Positive and negative consequences of alcohol...

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Positive and negative consequences of drugs and alcohol...

Cocaine

Positive...

Negative...

Immediate effects, include, your brain being more alert, and able to concentrate more and faster.

Long term effects include, severe weight loss, financial problems, relationship problems, obviously, addiction, and it's illegal to be found with it in your possession.

Methamphetamine

Negative...

Short term and long term effects, when taking meth, it creates a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further then it is meant to go. Thus, drug users can experience a severe crash, or physical and mental breakdown, after the effects of the drug wear off.

Positive...

In extremely small doses, researchers found that of crystallized meth, was shown to drastically improve, mental processing, physical strength, and emotional experience.

Cannabis

Negative...

The immediate effects of taking Cannabis, includes rapid heart beat, disorientation, lack of physical coordination, often followed by depression, or sleepiness. Some users suffer panic attacks, or anxiety.

Positive...

Cannabis has been proven to have positive anecdotal effects for movement disorders (eg. tourettes, dystonia and tardive dyskinesia), and can help numb the pain of arthritis and certain cancers.

Alcohol

Negative...

Excessive alcohol use increases the risk of a number of diseases: fatty degeneration of the liver, infection of the liver, liver cirrhosis, sleeping disorders, infection of the esophagus, infection of the stomach, infection of the pancreas, premature dementia, varying from a reduction of memory to the serious syndrome of Korsakoff; cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, intestines and breasts; hypertension and heart problems. Alcohol is also damaging during pregnancy. Also alcohol takes its toll in traffic.

Alcohol plays an important role in aggression. 40% of all incidents involving aggression occur while under the influence of alcohol. The police spend 22% of their time on cases involving alcohol. Violence on the streets and domestic violence while under the influence of alcohol happen often.

Positive...

In the case of moderate use, alcohol has positive effects. You can get livelier, easier and relaxed. You can talk more easily, and feel less tired.

According to some researches, moderate alcohol use protects against cardiovascular diseases. This means a maximum 2-3 glasses of wine or beer a day for men, and 1-2 glasses a day for women.

Moderate alcohol use has many possible positive health benefits, such as: decrease for coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. Additionally. moderate daily drinks have a lower risk for illness and death compared with those who do not drink at all and those who drink too much.