Bad Effects Of Drugs Essay

Drugs are substances that are not hard to find, and when taken by swallowing, inhaling, or injecting, can alter they way our mind and body work. Illegal drugs are against the law and addictive, they are harmful to the brain and body and can be misrepresented by the media. These drugs can also be involved in dangerous situations and if a user consumes too much of one, it can cause an overdose. Despite all these negative effects, people may use drugs because of wanting to experiment, love of danger, media glamorisation, wanting to escape, feelings of peer pressure, or out of feelings of depression or boredom. Dangers of illegal drug use include poor judgement, addiction, threatening and permanent effects on the brain and body, increase in violence or risk of car crashes, increased STD contraction and drug overdose. Two types of illegal drugs that sadly, are commonly misused are amphetamines and marijuana.

Amphetamines are a type of drug that can be sniffed, smoked, swallowed, dabbed or injected into the body. This is a stimulant that increases the heart and breathing rate, causing feelings of power,

Also, heightened feelings of happiness which cause a feeling of “high”. Because marijuana is a mix of dried plants, it can be seen as the “safer” drug, when in reality it does just as much harm as an amphetamine could. A difference between the two is the way they’re consumed, marijuana is usually smoked, mixed into food or brewed as tea, meanwhile amphetamines are swallowed as pills, sniffed, dabbed or injected into the body, but much like marijuana, can also be smoked. Although these substances can both feel good, they do no good our bodies. They can cause unusual emotions and in the worst case, even violence, this not only effects the user, but also those around them such as family, friends and members of the