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Alcohol and Drugs

Problems with Alcohol and Drugs. Who Can Help Me. Alcohol and Drugs . Physical Problems: Drugs and Alcohol effect the body in many different ways. Emotional Problems: Drugs and Alcohols cause a person to have mood swings and other emotional problems .

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Alcohol and Drugs

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  1. Problems with Alcohol and Drugs Who Can Help Me Alcohol and Drugs • Physical Problems: Drugs and Alcohol effect the body in many different ways. • Emotional Problems: Drugs and Alcohols cause a person to have mood swings and other emotional problems. • Social: When a person is on Drugs or using Alcohol, they become a different person. • Councilor: They will help you learn how to resist temptation. • Doctor: They can help you get treatment and understand the harmful effect of drugs • Parent: They can help you guide you to the right person. • Teacher alcohol.addictionblog.org rmortcompany.com recoveryaugusta.org By: Stephanie Wheeler 4/19/2012

  2. Harmful effects on the body Slang Terms Facts • Heroin: Smack, Horse, Mud, Brown sugar, Junk, Black tar, and Big H • Cocaine: Coke, Snow, Nose Candy, Flake, Blow, Big C, Lady, White, and Snowbirds, Powder, • Marijuana: Pot, Reefer, Grass, Weed, Dope, Ganja, Mary Jane, or Sinsemilla, Urb, Opium: Paregoric, Dover's Powder, Parepectolin • Smoking drugs has been linked to respiratory illnesses and different cancers • Stimulant drugs like nicotine or cocaine have a tremendous effect on the cardiovascular system. • Similarly, toxins like alcohol affect the liver, cause cancer, and lead to respiratory problems. • Alcohol is a depressant • Each year, approximately 5,000 people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. • Alcohol damages your brain, stomach, liver, kidneys and muscles. • Real Friends do not pressure you into drugs and alcohol • It is Legal for people over the age of 21 to drink • A person can Smoke Cigarettes at the age of 18 • It is illegal to do drugs at any age!! alcohol.addictionblog.org milfordpolice.com bridgew.edu

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