Article #1
How Can Drugs Affect Your Health Many teenagers think drugs are the solution to any problem they may have, but eventually drugs become the problem. Drugs could affect you in many different ways. For example, lung cancer, rotten teeth, hair loss, loss of appetite, and many more. Some people take drugs because they want to change something about their lives. To fit in, to escape or relax, to relieve boredom, to seem grown up, to rebel or simply just to experiment. Drugs can interfere with the chemicals in your brain. This affects the messages those chemicals are trying to send. You need to weigh up both the short-term and the long-term effects that drugs can have on your mental health. Drugs can have a longer lasting impact on your health too, and you need to think seriously about your all strengths and vulnerabilities. Consider whether you use drugs to make bad feelings go away and whether you are in control of your use. Even if you start using drugs with a clear mind they may still affect your mental health. Drugs can simply expose bad feelings you never knew you had. Unwanted effects may stay with you because you have a pre-existing mental health condition you were not aware of. Or you may get the dose very wrong and permanently disrupt a chemical balance in your brain. |