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Impact of Drug Abuse on Health and Society

Drug abuse can have serious negative health effects on individuals and society. It can cause various health problems by damaging organs and changing the brain in ways that may be permanent. Drug use during pregnancy can result in birth defects, low birth weight, premature birth, or behavioral and learning problems for the baby. The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 was passed in the Philippines to help address issues related to drug abuse and trafficking.

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Impact of Drug Abuse on Health and Society

Drug abuse can have serious negative health effects on individuals and society. It can cause various health problems by damaging organs and changing the brain in ways that may be permanent. Drug use during pregnancy can result in birth defects, low birth weight, premature birth, or behavioral and learning problems for the baby. The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 was passed in the Philippines to help address issues related to drug abuse and trafficking.

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Effects of drugs in society, And in our body.


The negative consequences of drug abuse affect not only individuals who abuse drugs but also
their families and friends, various businesses, and government resources.
The most obvious effects of drug abuse--which are manifested in the individuals who abuse
drugs--include ill health, sickness and, ultimately, death.
Through injection drug use, devastating to an abuser's health is the contraction of needle
borne illnesses including hepatitis and HIV/AIDS
some drugs can even change a person's body and brain in ways that last long after the person
has stopped taking drugs, maybe even permanently.

Health Problems The impact of drug abuse and dependence can be far-reaching,
affecting almost every organ in the human body. Drug use can:

Cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal [Link]

Effects On The Brain Although initial drug use may be voluntary, drugs have been
shown to alter brain chemistry, which interferes with an individual's ability to make decisions and
can lead to compulsive craving, seeking and use. This then becomes a substance dependency.

This flood of dopamine is what causes the "high" or euphoria associated with
drug abuse. (baliw ganun)

Behavioral Problems

Impulsiveness (di alam gagawin sa isang bagay o Gawain)

Hallucinations

Birth Defects
Nearly 4 percent of pregnant women in the United States use illicit drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy and
other amphetamines, and heroin1. These and other illicit drugs may pose various risks for pregnant women and their
babies. Some of these drugs can cause a baby to be born too small or too soon, or to have withdrawal symptoms,
birth defects or learning and behavioral problems. Additionally, illicit drugs may be prepared with impurities that may
be harmful to a pregnancy.
Finally, pregnant women who use illicit drugs may engage in other unhealthy behaviors that place their pregnancy at
risk, such as having extremely poor nutrition or developing sexually transmitted infections.

Republic Act no. 9615


An act instituting the comprehensive Dangerous drugs act of 2002,
Repealing republic act no. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous drugs act of
1972, as amended, Providing funds there for, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representative of the Philippines in


Congress

Section 1) Short title this Act shall be known and cited as the Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

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