3 Gateway Drugs Research Paper
Write an Intro, Body and a Conclusion on the three gateway drugs.
Name all Three
1)Please include what type of Drug all three are? 2)Analyze and inform major components of the three drugs. 3)Please make sure you add or talk about any key vocab words that we discussed in class. 4) Lastly, report the short or long term effects of the three gateway drugs on the body. The three gateway drugs in order are tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana. They are in order of how most people are exposed to the drug. They all have negative effects on your body and body systems. Tobacco is an addictive drug found on tobacco plants. Alcohol can be found in beer, wine, wine coolers, and liquor. Marijuana is found on a plant that is grown throughout the world, in mild climates. …show more content…
The first gateway drug is tobacco.
It is made from the leaves of tobacco plants by curing them. The main substances in tobacco are nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide. There are many ways to use tobacco. You can smoke it or chew it. It can be found in cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, vapes, or chewing tobacco. The types of chewing tobacco are snuff, dip and snus. Using tobacco can damage your lungs if you smoke it too much. Your lungs will regenerate unless you have emphysema, which will eventually kill you. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
The second gateway drug is alcohol. Alcohol is found in beer, liquor, wine and wine coolers. It is a depressant which means it slows down your nervous system and your ability to think, speak, move, or other things you normally could do. You can legally drink in the U.S. when you turn 21. Your Blood Alcohol Concentration(BAC) is how much alcohol is in your blood. It is written as a decimal and the legal limit is 0.08. Alcohol effects everyone differently. Some factors that affect BAC are age, weight, gender,
etc.
The last gateway drug is marijuana. It is found on a plant called Cannabis Sativa. There are many nicknames for it such as weed, pot, cannabis because people want to hide what they are talking about. It can be smoked in a bong, a joint, a blunt, or it can be in baked goods such as cookies and brownies. One joint is equal to 20 cigarettes and joints have a lot more “tar” than tobacco cigarettes. THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main mind altering ingredient in marijuana. THC stays in the body for long periods of time, sometimes even up to 28 days!
There are many negative effects of these drugs. One main problem is addiction. If you are addicted, it means you are physically and mentally dependant on the drug and you can’t stop using it. They can destroy your body systems. These drugs can and probably will lead to the use of other, more dangerous drugs. Using drugs and alcohol will eventually lead to death.
Name all Three
1)Please include what type of Drug all three are? 2)Analyze and inform major components of the three drugs. 3)Please make sure you add or talk about any key vocab words that we discussed in class. 4) Lastly, report the short or long term effects of the three gateway drugs on the body. The three gateway drugs in order are tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana. They are in order of how most people are exposed to the drug. They all have negative effects on your body and body systems. Tobacco is an addictive drug found on tobacco plants. Alcohol can be found in beer, wine, wine coolers, and liquor. Marijuana is found on a plant that is grown throughout the world, in mild climates. …show more content…
The first gateway drug is tobacco.
It is made from the leaves of tobacco plants by curing them. The main substances in tobacco are nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide. There are many ways to use tobacco. You can smoke it or chew it. It can be found in cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, vapes, or chewing tobacco. The types of chewing tobacco are snuff, dip and snus. Using tobacco can damage your lungs if you smoke it too much. Your lungs will regenerate unless you have emphysema, which will eventually kill you. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
The second gateway drug is alcohol. Alcohol is found in beer, liquor, wine and wine coolers. It is a depressant which means it slows down your nervous system and your ability to think, speak, move, or other things you normally could do. You can legally drink in the U.S. when you turn 21. Your Blood Alcohol Concentration(BAC) is how much alcohol is in your blood. It is written as a decimal and the legal limit is 0.08. Alcohol effects everyone differently. Some factors that affect BAC are age, weight, gender,
etc.
The last gateway drug is marijuana. It is found on a plant called Cannabis Sativa. There are many nicknames for it such as weed, pot, cannabis because people want to hide what they are talking about. It can be smoked in a bong, a joint, a blunt, or it can be in baked goods such as cookies and brownies. One joint is equal to 20 cigarettes and joints have a lot more “tar” than tobacco cigarettes. THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main mind altering ingredient in marijuana. THC stays in the body for long periods of time, sometimes even up to 28 days!
There are many negative effects of these drugs. One main problem is addiction. If you are addicted, it means you are physically and mentally dependant on the drug and you can’t stop using it. They can destroy your body systems. These drugs can and probably will lead to the use of other, more dangerous drugs. Using drugs and alcohol will eventually lead to death.