The Effects Drugs Have On The Body
Different Cancers Related to Smoking Cigarettes
☐ 1. Mouth and Throat - Smoking increases the risk of throat cancer by exposing the larynx to these carcinogenic chemicals
☐ 2. Voice box - Alcohol and tobacco are the 2 main things that can increase your risk of developing laryngeal cancer.
☐ 3. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
☐ 4. Renal Penvis (Center Part of Liver) - Smoking tobacco increases your risk for renal pelvis or ureter cancer. After you quit smoking, the risk decreases over time.
☐ 5. Urinary Bladder - smokers are nearly three times as likely to get bladder cancer as non-smokers. In fact, smoking causes about half of all cases of bladder cancer in men and women.
☐ 6. Stomach - Gastric cancer (GC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Smoking tobacco is the most important behavioral risk factor for GC.
☐ 1. Mouth and Throat - Smoking increases the risk of throat cancer by exposing the larynx to these carcinogenic chemicals
☐ 2. Voice box - Alcohol and tobacco are the 2 main things that can increase your risk of developing laryngeal cancer.
☐ 3. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
☐ 4. Renal Penvis (Center Part of Liver) - Smoking tobacco increases your risk for renal pelvis or ureter cancer. After you quit smoking, the risk decreases over time.
☐ 5. Urinary Bladder - smokers are nearly three times as likely to get bladder cancer as non-smokers. In fact, smoking causes about half of all cases of bladder cancer in men and women.
☐ 6. Stomach - Gastric cancer (GC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Smoking tobacco is the most important behavioral risk factor for GC.
Different Ways Alcohol Affects The Body
☐ 1. Brain - Alcohol interferes with the brain's communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works.
☐ 2. Cancer - Chronic drinkers of alcohol are more likely to develop throat, mouth, or esophagus cancers.
☐ 3. Heart - Drinking a lot over a long time or too much on a single occasion can damage the heart.
☐ 4. Liver - Heavy drinking takes a toll on the liver, and can lead to a variety of problems and liver imflammations.
☐ 5. Stomach Distress - Drinking too much can lead to bloating, gas and painful ulcers.
☐ 6. Pancreas - Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that can eventually lead to pancreatitis.
☐ 7. Immune System - Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body a much easier target for disease.
☐ 1. Brain - Alcohol interferes with the brain's communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works.
☐ 2. Cancer - Chronic drinkers of alcohol are more likely to develop throat, mouth, or esophagus cancers.
☐ 3. Heart - Drinking a lot over a long time or too much on a single occasion can damage the heart.
☐ 4. Liver - Heavy drinking takes a toll on the liver, and can lead to a variety of problems and liver imflammations.
☐ 5. Stomach Distress - Drinking too much can lead to bloating, gas and painful ulcers.
☐ 6. Pancreas - Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that can eventually lead to pancreatitis.
☐ 7. Immune System - Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body a much easier target for disease.
Different Ways Cocaine Affects The Body
☐ 1. Nose - Snorting Cocaine can create holes in parts of the nose like the septum
☐ 2. Lungs - Smoking it can irritate the lungs and, in some cases, cause permanent lung damage.
☐ 3. Body Fat - Chronic use may reduce your body's ability to store fat.
☐ 4. Brain - It blocks the brain's absorption of pleasure and desire hormones (dopamine and seratonin) resulting in a temporary feeling of intense euphoria. You may also feel irritable, anxious, or paranoid.
☐ 5. Stomach - Your appetite may disapear.
☐ 6. Arteries - Your arteries will constrict, which can block blood flow to the heart and even cause a heart attack.
☐ 1. Nose - Snorting Cocaine can create holes in parts of the nose like the septum
☐ 2. Lungs - Smoking it can irritate the lungs and, in some cases, cause permanent lung damage.
☐ 3. Body Fat - Chronic use may reduce your body's ability to store fat.
☐ 4. Brain - It blocks the brain's absorption of pleasure and desire hormones (dopamine and seratonin) resulting in a temporary feeling of intense euphoria. You may also feel irritable, anxious, or paranoid.
☐ 5. Stomach - Your appetite may disapear.
☐ 6. Arteries - Your arteries will constrict, which can block blood flow to the heart and even cause a heart attack.
MDMA / Molly / Ecstasy Has These Immediate Effects:
☐ 1. Feelings of euphoria and happiness, anxiety and panic attacks, strokes, comas (overdose), increased energy.
☐ 2. Paranoia - Feeling extremely suspicous and frightened
☐ 3. Psychosis - .
☐ 4. Serotonin syndrome - .
☐ 5. Tooth grinding and jaw clenching, enlarged pupils, visual distortions.
☐ 6. Dizziness, increased heart rate and blood pressure.
☐ 7. Nausea, vomiting, overheating, dehydration and a 'comedown' feeling.
As Well As These More Serious Long Term Effects:
☐ 8. Dependence or addiction to MDMA.
☐ 9. Long term problems with depression, impaired memory / attention, and finally liver problems.
☐ 1. Feelings of euphoria and happiness, anxiety and panic attacks, strokes, comas (overdose), increased energy.
☐ 2. Paranoia - Feeling extremely suspicous and frightened
☐ 3. Psychosis - .
☐ 4. Serotonin syndrome - .
☐ 5. Tooth grinding and jaw clenching, enlarged pupils, visual distortions.
☐ 6. Dizziness, increased heart rate and blood pressure.
☐ 7. Nausea, vomiting, overheating, dehydration and a 'comedown' feeling.
As Well As These More Serious Long Term Effects:
☐ 8. Dependence or addiction to MDMA.
☐ 9. Long term problems with depression, impaired memory / attention, and finally liver problems.
