Drugs and Narcotics

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This paper discusses how people of all societies and nationalities take drugs for different purposes ranging from spiritual to medical to recreational. It shows how all known drugs can be categorized into groups such as stimulants, steroids, depressants or hallucinogens etc. and examines some of their short and long term physical and psychological effects. It looks at some of the legal aspects of drugs and the problems of trafficking (illegal mobilization), focusing on some of the offending countries.

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"The substance in cigarettes that causes addiction to tobacco is known as nicotine. If smoked for a short time, nicotine aids its users in relaxing. It initially causes a rush of adrenaline, the substance released when you are excited. However it cause an increase in basal metabolic rate meaning that you lose weight without doing any work. This is not a safe way of losing weight, nonetheless; because concurrently it also effects the release of insulin, the substance that stores excess glucose, and makes a person hyperglycemic. "

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