Drug Abuse

Drug abuse is the repeated use of illegal drugs or the mis-use of legal drugs to produce a feeling of pleasure, alter reality, or de-stress. Drug abuse effects the the mental and physical well-being of the drug users. Prolonged drug abuse has perminate physical and mental damage to a persons body, brain, and all aspects of a person's life. Drug abuse does not only effect the user but everybody and everything the user comes in contact with.

Drug Abuse Information and Articles

Drug Abuse

Drugs - whether narcotic, alcoholic, or prescription - can tear people's lives apart. One of the most sinister aspects of drugs is how similar the cycle of addiction comes to be, no matter the substance.

How to Prevent Drug Abuse

No matter how scary it is, drug use can be prevented. There are truly many ways to prevent drug abuse.

Drug Information

Interestingly, each drug of abuse (including alcohol) appears to mimic one or more chemicals in the nervous system. For example, heroin appears to chemically resemble endorphin, cocaine resembles dopamine, and alcohol emulates gamma aminobutyric acid.

Effects of Drugs

Drugs give users a short feeling of happiness, joy and euphoria. A feeling of being "spaced out". This "high" lasts for a certain period and then wears away.