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Get
the low down on all the major drugs by clicking on the
names below. Each fact file opens in a new window.
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this page:
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 Drug
Dangers
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
dependent
- getting
in with the wrong crowd
- missing
school work
- falling
out with family and friends
- getting
into trouble with the police
 How
risky is using drugs?
It
depends... you have to think about the drug itself and how
it is
being used:
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.
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