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