Drugs abuse can harm your body

Bones

Heroin use and intravenous drug misuse can also lead to infections and diseases in muscles and tendons.

Steroids can cause the brain to signal the bones to stop growing. Teens who abuse steroids may never reach their full adult height.

Physique

Meth causes a decrease in appetite, causing you to look thin and skeletal.

Steroids can cause youth to stop growing – they may never reach their full adult height.

Lungs

Smoking marijuana can cause breathing diseases, including a chronic cough, bronchitis, and emphysema, and lung inflammation and lung infection.

Kidneys

Ecstasy and meth raise your body temperature, causing dehydration, which restricts blood flow to the kidneys and may result in kidney failure.

Mouth

Meth causes dry mouth, teeth clenching, and poor dental hygiene, resulting in meth mouth – rotten teeth, gum disease, and bad breath.

Heart

Stimulants, like cocaine and meth, cause irregular heartbeats, heart attack, stroke, blood clots, heart damage, or sudden death. Inhalants can cause a rapid or irregular heartbeat, leading to heart failure and death. Fatal cardiac slowdown can be caused by sedatives, prescription pain medication, or opioids. Mix alcohol with any of these drugs and you increase your risk of coma and death!