Smoking & usage of drugs

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Smoking & usage of drugs

Advantages

  • Some drugs e.g. paracetamol and calpol are good for you in small amounts, only ever used if something is wrong like a cold or a migraine.
  • smoking was thought to be a good thing during WW2 so many people ended up smoking. it was thought that to smoke it shall reduce stress and make you a calmer person.
  • coffee and chocolate have a drug in, this is called caffeine. caffeine is used in highly addictive products, e.g. coco and coffee grains, caffeine isn't known to be a bad drug, in fact its liked by mostly everyone.

Disadvantages

  • its a known fact that the more you smoke the more chance you have of having lung cancer.
  • the majority of drugs e.g. heroine, cocaine, magic mushrooms are known to make you 'high'. this means you feel like your in a different world and you see things in your imagination but not in real life. basically means your imagination comes true. these drugs are harmful and have killed many people on the planet.
  • cigarettes have a highly addictive drug in called nicotine. this is the drug that makes people want to have a cigarette more and more.
  • cigarettes include tar which is what people use to build up a road. this gets built up around your lungs, a nasty substance.

Evaluation

Drugs and cigarettes are both highly addictive, there are some drugs that make you better when your unwell, but then there are ver harmful drugs that can ruin your life forever. cigerrettes however are also very harmful uses. many adults smoke cigarettes to release stress and teenagers smoke because they think there cool.  harmful drugs and cigerretes  are both things that nobody should use if they are wanting to have a healthy lifestyle.

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well done lozza

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