This document discusses different types of drugs, including their effects and usage statistics. It covers alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamine, and prescription drugs. Alcohol is a depressant that is commonly abused by teenagers despite its dangers. Tobacco kills over 500,000 Americans annually through various health issues. Marijuana has mind-altering effects from the chemical THC and can be consumed in different ways. Methamphetamine is an addictive stimulant that is produced illegally and harms the environment. Prescription drugs are beneficial when prescribed but dangerous when abused. A study found Cairo has high drug addiction rates, with 1-1.4 million people addicted to heroin or Tramadol.

1. DRUGS

2. What are drugs
Any chemical or biological substance used to cure organisms

3. Types of drugs
1- Alcohol
2- Tobacco
3-Marijuana
4-Methamphetamine
5-Prescription drugs

4. Alcohol
Alcohol is a depressant that is sold as beer, wine or liquor. According to the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one in two teenagers
consumed alcohol in the past year. Although many teenagers consider it fun, it is
very dangerous. The effects of alcohol on your body depend on your size,
weight, sex, age and the amount of food you have consumed.

5. Tobacco
Tobacco comes in the forms of cigarettes, cigars or smokeless tobacco. Many teenagers also use
water pipes – or hookahs – to smoke tobacco. This is just as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.
Nicotine is the stimulating chemical in tobacco that makes it addictive. However, there are also
more than 4,000 other chemicals in tobacco that are also poisonous. Some people think
smokeless tobacco is healthier – but it is not. According to the American Lung Association, three
to four times the amount of nicotine is consumed from smokeless tobacco than from a cigarette.
About 500,000 Americans die each year from tobacco use, which is more than all other
drugs combined.

6. Marijuana
Marijuana goes by a variety of nicknames such as: dope, grass, Mary Jane, pot, reefer, weed,
skunk, chronic and ganja. Call it what you want, but marijuana has dangerous effects. Marijuana
comes from the cannabis sativa plant. There is a chemical called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC) in marijuana that makes it a mind-altering substance. People use marijuana in several
ways. One way is rolling marijuana into a cigarette called a joint. Another way is emptying cigars
and filling them with marijuana. Others smoke marijuana through a water pipe called a bong.
Lastly, some people mix it with food (brownies are commonly used) or brew it into their tea.

7. Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, commonly called speed, meth, glass, or crystal, is an addictive stimulant.
Methamphetamine is taken orally, injected, or snorted. It is also, like cocaine, turned into a
crystal that is smoked. Methamphetamine is often produced in labs, either legal or illegal, which
harm the environment.

8. Prescription drugs
Prescription drugs are highly beneficial – for the people to whom they are prescribed. When
unnecessarily taken, these drugs are very dangerous. Prescription pill use can be categorized by
three types: pain relievers, sedatives and tranquilizers, and stimulants.

9. The latest drug abuse report produced this year by the Ministry of
Health shows drug addiction in Cairo to be at record high levels, with
five to seven percent of the population believed to be addicted to
some form of drugs. That figure translates to between 1-1.4 million
people, and the drugs most likely to cause addiction are heroin and
Tramadol, a synthetic opiate pharmaceutical.
“This statistic is not casual users, which is 25-30 percent of the
population and includes consumers of hashish and alcohol, it means
five to seven percent are abusing drugs harmfully and are
dependent, which is incredibly high,” says Emad Hamdi-Ghoz, the
head of psychiatry at Cairo University and the leader of the team that
conducted the study.
These statistics also make Cairo the country’s drug abuse capital, as
data from other governorates show a 1.6 percent addiction rate, and
a 10 percent casual user rate.

15. Conclusion
“In a country where 50 percent of the male
population smokes tobacco, and most don’t see it
as necessarily harmful, you’re already halfway to
trying hashish or bongo,” he says. Doctor Habiby
furthers this view in his belief that hashish and
bongo are a major problem in Egypt, because the
majority of the population does not see them as a
problem, unlike alcohol, which is generally
considered haram (sinful).
He believes that the city needs serious
campaigning, not only in schools and universities,
but in poorer areas where access to information
and education is limited. “Awareness is practically
non-existent where we need it most,” he says. Ancient Egypt