The Brain & Nervous System
This powerful neurotransmitter floods the brain’s reward center during drug use, creating intense pleasure and driving addiction.
Dopamine
Even in young, healthy people, abusing this illicit stimulant can trigger a sudden, fatal heart attack or arrhythmia
Cocaine
This is the primary organ responsible for filtering toxins, like alcohol, out of the body, which can become permanently scarred over time.
The liver
Long-term chewing of tobacco significantly increases the risk of developing malignant tumors in this specific area of the body.
Oral cancer
Mixing alcohol with opioids or sedatives can dangerously slow down this vital autonomic function, which is the leading cause of fatal overdoses.
Respiratory Depression
Alcohol acts as this specific type of drug, meaning it slows down the central nervous system, impairing thinking, reaction times, and coordination.
A depressant
This number measures the force of blood pushing against your artery walls; abusing stimulants can cause it to spike to dangerously high levels.
Blood Pressure
Chronic alcohol use can cause painful inflammation of this long, flat organ located behind the stomach, disrupting how your body digests food and regulates sugar.
The Pancreas
Smoking tobacco stains these body parts a yellowish color and causes bad breath.
Teeth
Smoking cigarettes or vaping damages these two sponge-like organs, making it much harder to breathe over time.
The lungs
Severe stimulant use, like methamphetamine, can dangerously alter brain chemistry and trigger these terrifying psychological symptoms marked by paranoia and hallucinations.
Psychosis
Substance abuse can cause a dangerous spike in blood pressure that blocks blood to the brain, causing this sudden, disabling event.
A stroke
When a person's liver starts failing, their skin and the whites of their eyes often turn this noticeable color.
Yellow
This street drug causes severe decay, broken teeth, and gum disease, a condition commonly known by this nickname.
Meth mouth
When a person's body completely runs out of oxygen due to drug overdose, their skin and lips can turn this color.
Blue
Alcohol and other depressants directly target this specific bodily system, which slows down vital functions like thinking, movement, and reflexes.
The central nervous system
Sharing needles to inject drugs highly increases the risk of catching this virus, which weakens the body's immune system.
HIV
Drinking too much alcohol can irritate the lining of this organ, causing painful ulcers or frequent throwing up.
The stomach
Using certain drugs can cause people to feel imaginary bugs crawling under their skin, leading them to do this repeatedly until they create open sores.
Scratching / Picking
This is the most famous disease you can get in your lungs from smoking cigarettes for many years.
Lung cancer
Taking strong stimulant drugs like meth can make a person see or hear things that aren't actually there, a symptom known by this word.
Hallucination
Heavy use of stimulants like cocaine makes the heart beat dangerously fast, which can trigger this sudden, painful medical emergency.
A heart attack
These two bean-shaped organs filter waste out of your blood, but they can completely shut down if the body experiences severe drug poisoning.
The Kidneys
Repeatedly snorting drugs like cocaine up the nose can eat away at this wall of cartilage that separates your nostrils.
The Septum
Inhaling toxic chemicals or smoke damages the tiny, hair-like structures in your airways that sweep out dirt, leaving your lungs highly vulnerable to this serious lung infection.
Pneumonia