A common definition for drugs is: "any substance, natural or synthetic, which when taken into the body, is intended to bring a change in medical, behavioral or perceptual states for either therapeutic or non-medical purposes". In most cases when referring to drugs it is pertaining to their medical use.

A specific drug used in medicine is nitrous oxide. This drug is used as an anesthetic and its effects are relaxation of the muscles, loss of sensation such as pain and loss of consciousness. This is a drug that you would encounter normally only for medical use, but what other type of drugs are there? In our daily habits we encounter a drug called caffeine. This drug is present in coffee, tea and other substances such as chocolate. The effects of caffeine are increased heart rate, anxiety and also diarrhea. Slight physical addict

as ecstasy or mild like caffeine many are guilty of having dependence.

What draws us to use these legal or illegal drugs is difficult to say. Although harmful effects are known people tend to look past the residual effects and only consider the present state of their actions and not the consequences. While speaking to a young girl on the Internet about the topic of drugs, I inquired as to why she took drugs? She typed back "as an escape from reality, drugs are so much better than real life". I sat back in my chair and pondered her response. Society is infected with drugs that are created by man for our medicinal and recreational use. One would figure that factors such as mental disease and physical harm would deter people in today's health conscious society from such destructive devices. Drugs are more commonly accepted in society than wee are willing to acknowledge. Drugs are presented, pushed and glamorized to us by medical professionals and by our peers. Drugs use applies to everyone in today's world and whether the drug is harsh such!

ion has been linked to the use of caffeine. Although the use of this drug in today's' society is quite common, people either ignore, or are not aware of its side effects.

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