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My Anti-Drug
Anna Peles
ALCOHOL
Alcohol is one of the drugs that kids are exposed to very early on in their lives, in 2019, about 24.6 percent of 14- to 15-year-olds reported having at least 1 drink.
SHORT TERM EFFECTS
SHORT TERM
- Sickness (Nausea, Headache, etc)
- Breathing difficulties
- Change in mood
- Behavior Changes
- Can't think correctly
- Can't move with coordination
- Weakened immune system
LONG TERM EFFECTS
LONG TERM
- Unintentional Injuries (Car Crash etc.)
- Intentional Injuries (Firearm etc.)
- Increased On The Job Injuries (Loss Of Productivity)
- Increased family problems
- Alcohol poisoning
- Heart related diseases
- Cancer of the mouth
- Permanent damage to the brain
SUMMARY
Even though having one sip of alcohol at a party could seem harmless it could have devastating consequeses to not just you but the people around you.
TOBACCO + VAPES
Many people do not know the risks of tobacco and especially vaping. For every person who dies because of smoking, at least 30 people live with a serious smoking-related illness.
VAPING + E-CIGARETTES
E-CIGARETTES
Vaping and E-Cigarettes are often seen as the safer option especially by teens and young adults. Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s.
EFFECTS
THE EFFECTS OF VAPING AND E-CIGARETTES
- Young people who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to smoke cigarettes in the future because of the fact that nicotine is in all of these products
- Nicotine found in e-cigarettes can harm the brains development until about age 25
- E-cigarettes include many harmful chemicals and these can lead to lung disease and cardiovascular disease
- Defective e-cigarette batteries have caused some fires and explosions, a few of which have resulted in serious injuries
- 50% of calls to poison control centers for e-cigarettes are for kids 5 years of age or younger because of them being poisoned by swallowing, breathing, or absorbing e-cigarette liquid through their skin or eyes
TOBACCO
Tobacco and cigarettes are very dangerous and have many long term side effects. More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking
EFFECTS
THE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES
- Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States and accounts for nearly 1 in 5 deaths
- Smoking increases your change for coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times
- You are more likely to have a stroke by 2 to 4 times
- Your chances of getting lung cancer go up by 25 times
- Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body, from your mouth and throat to your stomach
SUMMARY
Smoking is one of the most dangerous and harmful thing you can do to your body and no good comes out of it just disease and a shorter life expectancy.
OTHER SUBSTANCES
This category includes some of the most dangerous drugs including cocaine, steroids, and heroine. It is astonishing how many illegal substances are out there to the point where I cannot come close to covering them all.
EFFECTS OF COCAINE
COCAINE
Short Term:
- Extreme sensitivity to touch, sound, and sight
- Intense happiness
- Anger/irritability
- Paranoia
- Decreased appetite
Long Term:
- Headaches
- Convulsions and seizures
- Heart disease, heart attack, and stroke
- Mood problems
- Lung damage
- HIV or hepatitis if you inject it
- Bowel decay if you swallow it
- Loss of smell, nosebleeds, runny nose, and trouble swallowing
EFFECTS OF STEROIDS
STEROIDS
Short Term:
- paranoid
- extreme irritability and aggression (“roid rage”)
- delusions
- impaired judgment
- mania
Long Term:
- kidney problems or failure
- liver damage and tumors
- Enlarged heart, high blood pressure, and changes in blood cholesterol, all of which increase the risk of stroke and heart attack, even in young people
- increased risk of blood clots
EFFECTS OF HEROIN
HEROIN
- Liver disease
- Skin disease and abscesses around injection sites
- Infections of the valves and lining of the heart
- HIV or Hepatitis B and C
- Chronic pneumonia
- Clouded mental functioning
- Collapsed, scarred veins
- Blood clots, leading to stroke, pulmonary embolism, and heart attack
- Kidney disease
- Risks of contracting chronic illnesses
- Risks for blood-borne pathogens
- Septicemia
- Respiratory depression
- Seizures
- Overdose
- Death
MY NATURAL HIGH
Sports is my natural high and my motivation to not do drugs...
MY NATURAL HIGH
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Sports are my natural high
because I love playing and being on a team, I feel like I always have people to rely on.
Sports motivates me to not do drugs because I have hopes to play sports in college and I have heard many stories about drugs making people lose scholarships. Overall sports makes me feel good and like I have purpose and I can depend on people and people can depend on me, I don't want to lose that.
SOURCES
SOURCES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC,
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/health_effects/index.htm. Accessed 4 May 2021.
National Institue on Drug Abuse. NIH,
www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/anabolic-steroids. Accessed 4 May 2021.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. NIAA,
www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohols-effects-body. Accessed 4 May 2021.
Options Behavioral Health Systems. Options,
www.optionsbehavioralhealthsystem.com/addiction/heroin/effects-signs-symptoms/. Accessed 4 May 2021.