Physical and Psychological Effects of Drugs

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Physical and Psychological Effects of Drugs Drugs have severely negative consequences that can lead to physical and psychological issues after using them. Even though the effects vary depending on the drug, the costs of addiction or abuse can be devastating. A lot of risk factors can increase a person's chances of developing an addiction or habit of abusing a drug. Most of the time an addiction starts by being pressured to use the drug in social situations. The most common areas for social risk factors for drug abuse and addiction include males, being between 18 and 44 years of age, unmarried, and lower class status. The physical and psychological effects of drugs can be detrimental to someone's life. Physical effects of using drugs vary depending on the drug but intoxication with a substance can cause physical effects that range from marked sleepiness and slowed breathing as with intoxication with heroin or sedative hypnotic drugs, to the rapid heart rate of cocaine intoxication, or the tremors to seizures of alcohol withdrawal. Signs of a teenager having problems with substance abuse can be shown by a frequency of missing school or work, lack of energy and motivation, lack of interest in clothing or a lack in attempting to look nice, sudden and frequents requests for money. Other physical symptoms include an increased heart rate and blood pressure, dry mouth, red eyes, decreased coordination, slowed reaction time, and increased appetite. The kidneys can take a lot of damage from substance abuse. Kidney failure is common with long time users of heroine, crystal meth, and other dangerous drugs. Liver failure is very common in people with alcoholism but also occurs in people using a lot of Vicodin and OxyContin. The most common conditions among drug addicts are heart attacks and heart disease. Any time someone smokes a drug, they are putting some
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