Drug use may not always be dangerous but there are still REAL risks involved
These risks include:
damage to health
accidents while you are not in control of what you are doing
taking too much in one go
becoming addicted
getting in with the wrong crowd
missing school work
falling out with family and friends
getting into trouble with the police
not knowing what you are taking
How risky is using drugs?
It depends... you have to think about the drug itself and how it is
being used. Remember drugs can contain other substances which may be extremely harmful and therefore not always what people say they are.
Different drugs carry different risks: for example you can OVERDOSE and die on heroin whereas a drug like LSD is very unlikely to cause a person's death.
The more drugs someone takes the greater the danger: using drugs more frequently or using more at the same time increases the likelihood of ill effects.
The way a drug is taken: injecting is by far the most dangerous way to take drugs.
Find out more ...
Drug effects - all about the different types of drugs and how they effect you.
