Why do people do drugs?
The greatest drug of all is life
Why do drug-addicted persons keep using drugs?
Most people think they could stop when they want some people try to stop WITHOUT treatment.Long-term drug use results in significant changes in brain function that can persist long after the individual stops using drugs
How much do people spend on drugs?
estimated at between 5 and 6 million have more serious drug habits, and may spend $100-$500 dollars a week on purchasing their drugs. The hardcover users together with the casual users spend spend around $60 billion a year.
Most used drugs
Psilocybin Mushrooms
known as magic mushrooms. These mushrooms are said to havemto mess up your brain to transport you into an alternate world. This creates hallucinations that are difficult to term as delusions.
PCP
Phencyclidine is a narcotic drug that also gives you hallucinations. It is a commonly known as angel dust . Its psychoactive effects only last for a few hours but to take this drug from your body could take weeks.
Heroin
Heroin is taken through an injection and it directly enters the blood stream. From the blood it reaches the brain where it forces the release of endorphin hormones like serotonin. This drug was created to help cure people of morphine addiction but it soon turned out that this drug mimics the action of morphine in the brain.
What are the physical signs of abuse or addiction?
someone who abuses marijuana may have a chronic cough or worsening of asthmatic symptoms. Each drug has short-term and long-term physical effects. Stimulants like cocaine increase heart rate and blood pressure, whereas opioids like heroin may slow the heart rate and reducerespiration