Banning a drug

As far as this blog has explained, anything can be considered a drug. Therefor, if you had to choose to ban one drug, any drug, which would it be??

Mixing Drugs

Drug interactions are when different types of drugs are mixed together.
This can cause different of reactions and expermenting by mixing drugs together could lead to bad reactions and could possibly lead to death. For example, mixing or taking too many prescriotion pills can cause a reacion in your stomach that leads to the blood and cause your body to overreact to the drug mix and can send someone into a seizure, coma, or even death.

Legalization.

Do you think Marijuana should be legalized?
Why or why not?

Date Rape Drugs

You think you know someone, then the next thing you know you wake up and can't remember what happened the night before. Most commonly this is effect of Rohypnol, also known as the date rape drug. Rohypnol goes by many street names: Roofies or rib and rope. By either name it's called it all has the same forget-what-you-did-last-night effect. Most of these drugs are used by people trying to get someone to do what they want, most commonly sex.

Rohypnol is a pill that dissolves in liquid and in usually dropped in someone's drink when they're not looking. Some ways to keep safe from being a victim of this drug would be to keep a close eye on your drink and never put your drink down then pick it up again. Even if it costs you another drink, buy a new one rather than picking up the one you started.

Drugs

What do you think of this?

"The latest National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) reports that marijuana is still the illegal drug most often used in this country, at a rate of 6.2 percent in the general population.1 Most marijuana users polled in 2002 (56.7 percent) got the drug for free or shared someone else's marijuana, and almost 40 percent bought it."

The Drug that kills the most.

Even though it's not illegal, it's still the drug that kills the most. Tobacco is the drug that kills the most and causes the most deaths every year. Tobacco darkens your lungs and causes them to have cancer, with in a short matter of time tobacco kills people every year.

Drugs and Child Custody

During a divorce, if one of the parents is under the influence of drugs, then he/she can not have custody of the child/children until he/she fully graduates from rehab and is off drugs.
Drugs can not only harm the parents, but the child/children as well. If the child sees his/her parent using drugs or under the influence of drugs then he/she will think it's ok to do drugs and the chain of drug abuse will never end.

Drugs and Preganancy

Drugs are not only bad to a woman, but twice as worse for a pregnant woman.
If a woman is to become pregnant then she will have to begin to start living a healthy lifestyle.
If not then as the drug effects the mother, it will also effect the unborn baby twice as bad because the baby is still developing and its immune system is still not complete.
The effects the baby can be born with are fatal.
Examples would be the baby would be born mentally challenged or if it gets bad enough then the baby can be born with fatal body parts or deformed.

The Most Addictive Drug

Even though this drug is not illegal, it is still considered the most addictive drug out there. Nicotine is ranked the number one most addictive drug to people.
Surveys show that Nicotine is the number one drug that people depend on.
After Nicotine is Heroin. Heroin makes you lose control and can cause illusions.
Next in line is cocaine. Cocaine is the drug that after "trying" becomes addicting very fast.
These three are top most addicting drug in the U.S.

Why Are Illegal Drugs Dangerous?

Illegal drugs are essentially bad for everyone, but in particular to children or growing teenagers. Drugs effect a child or a teen more because they're still growing and their body is still changing. Drugs can alter or interfere with those changes and something can go as it's not suppose to. For example, a child on drugs can end up having an underdeveloped brain because the drugs stopped the body from letting the brain grow.

These and many more reasons are why illegal drugs can be dangerous to someone's body, especially young children and teens.

D.E.A.

The D.E.A stands for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
This is a government enforced agency that protects the U.S. from drug smugglers and helps enforce drug policies and help determine which drugs should be prescription and and which ones should just be over the counter.

The D.E.A helps keep the U.S. control the drugs it sells and has legal.

Drug Recovery

Drug addiction is a very easy flaw to fall into.
Although some feel it is impossible to overcome an addiction, there's still help.
One of the most popular addiction would be alcoholism.
Alcoholism is an addiction to liquor or beer.
The most popular recovery program for alcoholism is Alcohol Anonymous [AA].

There are many programs and counseling that help addicts recover.
Most are found in churches and neighborhood community centers.
Finding recovery is easier than most people think and it is out there.

Drug Testing

When injecting drugs into your body, whether they were inhaled, drank, eaten or injected by needles, drugs show up in your body's system.
Many drugs can be easily detected by a simple drug test.
Drugs can be detected by either a blood sample, saliva sample, urine sample, or breath test.
Usually, alcohol tests are tested by breathalyzers, marijuana[since it's inhaled] is usually in the blood and urine system. So this can easily be tested with a urine sample.
Cocain, ecstasy and angel dust, become part of the blood system and can be easily tested with a blood sample.

Although, one doesn't necessarily need to take a drug test to show that they are not sober.
When drunk on alcohol, one tends to slur their words and wobble as they walk. These are sure signs that someone is drunk.
When someone is under the influence of marijuana their eyes mite turn red and diluted.
When on is on cocain, angel dust, or ecstacy their nose mite turn red and possibly start to bleed and their face will either be very excited or very tired.

Alchohol Is A Drug

A drug doesn't have to be illegal to be considered a drug.
Anything addictive can be a drug.
Alcohol especially, alcohol is addicting and can be easily abused.
Most people abuse alcohol to try to forget the problems they have in their reality.

Teen Perspcription Drug Abuse

Some people experiment with prescription drugs because they think they will help them have more fun, lose weight, fit in, and even study more effectively. Prescription drugs can be easier to get than street drugs. Family members or friends could have a prescription. But prescription drugs are also sometimes sold on the street like other illegal drugs. Though prescription drugs are legal, they can be abused and used like illegal drugs. Anything, even if it's legal, can turn into a drug once it is abused.

The Hazards Of Drugs

Some drug hazards can be the result of addiction and abuse.
When someone becomes dependent on a drug is when the person becomes officially addicted.
Illegal drugs are hard to come along, therefor when purchased are often very expensive, and most people will often turn to crime or prostitution to be able to afford their drug habit.
Another hazard of drug use would be drug overdose, when someone abuses a drug and uses more than they can handle to the point where the body becomes harmed and unconscious is an overdose.
People with overdoses have to be immediately taken to the hospital for treatment.

These are only some of the many hazards that come along with the purchase of drugs.

Myths and Facts of Marijuana

Marijuana can cause permanent mental damage

fact: Scientists so far haven't had enough proof that marijuana actually psychological damage or mental illness. Though some marijuana users may experience types of emotions right after using it, such as paranioa and panic, but this wares off as soon as the marijuana ingesting.

Cocaine is addicting

fact: Cocaine has been proven to be very addictive and has been proven to get very addictive very fast. In most cases after the first couple uses.