Baton Rouge, LA 1/26/2012 4:47:20 AM
News / Health & Wellness

The Facts on Drugs

Do you know the true facts on drugs?  When your kids ask about them will you be able to answer with all the correct information?  What your kids are hearing at school and with their friends can make them tempted to take drugs just by the excitement or escape drugs may offer.

To begin with there are any different types of drugs.  Antibiotics and vaccines have been a great help to infections.  There are some medications that help with blood pressure or diabetes.  What a drug can do is cure, slow or prevent disease so some people take these drugs.  There are also illegal drugs that some people take just to feel good or to have a good time.

Drugs are chemicals or substances that when you take them they will change the way your body works.  After drugs get into your bloodstream they get transported to parts of your body like the brain.  When it gets there it will either intensify or dull your senses change your sense of alertness and it can decrease physical pain.  It all depends on what you take, how often you take it, how quickly it gets to your brain and what do you mix it with.  Drugs can be helpful or harmful.

Drugs at first can make you feel good and then later if you keep taking it can do a lot of harm to the body and brain.  If you drink alcohol, smoke tobacco, take some illegal drugs or sniff glue you can cause serious damage to your body.  When you take certain drugs it can affect the way you make healthy choices and decisions.  Young adults who do these drugs are more likely to get involved in dangerous situation like driving while drunk or having unprotected sex.

There are many avenues which can be taken to get more educated on drugs.  Drug rehabs are constantly fighting to get the word out about the dangers of drug abuse.  As a parent I have asked my doctor and he gave me good information of drugs that can help.  I scanned the web sites and I have found what our kids are really looking at on the internet.  I also now know that you can order many of these illegal drugs right there on line.  Our kids are very smart these days.  Help them make the right decision when it comes to taking drugs.  There are some very good web sites that do give you correct information about drugs and drug rehabs. So find them and get educated for your child’s sake.

If you or someone you love needs rehabs in Louisiana or any other state, call 1-877-340-3602 for assistance.