Health Guidance

Illegal drugs are mostly addictive which can be in form as chemicals, pills, herbs etc. Such drugs make people so addictive that they consume these even if they feel sick. These are dangerous of course, having various side effects affecting ones mental, physical and psychological aspects. This is the reason most of the governments have ruled out laws regulating their usage not banning totally as these are sometimes used for medical purposes too. Usage of illicit drugs is not confined to any one region or country but is seen world widely.

Trading illegal drugs is a criminal offense in many countries. Legal amount of these drugs are often distributed carefully and are taxed too heavily. For e.g. cigarettes are legal drugs but are expensive and are also cautioned to be consumed by anyone below a certain age. A similar drug is alcohol. Apart from these there are various other illegal drugs as caffeine, heroine, morphine, temazepam, opium, methamphetamine etc. And if the person is caught with any of these drugs he may be punished as per the specific country rules.

There are various legal usages of most of the illegal drugs for which total ban cannot be made. These are:

- Cocaine: It is used as an anesthetic legally.
- Heroine: It is used legally as an analgesic – painkiller.
- Methamphetamine: It is used to treat Narcolepsy.
- Crack: Used as Cocaine.

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In many instances, quitting smoking is just so much easier when you become aware of the ugly contents of the cigarette itself. Yes, I mean chemical content. Did you know that cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins?? These include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT.

We know that nicotine is highly addictive and smoke containing nicotine is inhaled into the lungs, where nicotine reaches your brain in just 6 seconds. In small doses nicotine acts as a stimulant to the brain but in large doses, it’s a depressant, inhibiting the flow of signals between nerve cells. Nicotine in the bloodstream acts to make the smoker feel calm. When you smoke a cigarette, the amount of tar inhaled into the lungs increases, and the last puff contains more than twice as much tar as the first puff. Carbon monoxide makes it harder for red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. Most of the chemicals inhaled in cigarette smoke stay in the lungs. The more you inhale, the better it feels—and the greater the damage to your lungs. Continue reading ‘What is Really in a Cigarette…’ »