THE HISTORY OF DRUGS

First drugs likely discovered through accident and observation They were then able to

use the substances that had beneficial effects to achieve desired results and they passed there knowledge of these ‘drugs’ from generation to generation

Drugs are chemicals or substances that affect the way you think , feel and behave

What are drugs ???

Many of these chemicals come from natural products like wine comes from grapes

Other drugs such as amphetamines are man made in labs

HOW CAN DRUGS HARM YOU

Illegal drugs can damage the brain, heart, and other important organs.

<- A damaged heart because of drugs

^damaged lungs due to drugs

A damaged brain

Because of drugs

Well if all drugs can harm you why you people take them

-Makes them feel more grown up

-Makes them feel more confident

-Makes them seem more grown up

-Most people take them because they

enjoy the effects and the feeling

-And many more reasons why people take them …..

Types of drugs

ecstasy

Opium

Crack cocaine

Lsd

marijuana

stimulants

anti –

depressants

cocaine

Crystal meth

About cocaine

It damages :

The heart

Blood vessels

The lungs

And the brain

cocaine

About ecstasyIt damages:

The heart

The jaw

The stomach

And the brain

Street names :

• E

• XTC

• X

• Adam

• Hug

• Beans

• Clarity

• Lover’s Speed

• Love Drug

Street names :

• Coke

• Crack

• Flake

• Rocks

• Snow

• Charlie

• Sniff

About heroine Heroine slows the breathing and the heart rate often to the point of death

Its extremely addictive and can lead to overdoes

Heroine users usually share needles which spreads hiv

Street names :

• Horse

• Smack

• H

• Skag

• Junk

• Brown Sugar

How can you stop if you take drugs ???

Ways you can stop :

-Go to rehab

-Phone one of the help lines

-Get counselling

Watch the link below to find out the truth about drugs

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/the-truth-about-drugs.htmlhttp://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/the-truth-about-drugs.html

Conclusion

You have seen what drugs do to you and how they can effect you and how your body works you have also seen the truth about drugs .

Its your life do what you want . You only have one life so live it .

This is a story about a boy called john and why he started

using drugs “My goal in life wasn't living...it was getting high. I was falling in a downward spiral towards a point of

no return. Over the years, I turned to cocaine , marijuana and

alcohol under a false belief it would allow me to escape my problems.

It just made things worse. I had everything, a good job, money, a loving family,

yet I felt so empty inside. As if I had nothing. Over twenty years of using, I kept saying to myself, I’m

going to stop permanently after using this last time. It never happened. There were even moments I had

thought of giving up on life.”