The brain, the complex system, or organ that controls everything we do; from little things like movement to more complex areas like language, the ability to think logically and to make moral judgments. The brain is probably the most important part in our body, along with the heart. If it weren't for our brain we wouldn't have the ability to do simple things like walk or even speak. The brain is what triggers, or tells the rest of the body what to do. It should be an important goal, and necessity to make sure our brains stay healthy and ensure that no damage is done to our brain in order to function to the fullest and properly.
Manly people today however do not protect their bodies, or brain the way they should. Today drugs are a social contribution. The semi easy and availability to drugs and other damaging substances are becoming popular ideas among many people, whether they are young, and trying to be "cool" or older. It seems to be that substance abuse or addiction is only becoming more of a problem. The more someone uses drugs the more it will damage their brain. Drug addiction is a brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. The more they abuse drugs the more their brain is going to rely on them, and the brain sends the person intense impulses to take them; it becomes a necessity, or addiction. It is not a good idea for anyone to become addicted to drugs, because if they continue to use them their brain will change and send messages to the body that it needs more drugs, which will hurt your body, and cause it to become more damaged and unhealthy.
Although drug addiction is bad, and can have serious effects on your health it has recently been discovered in a study that the most popular rave drug, Ecstasy, may not have damaging effects on the brain. The study done was the largest study ever done on the drug, costing 1.8 million dollars funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The study showed that when testing for other factors that might lead to impairment, such as sleep deprivation and dehydration commonplace in rave culture, previous habitual drug or alcohol use, and former cognitive damage for any reason could lead to reasons why ecstasy previously might have been linked to brain damage. However when you take those factors out and just focus on the Ecstasy users only, with no previous drug abuse or cognitive damage the results are different. The initial 1,500 subjects selected for the study was reduced to only 52 cognitively clean subjects. This means that those who were only taking the drug Ecstasy and not effected by these other factors were thinking clearly and their brain was not effected by the drug. Thus proving that the drug Ecstasy does not effect the brain.
Love & Peace.
Dont do drugs. :)
This is a great article, and I'm glad to see that you backed up your information so well. It is strange to think that the things our society condemns so much might not be the total problem! You never see commercials warning kids of the dangers of not getting enough sleep and driving, now do you? The focus needs to shift a little bit onto the more common problems. Good work!
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