The Risks of Long Term Drug Addiction

For prolonged drug abuse is often subject to dependency. In the long term, the risk of drugs on the body increases.

Effects of prolonged drug addiction are:

  • Certain organs can be damaged and overloaded.
  • The way of life of the addict, which is enforced by the drugs will change considerably.
  • Drugs are used at the expense of healthy eating or a healthy social life (family, friends or acquaintances).

This drug addict experiences physical and mental decline. The fact that drugs are illegal also plays a big role. In the long term, risks occur where doctors and researchers have no idea what effect it has on the physical and mental state of drug addicts.

The side effects of drugs can lead to increased blood pressure, a dry throat and mouth, the stiffening of the jaw muscles, teeth grinding, heart palpitations (which may startle or cause fear), nausea, anxiety, poisoning, muscle cramps, depressed or anxious. In people with heart disease, diabetes and epilepsy it can become a big problem.

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