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Substance-Free PSA
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Substance-Free
PSA
Taj H.
12/9/2022
Why are drugs bad?
Alcohol and tabacco can cause a lot of issues. Though both can be hereditary and produce dopamine, they can affect you in horrible way if it gets out of hand. You will see the full effect of drugs as you go through this presentation.
Breakdown of Drugs
How they affect you
Alcohol causes:
Cancer
Lung Infections
Heart Disease
Birth Defects
Infertility
Cirrhosis
Tabacco causes:
Cancer
Lung Problems
Heart Disease
A stroke
COPD
Dental Problems
Subtopic 1
Mental Effect Tabacco Has
Effects of
Smoking
Smoking can trick your brain by targetting the dopamine center making you think it's helping you and making you happier. Once it becomes an addiction, that effect slowly wears off and you start to experience depression, aggression, as well as paranoia. This is extremely bad because your brain will turn to tobacco to produce
Environmental Effect
Tabacco can affect your family and the relationship you have with family, just like any other drug. You can expose your family to it and give them issues, or you can influence younger family members to try the drug. Which can lead to a cycle of drug usage.
How it affects family
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Mental Effect Alcohol Has
Alcoholism
Alcohol can affect the way your body functions and how you brain functions. Just like tabacco, it can make you depressed and aggressive. Drinking excessive amounts can mess with your body and liver and make you make irrational decisions.
Resources to help with Alcoholism
You can gain access to care providers for anyone you know is struggling with alcoholism:
- Behavioral Therapy
- Group therapy
- Sedatives
- Vitamins
- Abstinence
Resources
Turning to your community
Drug abuse can not only affect your family, it can also affect your community. This can be especially worse if you are a large contributor to your community. When you go to local rehab corporations your therapy is being paid for by the community from THEIR funds, as well as treating sicknesses and diseases from drug usage. Very frequently do they have to pay more every month to keep funding these programs, which hurts the communities finances as well as your families.
Seeking Help
Alternatives:
Alternatives
To help with drug abuse or getting sober:
- Have movie nights
- Throw parties
- Explore nature, take walks, go on hikes
- Spend time with animals or pets
- Reward yourself when you get through a day sober
Benefits:
Benefits
When you live a drug free life, you have a lot more freedom in life, you are not limited to what you can do just because your body may not be able to do it. You can lead a safe lifestyle and get more offers to big things like colleges and jobs because you are living a safe and drug free lifestyle.