CIS PROJECT BY: Kati Roy & Heidi Carroll

1. CIS PROJECT BY: Kati Roy & Heidi Carroll *Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking Addictions*

2. What is drug addictions? • Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized by compulsive, at times uncontrollable, drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of • http://www.letusfindout.com/why-people-use-marijuana/

3. Why do people smoke marijuana? • The most common reason why people smoke marijuana is that it relaxes the mind of smokers and they completely forget about their tensions, troubles and problems. http://www.letusfindout.com/why-people-use-marijuana/

4. The affects of Marijuana • bloodshot eyes, • dry throat and mouth, • reduced blood pressure, • faster pulse rate and heartbeat. • Inexperienced smokers may experience fits of coughing when they smoke weed. • reduced concentration, erratic blood pressure, • short term memory loss, • confused feeling and distorted sighthttp://www.effectsofweed.org/effectsofweed/

5. What is a smoking addiction? • A smoking addiction means a person has formed an uncontrollable dependence on cigarettes to the point where stopping smoking would cause severe emotional, mental, or physical reactions. • http://ehealthmd.com/library/smoking/SMO_whatis.html

6. Why do people Smoke? • Smoking can make you feel nice • For some it's relaxing, and helps combat the stresses of life • It's often a sociable thing to do - offering good cigarettes or even a cigar can be perceived as a great way of getting to know people! • Many human beings just love having something in their mouths - remember that childhood dummy? • Finally, and most importantly, nicotine is a VERY addictive drug.http://www.retirement-matters.co.uk/gparchive/smoking.htm

7. The Affects of Smoking! • Heart disease. Smoking is responsible for 30 percent of all heart attacks and cardiovascular deaths. • Cancer. It is responsible for at least 30 percent of all cancer deaths and 87 percent of lung cancer deaths each year. • Lung problems. Smoking is responsible for 82 percent of deaths due to emphysema and chronic bronchitis. • Smoking also exacerbates diseases and conditions that are not always fatal, but cause suffering or are sources of personal concern. • Smoking delays healing of peptic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, many of which would heal spontaneously in non-smokers. • Its effects on blood vessels cause chronic pains in the legs (claudication) which can progress to gangrene and amputations of the toes or feet. • An effect on elastic tissue causes wrinkling of the skin of the face to develop earlier in chronic smokers. On average they look 5 years older than non-smokers of the same age do. • Smoking also brings on an earlier menopause in women, advancing it by an average of 5 years. • It reduces women's fertility and delays conception after they stop using oral contraceptives. • It impairs erections in middle-aged and older men and may affect the quality of their sperm. It seems to "sedate" sperm and to impair their motility. This is reversed after stopping smoking. • Smoking accelerates the rate of osteoporosis, a disease which causes bones to weaken and fracture more easily. • Women who smoke during pregnancy damage their unborn child, causing effects that last throughout the child's life. The risks of miscarriage, premature birth, and death of the baby in its first year of life are all significantly increased • http://ehealthmd.com/library/smoking/SMO_affects.htmlchitis.\

8. What is alcohol addiction? wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn • Alcohol addiction is habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

9. Why do people drink?

10. The effects of drinking to much! • When a person drinks it increases the risk of a number of all kinds of diseases: fatty degeneration of the liver, infection of the liver, liver cirrhosis , sleeping disorders, sexual problems, infection of the esophagus, infection of the stomach, infection of the pancreas, premature dementia, cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, intestines and breasts; hypertension and heart problems. • http://www.drug-rehabs.org/ia.php?aid=23