Some facts on drug abuse and its effects
- Drugs have the ability to affect your mood. They can arose certain emotions and can also diminish others
- The changes in your behaviour is the result of changes in your brain caused by the drugs as drugs interfere with the chemicals in your brain
- Mental health problems include anxiety, mood swings, depression, aggression and sleeping problems
- Psychoactive drugs can cause delusions
- They can also affect your sense of personal identity and reality
- Schizophrenia and asthma are very common health problems
- Overuse can also lead to heart attacks and can damage the cartilage of your nose, if inhaled
- Injection can damage your veins and body tissues
- Some drugs have the power to overstimulate your heart and nervous system. However, some can be linked
with memory problems.
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