Drug and Alcohol Awareness

Generally, use of illegal drugs and alcohol must not be tolerated in a workplace. These affect health and well being and impede work performance.

How Drugs Affect Health and Well Being:

Marijuana/weed/grass
Marijuana is a recreational drug with no harmful sideeffects, but contains known toxins and cancer-causing chemical which is stored in fat cells for as long as 2 months, users experience health problems as tobacoo smokers such as bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. When smoke daily or weekly, users can be psychologically addicted to the drug. With continued use, users tend to develop short term memory problems and feelings of paranoia which often quite severe. It Affects the brain in very specific way, THC, whch is the main mind altering chemical in marijuana widens the gaps between nerve cells causing a “decreased transmission of impulses”. Therefore, users appear laid back with brief, total drop out in reaction time. Lingering effects include dercrease coordination, lowered reaction time and impaired vision - all vial functions require to maintain a safe vessel.

Cocaine
Cocaine is a highly addictive drug, so powerful that laboratory test animal, poses a very high health risks. Even first time users experience seizures and respiratory difficulties. When ingested, blood vessels tighten, making the heart work harder and faster and can lead to heart attack even in young healthy individuals. After a cocaine high, users experience severe feeling of depression, followed by a strong craving for more of the drug. This preoccupation or constant craving for cocaine negatively alters ones personal skills, affecting the safety and efficiency of work performance. Users under the influence of cocaine tend to work longer than necessary.

Crack
Crack is more purified form of cocaine and is classified by experts as the most addictive drug ever sold on the streets. First time users are unaware of the extremely addictive property of the drug, often slipping into the dependency of drug addiction. It is not just the nightmare of addiction, but the "detrimental effects", it affects users mind and body. Bronchitis, emphysema, blood pressure rises, possibility of heart attack, convulsions etc.

Opiates/Narcotics
Opiates/narcotics is a depressant drug. It slows down body’s vital functions producing a trans-light state, heroin is a leading cause of narcotic addiction. It is injected and contributed to spread infections.