science revisin

Created by: chelseaknibbs12
Created on: 23-06-16 16:45

what are drugs?

a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility.

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what does drugs do to your body?

Illegal drugs can cause things like hallucinations (seeing strange things), sickness, depression, liver and kidney problems and fits. Some illegal drugs can kill the first time the person takes them. Taking too much of any drug is called an overdose.

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what are the effects of drugs?

Drug misuse can be harmful to your health in both the short term and the long term, and could possibly lead to addiction.

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what are the causes of doing drugs?

Environment. Environmental factors, including your family's beliefs and attitudes and exposure to a peer group that encourages drug use, seem to play a role in initial drug use. Genetics. Once you've started using a drug, the development into addicti

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what type of drugs are there?

Marijuana,Cocaine and crack cocaine,Ecstasy (MDMA),Opium,Meth

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why do people take drugs?

In order to deal with drug related issues we need to understand the reasons why some young people use drugs and others don't. The factors which make some people more likely to use drugs are called 'risk factors'. The factors which seem to protect oth

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