Drug Info Speech

How many of you know someone who has dealt with drug or alcohol abuse? We have all been taught since a young age that drugs are bad and addictive, but we were never really taught exactly why they were dangerous and how they affected the people around us. I always wondered what makes drugs so addictive. These drugs make you become psychologically dependent on them to feel good, deal with life, or handle stress. Once you start taking these drugs you may feel like you can quit at anytime but eventually your body will crave the drug and without it you can start to have withdrawals. Withdrawals usually include heavy sweating, shaking, vomiting, or even depression. The high that you first feel when you take the drugs often wears off and requires you to take more drugs, which can lead to overdose. When you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol you are more likely to do things that you wouldn’t do while being sober. Drugs alter your mind and can cause you to make poor decisions, become violent, destroy your health, and cause you to lose family and friends. So my number one question I had while I was researching this topic was why would someone choose to do drugs and live a life this way? Peer pressure from your friends, stress, mental illness or a traumatic event can lead a person into doing drugs. Drugs not only mess things up for your health and wellbeing they also mess up relationships you have with friends or family. My brother is an addict and I have not seen him for about a few months. He used to be my best friend and I would go to him for everything, but he had a son at a young age and the stress of being a young parent and having to take care of a family and all the big responsibilities led him to go to negative resources. He had a friend who told him just try this it will give you energy it will help you focus at work and you will feel great. He started taking these drugs every once and awhile and then that turned into him taking drugs multiple times