Outline the effects of drugs on health and society

1. Tobacco
Health Effects:
- Smoking of tobacco may lead to problems and diseases that affect the breathing system
- Smoke from tobacco can cause lung cancer
- Tobacco smoking lead to condition for high blood pressure
- Smoking slows digestion system. May increase stomach acids
- Children born to smoking mothers are small and underweight
Social Effects:
- Misuse of money meant for other things (needs)
- Addiction
- Smoking can cause fire
- Smoking is bad to others who do not smoke
- Smoke from cigarettes is unpleasant on clothes and pollutes the environment

2. Alcohol
Health Effects:
- Loss of appetite may lead to poor health as a result of poor feeding
- Causes stomach ulcers,dehydration making one to be thirsty all the time
- Causes diseases of the liver called liver cirrhosis
- Affects the brain and the nervous system
Social Effects:
- Essential family needs e.g. food, clothing and shelter may miss because the money has been spent on alcohol
- Family disputes and fighting likely to occur
- Drunk drivers cause accidents due to poor vision and judgment Drunkards find it easy to get into bad activities e.g. stealing and poor sexual behaviour. This may lead to getting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

3. Bhang
Health Effects:
- Loss of memory and inability to think well
- Feeling confused and depressed
- Mental disability
- Feeling drowsy
Social Effects:
- A person taking bhang is usually unfriendly
- Quarrels and fights easily
- Refuses to work or to go to school
- False feeling of well being

4. Khat (Miraa)
Health Effects:
- Loss of appetite to lead to malnutrition
- Lack of sleep
- Discolouring of teeth
- Damage of the reproduction system
Social Effects:
- Lots of money is spent to buy miraa at the expense of other needs
- Chewing miraa encourages idleness making people unproductive
- Frequent spitting, which is unhygienic

5. Mandrax
Health Effects:
- It gives false feeling of relaxation.
- Walk unsteadily as if drunk
- Unable to speak clearly
- Breathing difficulties
- Develop convulsions when the drug is not taken.
Social Effects:
- A person becomes depressed
- A person may easily get into irresponsible sexual behaviour which can lead to getting infected with HIV/AIDS
- Causes waste family income leading to family suffering

6. Cocaine
Health Effects:
- Problems in breathing
- Heart problems
- Loss of appetite
- Nervousness
Social Effects:
- Cocaine users are violent and can fight anyone without a reason
- Cocaine is very expensive. The users spend a lot of their money on it leaving them with no money for other needs

7. Inhalants
Health Effects:
- Forgetfulness
- Inability to think clearly
- Disorders of nervous system
- Damage of internal organs e.g. liver and kidneys
- Poor vision
- Uncontrolled body movements e.g. staggering
- Poor speech e.g. stammering
Social Effects:
- Those who get addicted to inhalants result to bad behaviour
- Stealing e.g. money to buy inhalants
- Idling and therefore depend other people
- Dirty, unkempt and smelling bad
- Fighting other people and among themselves

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raphael answered the question on October 8, 2018 at 04:23