Alcohol
What is alcohol ?
An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar.
What is marijuana?
Marijuana is the dried leaves and flowers of the Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant. Stronger forms of the drug include high potency strains - known as sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah), hashish (hash for short), and extracts including hash oil, shatter, wax, and budder.
What is cocaine ?
Cocaine is a stimulant drug extracted from the leaves of the Erythroxylon coca Lam, a species of the coca plant, which is cultivated in the Andean region of South America. It can be consumed in powder cocaine form, which is usually snorted or injected. It can also be consumed in crack cocaine form, which is usually smoked, and in paste form, which is also smoked.
what alcohol does to your body?
An abundance of alcohol can harm the liver, whose job it is to break down harmful substances in the body. This can lead to hepatitis, jaundice and cirrhosis, which is the buildup of scar tissue that eventually destroys the organ. Alcohol may cause kidney, bladder and prostate inflammation.
How do people use weed ?
People smoke marijuana in hand-rolled cigarettes (joints) or in pipes or water pipes (bongs).
Can you become addicted to cocaine after using it once?
According to government data, while 14.4 percent (nearly 39 million people) of the U.S. population aged 12 years or older has used cocaine in their lifetime, only 0.7 percent (nearly 1.9 million people) are current users – meaning they have used the drug in the past month. Despite the prevalence of its use, only 0.3% (about 867,000 people) of the American population aged 12 or older met the criteria for a cocaine use disorder in 2016.
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How does marijuana affect the brain?
Marijuana has both short-and long-term effects on the brain.
How many people use cocaine?
According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 1.9 million or 0.8 percent of the population aged 18 or older are current cocaine users, meaning they have used the drug in the past month.
Is Alcohol a depressant ?
Alcohol is a depressant. This means that it slows down activity in the brain
What are the other health effects of marijuana?
Marijuana use may have a wide range of effects, both physical and mental.
What are the symptoms of cocaine withdrawal?
While there has been a lack of consistency in the results from different studies on cocaine withdrawal, generally, symptoms of cocaine withdrawal include:
These may occur anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks after the suspension of cocaine use. The symptoms can be managed by most people while at home and do not require hospitalization for detox.
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How does effect your breathing ?
Breathing problems. Marijuana smoke irritates the lungs, and people who smoke marijuana frequently can have the same breathing problems as those who smoke tobacco. These problems include daily cough and phlegm, more frequent lung illness, and a higher risk of lung infections. Researchers so far haven't found a higher risk for lung cancer in people who smoke marijuana.
What does it feel like to use cocaine?
Because cocaine is a local anesthetic, it causes numbness of the throat and tongue when snorted, of the mouth when smoked, and of the injection site if injected. The effects generally last between 10 to 30 minutes, though how quickly these effects are experienced depends on the mode of administration.