Goodcommunitiesareaffectedintheworstwaybydrugusage.

Drugscanaffect
anyone.Itdoesntmatterwhoyouarereally,itcanaffectthefollowing:yourbrain,emotion,and
howyouhandlethings.Theeffectsthathappentoyourbraincanhurtpeopleyoulove,people
youdontknowandcanhurtyourselfaswell.Peoplesaythattherearegooddrugslike
prescriptionsormedicalmarijuana,butreallythereisnothinggoodaboutanydrugs.Whenyou
hurtthepeopleyoulovewhenyouarentyourselfitcanhavetheworsteffectonyouandmay
causeyoutospindownaawfulhole,deeperthanyouhavealreadydug.Drugshaveand
continuetoaffectcommunities.

Whenanydrugtakesover,orgetsyouhighitistakingapsychologicalaffectonyour
brain.AsmentioninPbsarticle
HowMethDestroysthebrain
,theysay,Chronicabusecanlead
topsychoticbehavior,includingparanoia,insomnia,anxiety,extremeaggression,delusions,
hallucinations,andevendeath.Increasingfactorsofparanoiaandangercanaffecttheway
youtreatpeopleinyourcommunities.Heroinisahighlyaddictivedrugthattakeseffectonyour
brainandputsyouintoakindofsleepingstate.Althoughthissoundsfineitdestroysyourbrain.
ThearticleDrugfacts:Heroinsays,"PeoplewhoinjectdrugsareathighriskofcontractingHIV
andhepatitisC.Thisisbecausethesediseasesaretransmittedthroughcontactwithbloodor
otherbodilyfluids,whichcanoccurwhensharingneedlesorotheruseofinjectionequipment."
AIDsandhepatitisareveryeasilytransmitted,andifspread,couldruinthelivesofmanypeople
incommunities.Whilemarijuanaiscommonlyusedmedically,itisusedbyteenagers
frequently.Useofmarijuanabyteenagerscandecreasementalmaturityanddestroygray
matterinthebrain.InanarticlecalledM
arijuanaAffectingTeensinaBadWay
theysaythis
effectcanlastforweeks,andiscausingbadgrades,andlowfocus.Kidsincommunitiesare

alsobeinghighlyaffectedbydrugsthatmaydestroytheirfuture.Theeffectofdrugsonthebody
issmall,butlargeinnumbers,andisakeycontributortohowdrugsdestroycommunities.

Thereisactualproofofhowdrugscantakeabadeffectonlivesincommunities.Inthe
video"Ikilledaman"MatthewCordleadmitstokillingamandrunkdrivingdownthewrongside
ofthehighway.Headmitstoruiningrelationshipsandstartingfights,withhimadmittingthisit
showshowasmalldeathcouldhurthim.Itisnotjusthimthough,headmitstohiscrimebutit
happenseverydaywhenpeopledriveundertheinfluence.Itcanhurteveryoneeveniftheydon't
knowhim.Accordingtothedepartmentofhealth,"Foreachpoundofmethamphetamine
produced,fivetosixpoundsofhazardouswastearegenerated,posingimmediateand
longtermenvironmentalhealthrisks."Thisshowsthatevenenvironmentalharmcancomefrom
drugsandaffecteverythinglikethewaterandair,whichcausedamagetohumansin
communities.Inmlive.com,theirarticletellsofthecrimescommittedbycrackcocaine
addicts/users:rangingfromfakechecksbankrobberytomurder.Thisjustshowshowfaran
addictwillgotogetthemoneyforafix,hurtinganyoneintheirway.

Somepeoplesaythattherearedrugsthataregood.Theevidencetheygivecanbe
provenwrongorgivenacounterclaim.E
versincemarijuanahasbeenknowntomankind,n
ot
onesingleaccountofdeathfromoverdosehasbeenrecorded.
Ontheotherhand,in2010,
38,329peoplediedfromdrugoverdoses.ThiswassaidbytheHuffingtonPostintheirarticle
thisiswhy

marijuanashouldbelegalized.
Nowwhilethismaybetrue,themaindangerof
marijuanaistheeffectithasonteens,itcanandwilldestroygraymatterinthebrainandcause
irreversibleeffectstothebrain.Misies.orgarticlestatesthatperscriptiondrugsarejustasbad
asstreetdrugs.Whilemostpeoplemaythinkthatprescriptiondrugsaregood,theyarenot.

Theyareaddictive,deadly,allthesame,andwillcauseapersontochange.HeathLedgerthe
jokerinTheDarkKnight,diedfromanoverdoseofprescriptionpainkillers.Thisaloneshowsthe
effectitcantakeonpeople,nomatterwhoyouare.

Drugshaveandcontinuetotakeabadeffectoncommunities.Thereisnothingworse
thanseeingafriend,orfamilymemberchangeandhurttheonestheylove.Atfirstitcanalter
andaffecttheirmind.Itisanawfulthingtoexperience.Itcandestroycommunitiesoneperson
atatime.Thewaytheytreatpeoplesecond,andcankillthemintheend.Thisintheendwill
destroyotherpeopleslivesandtheircommunities.

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