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i think there is a big possible chance i want to go to college to be a drug counsler.
i did so much reading today.
its actually kinda interesting, heres some facts i randomly found..you should read this-
Addiction means a person has no control over whether he/she uses a drug or drinks. A person who's addicted to a drug has grown so used to the drug that he/she has to have it. Addiction can be physical, psychological, or both.
Signs of drug addiction:
*Psychological signals:
-use of drugs or alcohol as a way to forget problems or to relax
-withdrawal or keeping secrets from family and friends
-loss of interest in activities that used to be important
-problems with schoolwork, such as slipping grades or absences
-changes in friendships, such as hanging out only with friends who use drugs
-spending a lot of time figuring out how to get drugs
-stealing or selling belongings to be able to afford drugs
-failed attempts to stop taking drugs or drinking
-anxiety, anger, or depression
-mood swings
*Physical signals:
-changes in sleeping habits
-feeling shaky or sick when trying to stop
-needing to take more of the substance to get the same effect
-changes in eating habits, including weight loss or gain
*A lot of people think they can kick the problem on their own, but that doesn't work for most people. Find someone you trust to talk to.
*Remind yourself that having an addiction doesn't make you bad or weak.
*Unfortunately, overcoming addiction is not easy. Quitting drugs or drinking is probably going to be the hardest thing you've ever done.
DRUGS:
Heroin
Heroin comes from the dried milk of the opium poppy, which is also used to create the class of painkillers called narcotics - medicines like codeine and morphine. Heroin can range from a white to dark brown powder to a sticky, tar-like substance.
Street Names: horse, smack, Big H, junk
How It's Used: Heroin is injected, smoked, or inhaled (if it is pure).
Effects & Dangers:
Heroin gives you a burst of euphoric (high) feelings, especially if it's injected. This high is often followed by drowsiness, nausea, stomach cramps, and vomiting.
Users feel the need to take more heroin as soon as possible just to feel good again.
With long-term use, heroin ravages the body. It is associated with chronic constipation, dry skin, scarred veins, and breathing problems.
Users who inject heroin often have collapsed veins and put themselves at risk of getting deadly infections such as HIV, hepatitis B or C, and bacterial endocarditis (inflammation of the lining of the heart) if they share needles with other users.
LSD
LSD (which stands for lysergic acid diethylamide) is a lab-brewed hallucinogen and mood-changing chemical. LSD is odorless, colorless, and tasteless.
Street Names: acid, blotter, doses, microdots
How It's Used: LSD is licked or sucked off small squares of blotting paper. Capsules and liquid forms are swallowed. Paper squares containing acid may be decorated with cute cartoon characters or colorful designs.
Effects & Dangers:
Hallucinations occur within 30 to 90 minutes of dropping acid. People say their senses are intensified and distorted - they see colors or hear sounds with other delusions such as melting walls and a loss of any sense of time. But effects are unpredictable, depending on how much LSD is taken and the user.
Once you go on an acid trip, you can't get off until the drug is finished with you - at times up to about 12 hours or even longer!
Bad trips may cause panic attacks, confusion, depression, and frightening delusions.
Physical risks include sleeplessness, mangled speech, convulsions, increased heart rate, and coma.
Users often have flashbacks in which they feel some of the effects of LSD at a later time without having used the drug again.
Cocaine and Crack
Cocaine is a white crystalline powder made from the dried leaves of the coca plant. Crack, named for its crackle when heated, is made from cocaine. It looks like white or tan pellets.
Street Names for Cocaine: coke, snow, blow, nose candy, white, big C
Street Names for Crack: freebase, rock
How They're Used: Cocaine is inhaled through the nose or injected. Crack is smoked.
Effects & Dangers:
Cocaine is a stimulant that rocks the central nervous system, giving users a quick, intense feeling of power and energy. Snorting highs last between 15 and 30 minutes; smoking highs last between 5 and 10 minutes.
Cocaine also elevates heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and body temperature.
Injecting cocaine can give you hepatitis or AIDS if you share needles with other users. Snorting can also put a hole inside the lining of your nose.
First-time users - even teens - of both cocaine and crack can stop breathing or have fatal heart attacks. Using either of these drugs even one time can kill you.
Ecstasy (MDMA)
This is a designer drug created by underground chemists. It comes in powder, tablet, or capsule form. Ecstasy is a popular club drug among teens because it is widely available at raves, dance clubs, and concerts.
Street Names: XTC, X, Adam, E, Roll
How It's Used: Ecstasy is swallowed or sometimes snorted.
Effects & Dangers:
This drug combines a hallucinogenic with a stimulant effect, making all emotions, both negative and positive, much more intense.
Users feel a tingly skin sensation and an increased heart rate.
Ecstasy can also cause dry mouth, cramps, blurred vision, chills, sweating, and nausea.
Sometimes users clench their jaws while using. They may chew on something (like a pacifier) to relieve this symptom.
Many users also experience depression, paranoia, anxiety, and confusion. There is some concern that these effects on the brain and emotion can become permanent with chronic use of ecstasy.
Ecstasy also raises the temperature of the body. This increase can sometimes cause organ damage or even death.
Okay im done.. but still its pretty insane what drugs really can do to you.
I love to help people, and i know what its like to be addicted to a drug and the shitty feeling when you have to quit. But i have a big heart and am willing to help people.