Must say NO.

Next year is college. Life is going to be a roller coaster ride.School over and you are your own master.Plus you are 18 , officially an adult. That's big deal.With it comes big responsibilities as well.You would want to experience life in all its myriad colours and shades.You don't want to miss a thing.But drugs is something you must give a miss. It will damage your brain and all the vital organs and will make you a boring recluse..As I told you in class " trust him and he will take everything you have ...And you will be left with nothing. Your body belongs to you.Take good care of it.Keep it healthy , strong and beautiful.Then you can enjoy the good things of life forever. The natural pleasures of sports, love, exercise , adventure , service and food ( esp.chocolate) can be enjoyed infinity. But the pleasure or high you get with stimulants /drugs cannot be repeated in the same level.Its diminishing pleasure.And in the long run ,an addict gets no pleasure at all from drugs, but only relief from the withdrawal symptoms.Withdrawal is terrible..muscle cramps, head aches, paranoia,nausea,violent behaviour...you really dont want to go down that road.Your loved ones would never be able to bear to see you suffering like that.
Drugs kills you from inside.It kills your capacity to feel naturally.Imagine a beautiful bright morning, with chattering birds and fluttering butterflies and flowers dancing around with your merry friends, and you cant enjoy it ,as your senses are dead...how sad it will be.So mind your drugs.Even if a doctor is prescribing tranquilisers, amphetamines, mood altering drugs and stimulants; think if you really need it, and avoid taking drugs if it's not absolutely necessary. Sunshine and exercise can cure most lows.So go get some.
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UNIT 4 LESSON 3 DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE

(ESSAY) By HARDIN B JONES

INTRODUCTION
This essay is a timely warning to the modern society about DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE
DRUGS
1. to prevent & cure physical disease
2. to reverse mental disturbance
CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE
. The popular belief that any illness can be relieved by taking a pill – This led to Drug Abuse
. People depend upon drugs not to solve their problems but to forget them.
PROBLEMS OF DRUG ABUSE
Over dependence on drugs to solve problems lead to lose of the capacity to deal with life’s situations through perseverance, self-discipline and mental effort.
HIPPOCRATES: Father of medicine says
a) A remedy must take into Account
i. Symptoms of Disease,
ii. General health of the Patient
b) Person in good health losses strength by taking purgative medicine
WHAT ARE SENSUAL DRUGS?
i. It gives strong sense of pleasure.
ii. Stimulates the brain’s pleasure centres.
Brain governs sensations, moods, thoughts & actions. Sensual drugs upset this mechanisms that control pleasure &  satisfaction.

This weakens brain’s pleasure reflexes & in severe addiction pleasure mechanisms fail to respond. Later the brain is unable to interpret it as pleasure

Only Naturally attained pleasure can give total satisfaction.
DANGERS OF THE ABUSE OF SENSUAL DRUGS
I,  causes physical discomfort & personality changes,
II, Addict feels depressed & fails to respond,
II, psychotic disorder & distrust of others,
IV, feels people are looking at him strangely
V, feels dead inside
VI, harmful side effects
VII, death from overdose,
VIII, decline of health & brain function,
IX, mental mechanism responds abnormally,
A great deal of harm will be done before warning symptoms occur
X, Damage to Brain (Most subtle but least understood) – upset chemical balance
of brain’s communication
X1, Damage to cell tissue
Reasons for drug related disorders
i, Dirty needles and solution used for injecting
Effects:- liver disease, venereal disease, infection of kidney and brain
ii, sniffing of cocaine & other drugs
Effects:- damage of the tissue of the nose, hair  fall 
iii, Smoking marijuana & tobacco
Effects:- lung disease, damage cells.
iv, women addicted to drugs
Effects:- babies born with withdrawal symptoms.
v, an overdose of any of sensual drugs
Effects:- respiratory or cardiac failure and death.
PURPOSE OF THIS ESSAY
It is a study on the effects of drugs in brain – damage of brain is the most
subtle, most often unrecognised & least understood consequence of drug abuse