Effects Of Drug Abuse

The Effects of Drug Abuse

How many times has a person heard about the consequences of drug abuse? Have people ever really taken those consequences into account? Drug abuse is one of the major problems in our society. The causes of drug abuse are really unknown, but the effects of this epidemic are very serious. Many people get used to taking pills or like the way that illegal drugs make them feel. They can easily get addicted and abuse those drugs; that is the problem. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the physical, psychological, and economic effects of drug abuse.

The first effect of drug abuse is physical. Physical effects are the most important because these can cause death. For example, drug abuse damages important organs such as the heart, lungs, and liver. Drug abuse can also cause neurological damages, which cause alterations in body movements, loss of appetite, depression, and mood swings. It is possible for a person to overdose on drugs, unknowingly. There are many other effects that drugs have the body. These physical consequences could cause death, or permanent damage to a person's body if too much of a drug is consumed at one time, or even in a long period of time.

The second effect caused by drug abuse is psychological. At the beginning, drugs make people feel relaxed, but if someone consumes too much or, at times not enough, it increases anxiety and can lead to depression. Drug abuse also causes a lot of family and legal problems, violence, drastic changes in behavior, suicide, and many other problems. Drugs are very powerful and alter all of a persons normal behaviors.

The third effect of drug abuse is economics. People spend billions of dollars on drugs. Drug abusers do not think about the money they are spending. Abusers will spend every dollar that they can get on drugs; just to get the "high" they think they need. Often, abusers will steal, trade,