Drugs Effects on Our Bodies

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Drugs Effects on Our Bodies

‘ We are stewards of ourselves’

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Aims – To have the information on:

Solvents

Alcohol

Tobacco

-The effects of these on the health of the body.

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Solvents

Affect behaviour

Can damage the lungs, liver and brain

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Alcohol

Has an effect on the nervous system

Slows down reaction time,

causes loss of self control + even coma

May damage the liver and brain

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Tobacco

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Tobacco

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Tobacco

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Tobacco

Tobacco contains substances which cause:

Lung cancer

bronchitis and emphysema

Heart disease + damage to blood vessels

Pregnant smokers often have low weight babies due to carbon monoxide in the blood reducing the oxygen supply to the baby

( Carbon monoxide irreversibly combines with the haemoglobin in red blood cells)