How Drugs Affects The Brain Research Paper
Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. I would like to share with you some information on drugs and how they affect the brain. Unfortunately, I have personal experience with this. My best friend has an uncle who abuses heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines. I witnessed first-hand what this disease is doing to my friend and his family. My late uncle died at age 45 of alcoholism, but that's another story.
Here's just a little anatomy and physiology on how the brain works. You are who you are because of your brain. Using the analogy of a spaceship, your brain is "Mission Control." It takes information such as what you see, and your body temperature, and processes these. Did you know your brain even works when you're asleep?
The different parts of the brain work together. They are: the brain stem, the limbic system, and the cerebral cortex. When drugs come into the brain, they interfere with how the brain processes things, and over time this can lead to changes in how well it works. Repeated drug use can lead to addiction. This is a terrible brain disease. Once people reach this stage, they cannot stop using without help. …show more content…
When smoking, injecting, inhaling, or eating them, they tap into the communication system of the brain, and tamper with how it works.
Drug use can be devastating. Deaths from drug overdose rises every year. Each day in the US, 113 people die due to OD, and 6,748 are treated in emergency rooms for drug abuse.
At this time, there is no cure for drug addiction, but there is treatment available, such as medications and therapy, and support groups such as AA and NA. There are also support groups for families, such as Alateen and Alanon.
In closing, I would like to provide you with a few resources in case you or someone you know needs help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
Here's just a little anatomy and physiology on how the brain works. You are who you are because of your brain. Using the analogy of a spaceship, your brain is "Mission Control." It takes information such as what you see, and your body temperature, and processes these. Did you know your brain even works when you're asleep?
The different parts of the brain work together. They are: the brain stem, the limbic system, and the cerebral cortex. When drugs come into the brain, they interfere with how the brain processes things, and over time this can lead to changes in how well it works. Repeated drug use can lead to addiction. This is a terrible brain disease. Once people reach this stage, they cannot stop using without help. …show more content…
When smoking, injecting, inhaling, or eating them, they tap into the communication system of the brain, and tamper with how it works.
Drug use can be devastating. Deaths from drug overdose rises every year. Each day in the US, 113 people die due to OD, and 6,748 are treated in emergency rooms for drug abuse.
At this time, there is no cure for drug addiction, but there is treatment available, such as medications and therapy, and support groups such as AA and NA. There are also support groups for families, such as Alateen and Alanon.
In closing, I would like to provide you with a few resources in case you or someone you know needs help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: