Blood pressure increases, which can cause heart attacks or strokes. ... They cause your heartbeat to slow down; blood vessels start relaxing and lowering blood pressure. ... The negative consequences of heroin use range from mild distress to life-threatening dangers and include: Itchy, dry skin and skin infections Worse night vision Vomiting and nausea Loss of appetite Scars along veins and infections in veins from repeated injections Irregular blood pressure Irregular and slow heartbeat Breathlessness, and noisy breathing because there are fluids in the lungs Addicti...

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The underground society of weed smokers Outline Although weed is an illegal drug an underground society still exists that utilizes sellers of the product to satisfy the consumers in the society whose unique techniques for achieving effects that they want from the drug. I. There are personal use...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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Zero tolerance meant: (1) that if there were no drug abusers there would be no drug problem, (2) that the market for drugs is created not only by availability, but by demand, (3) that drug abuse starts as a willful act, (4) that the perception that drug users are powerless to act against the drug availability and peer pressure is an erroneous one, (5) that most illegal drug users can choose to their behaviors and must be held responsible if they do not, (6) that individual freedom does not include the right to self and societal destruction, (7) that public tolerance for drug abuse must be redu...

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Historically, substance abuse has been portrayed to mirror the lower class. It has been regarded as a disease that plagues only a specific group of people. Currently that is no longer the case as high profile celebrities and white collar; well respected upper class people have brought their addiction stories to the forefront. The difference with high profile celebrities and white collar addiction in comparison to those with much less stature is the ability to conceal their problem with adequate funds to supply their habits. They are not forced to commit crimes in order to finance their hab...

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Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure is one of the main reasons for drug use in America. ...

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