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Drugs are chemicals that affect the brain by tapping into its communication system and interfering with the way neurons normally send, receive, and process information. This interfering gives people that feeling of pleasure. When people do drugs often, they constantly feel that pleasure. Without it, they don't function properly and have withdrawal symptoms. The wanting of this feeling is what leads to addiction. 

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Drugs are chemicals that affect the brain by tapping into its communication system and interfering with the way neurons normally send, receive, and process information. This interfering gives people that feeling of pleasure. When people do drugs often, they constantly feel that pleasure. Without it, they don't function properly and have withdrawal symptoms. The wanting of this feeling is what leads to addiction. 

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*Weed
* Pot
* Reefer
* Grass
* Dope
* Ganja
* Mary Jane
* Hash
* Herb
* Aunt Mary
* Skunk
* Boom

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Blue Bullets

Blue Birds

Blue Angels

Blue Tips

Blue Heavens

Blue Dolls

Blue Devil

Green Frog

Green Dragons

Marshmallow Reds

Pink Ladies

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* Cocaine
* Crack
* Methamphetamine

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Deliriants

Psychedelics

Dissociatives

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GHB,

Rohypnol®

ketamine

MDMA (Ecstasy)

Methamphetamine

LSD (Acid)

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- smoking (pipe or cigarette)
- mixed with food
- dissolved w/ tea

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- capsules
- liquid form

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Slow brain function

Slowed pulse and breathing

Lowered blood pressure

Poor concentration

Confusion

Fatigue

Dizziness

Slurred speech

Fever

Sluggishness

Visual disturbances

Dilated pupils

Disorientation, lack of coordination

Depression

Difficulty or inability to urinate

Addiction

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depression

chronic fatigue

breathing difficulties

sexual problems

sleep problems

anxiety or panic

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Short-term memory problems

Severe anxiety, including fear that one is being watched or followed (paranoia)

Very strange behavior, seeing, hearing or smelling things that aren’t there, not being able to tell imagination from reality (psychosis)

Panic

Hallucinations

Loss of sense of personal identity

Lowered reaction time

Increased heart rate (risk of heart attack)

Increased risk of stroke

Problems with coordination (impairing safe driving or playing sports)

Sexual problems (for males)

Up to seven times more likely to contract sexually transmitted infections

than non-users (for females)

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Decline in IQ (up to 8 points if prolonged use started in adolescent age)

Poor school performance and higher chance of dropping out

Impaired thinking and ability to learn and perform complex tasks

Lower life satisfaction

Addiction (about 9% of adults and 17% of people who started smoking as teens)

Potential development of opiate abuse

Relationship problems, intimate partner violence

Antisocial behavior including stealing money or lying

Financial difficulties

Increased welfare dependence

Greater chances of being unemployed or not getting good jobs.

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- tablets/capsules
- swallowed
- injected
- crushed
- snorted

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Loss of appetite

Increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature

Dilation of pupils

Disturbed sleep patterns

Nausea

Bizarre, erratic, sometimes violent behavior

Hallucinations, hyperexcitability, irritability

Panic and psychosis

Convulsions, seizures and death from high doses

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Permanent damage to blood vessels of heart and brain, high blood pressure leading to heart attacks, strokes and death

Liver, kidney and lung damage

Destruction of tissues in nose if sniffed

Respiratory (breathing) problems if smoked

Infectious diseases and abscesses if injected

Malnutrition, weight loss

Disorientation, apathy, confused exhaustion

Strong psychological dependence

Psychosis

Depression

Damage to the brain including strokes and possibly epilepsy

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- tablets

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High-blood pressure

Hallucinations; an individual may taste, smell or see things that are not there

Becoming out of touch with reality

Dilated pupils

Sleeplessness

Increased heart rate

Dry mouth

Loss of appetite

Sweating

Increase in body temperature

Tremors

Paranoia

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Drug tolerance

Flashbacks

Delusional behaviors

Vision problems

Lack of motivation to participate in daily activities

Lack of enjoyment in things that once caused pleasure

Mood swings

Inability to communicate well with others

Irrational thinking

Difficulty in distinguishing reality from hallucinationsv

Psychosis

Schizophrenia

Extreme feelings of depression

Overwhelming feelings of anxietyv

Panic attacks

Suicidal thoughts and tendencies

Inability to cope with life circumstances

Problems in relationships

Lack of success and motivation in work or school

Promiscuous behaviors

Criminal charges

Accidents

Pregnancy

Violent behaviors

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- snorted
- tablets
- powders
- liquid
- mixed with alcohol or marijuana

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Impaired judgment

False sense of affection

Confusion

Depression

Sleep problems

Severe anxiety

Paranoia

Drug cravings

Muscle tension

Faintness and chills or swelling

Involuntary teeth clenching

Blurred vision

Nausea

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Long-lasting brain damage affecting thought and memory

Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion

It is as if the brain switchboard was torn apart, then rewired backwards

Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings

Depression, anxiety, memory loss

Kidney failure

Hemorrhaging

Psychosis

Cardiovascular1 collapse

Convulsions

Death