i need to know what does long term drug abuse does to your nose and the rest of your head?
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Snorting drugs will impact on the minor blood vessels in the area. They are close to the skin surface and they are constricted by drug use. Blood supply to the area is reduced and, basically, the flesh dies. Keep it up and she'll end up with a mono-nostril and it will go on from there.
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No and no, 99.9% of drug fund organized crime. So the money people spend on drugs can go towards people smuggling, prostitution and other crimes which take advantage of vulnerable people.\n\nAnother worry with drugs is that very few drugs bought are 100% pure and are cut with other compounds. These can be anything your dealer wants or finds lying around. With horror stories such as Ajax (bleach in powder form) being used to cut cocaine, I really wouldn't want to put that up my nose!\n\nAfter briefly studying the effects of drugs during my chemistry degree. What I saw about the effects of drugs on various parts of the body put me off even thinking about taking any type of drug in my lifetime. Even 'harmless' weed has been shown to cause long term effect on the brain. Although weed has less tar in it than tobacco it still has tar in it which is not good for you at all.
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Cocaine is about the most potent vasoconstrictor we know of (i.e. it causes blood vessels to constrict and dramativally reduce the blood flow to the tissues in the nose). The nasal mucosa and ultimately the cartilage consequently are starved of blood (and hence oxygen and other vital things) which causes them to die off in a process called ischaemic necrosis. This eventually breaks down and leaves a perforated nasal septum (the wall in the middle of the nose) a.k.a Daniella Westbrook
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Effects on the Brain\n\nScientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to organs throughout the body, including the brain.\n\nIn the brain, THC connects to specific sites called cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells and influences the activity of those cells. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors; others have few or none. Many cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement4.\n\nThe short-term effects of marijuana can include problems with memory and learning; distorted perception; difficulty in thinking and problem solving; loss of coordination; and increased heart rate. Research findings for long-term marijuana abuse indicate some changes in the brain similar to those seen after long-term abuse of other major drugs. For example, cannabinoid (THC or synthetic forms of THC) withdrawal in chronically exposed animals leads to an increase in the activation of the stress-response system5 and changes in the activity of nerve cells containing dopamine6. Dopamine neurons are involved in the regulation of motivation and reward, and are directly or indirectly affected by all drugs of abuse.\n\n\nEffects on the Heart\n\nOne study has indicated that an abuser's risk of heart attack more than quadruples in the first hour after smoking marijuana7. The researchers suggest that such an effect might occur from marijuana's effects on blood pressure and heart rate and reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.\n\n\nEffects on the Lungs\n\nA study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers8. Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.\n\nEven infrequent abuse can cause burning and stinging of the mouth and throat, often accompanied by a heavy cough. Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers do, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, a heightened risk of lung infections, and a greater tendency to obstructed airways9. Smoking marijuana possibly increases the likelihood of developing cancer of the head or neck. A study comparing 173 cancer patients and 176 healthy individuals produced evidence that marijuana smoking doubled or tripled the risk of these cancers10.\n\nMarijuana abuse also has the potential to promote cancer of the lungs and other parts of the respiratory tract because it contains irritants and carcinogens9,11. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke12. It also induces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into their carcinogenic form—levels that may accelerate the changes that ultimately produce malignant cells13. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which increases the lungs' exposure to carcinogenic smoke. These facts suggest that, puff for puff, smoking marijuana may be more harmful to the lungs than smoking tobacco.\n\n\nOther Health Effects\n\nSome of marijuana's adverse health effects may occur because THC impairs the immune system's ability to fight disease. In laboratory experiments that exposed animal and human cells to THC or other marijuana ingredients, the normal disease-preventing reactions of many of the key types of immune cells were inhibited14. In other studies, mice exposed to THC or related substances were more likely than unexposed mice to develop bacterial infections and tumors15,16.\n\n\nEffects of Heavy Marijuana Use on Learning and Social Behavior\n\nResearch clearly demonstrate
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Scroll down to "Chronic"\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine\n\nHere is another view from www.erowid.org\nLONG-TERM USE:\nHeavy, regular use of cocaine is known to cause restlessness, anxiety, hyperexcitability, paranoia, irritability, insomnia, weight loss, and a variety of other less acute psychological symptoms. Insufflation of any substance can lead to damaging the cartiledge and mucosa in the nose, eventually leading to a hole in the septum (the soft structure separating the nostils). If injected, cocaine use can lead to a wide variety of problems including life-threatening infections, shared needle-related blood diseases, etc.\nhttp://www.erowid.org/chemicals/cocaine/cocaine.shtml\n\nCheck out both sites,\n\nMikeC
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Effects on the Brain\nScientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to organs throughout the body, including the brain.\n\nIn the brain, THC connects to specific sites called cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells and influences the activity of those cells. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors; others have few or none. Many cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement\n\nThe short-term effects of marijuana can include problems with memory and learning; distorted perception; difficulty in thinking and problem solving; loss of coordination; and increased heart rate. Research findings for long-term marijuana use indicate some changes in the brain similar to those seen after long-term use of other major drugs of abuse. For example, cannabinoid (THC or synthetic forms of THC) withdrawal in chronically exposed animals leads to an increase in the activation of the stress-response system and changes in the activity of nerve cells containing dopamine. Dopamine neurons are involved in the regulation of motivation and reward, and are directly or indirectly affected by all drugs of abuse.\n\nEffects on the Heart\nOne study has indicated that a user’s risk of heart attack more than quadruples in the first hour after smoking marijuana. The researchers suggest that such an effect might occur from marijuana’s effects on blood pressure and heart rate and reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.\n\nEffects on the Lungs\nA study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers. Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.\n\nEven infrequent use can cause burning and stinging of the mouth and throat, often accompanied by a heavy cough. Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers do, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, a heightened risk of lung infections, and a greater tendency to obstructed airways. Smoking marijuana increases the likelihood of developing cancer of the head or neck, and the more marijuana smoked the greater the increase. A study comparing 173 cancer patients and 176 healthy individuals produced strong evidence that marijuana smoking doubled or tripled the risk of these cancers.\n\nMarijuana use also has the potential to promote cancer of the lungs and other parts of the respiratory tract because it contains irritants and carcinogens. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. It also produces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into their carcinogenic form—levels that may accelerate the changes that ultimately produce malignant cells. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which increases the lungs’ exposure to carcinogenic smoke. These facts suggest that, puff for puff, smoking marijuana may increase the risk of cancer more than smoking tobacco.\n\nOther Health Effects\nSome of marijuana’s adverse health effects may occur because THC impairs the immune system’s ability to fight off infectious diseases and cancer. In laboratory experiments that exposed animal and human cells to THC or other marijuana ingredients, the normal disease-preventing reactions of many of the key types of immune cells were inhibited. In other studies, mice exposed to THC or related substances were more likely than unexposed mice to develop bacterial infections and tumors.\n\nEffects of Heavy Marijuana Use on Learning and Social Behavi
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3-5 days, maximum...But let me tell you something, do a search for:  Faces Of Meth on the net.  They are no joke.  Sure you might piss clean after a few days.  But if you keep screwing around with meth, not only will you not care about any more urine screens but it won't even matter because the meth will show up VISUALLY all over your face and body.  I've seen it on everybody that I know that uses the junk...it's because the ingrediants are so toxic that not only does it poison your brain, but it totally breaks down your body.  Hopefully you will stop using that sh*t, if not then I, along with most other people, won't even respect you enough to answer your questions seriously anymore.  Meth addicts are a total waste of space.  Do your brain, body, and face a favor and quit that shit.
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Short-term cocaine effects include: \n1. Increased blood pressure\n2. Constricted blood vessels\n3. Dilated pupils\n4. Mental alertness\n5. Increased energy\n6. Increased heart rate\n7. Decreased appetite\n8. Increased temperature\n\nOther long-term cocaine effects include: \n1. Addiction\n2. Paranoia\n3. Irritability\n4. Restlessness\n5. Auditory hallucinations\n6. Mood disturbances\n\nwell, those are just the LITTLE effects of cocaine.. if you want a thorought reading on its effects, read this sight below, i find it very useful and brief and straightforward in the effects of cocaine and a lot more..\n\nand since i think God is calling me to type more and give you a lot more information, ill summarize the effects for you.. here it follows..\n\n1. cocaine effects could lead to permamnent damage, addiction and DEATH!\n2. CARDIAC ARREST or SEIZURES and RESPIRATORY FAILURE..!! (oh my, would you like to look so ogly dying because you can no longer breathe?)\n3. when you try using cocaine, the initial effects is that you will have increased energy leading to great productiveness at the beginning and longer endurance, but to attain this, you will have to consume more and more cocaine, your body will urge you to have more that will lead to addiction!!! (would you like your friend to be an addict and if get caught be thrown to jail or a mental ward??)\n4. appetite suppression will lead to a thin figure but this will only urge your body to consume more and more cocaine, and the effest will be none other than aDDICTION again!\n5. when you get addicted to that drug, you will now build a drug tolerance that will yield you to consume much more drugs than you take before, and this follows a great variety of SERIOUS medical condition!\n      *heart disease\n      *heart attacks\n      *respiratory failure\n      *strokes\n      *seizures\n      *gastrointestinal problems\n      *convulsions\n      *nausea\n      *blurred vision\n      *chest pain\n      *fever\n      *muscle spasms\n      *coma.. = DEATH!\n\nif you love your friend like i know you do, please let him/her read this sight. or its better to tell him/her this informations. or rather, seek help, do something wghile you still can. i know you love them, dont you?? \n\n\nhttp://www.friendster.com/profiles/kimpotpot
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that what happened to my friend to here hearing is very sensitive to drugs maybe because you have a very delicut brain cell that allows u to here
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it all depends on how you have treated it,drugs,alcohol.brain damage
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Behind your nose, cheeks, forehead area are lots of little "holes" and "pockets" that are part of your sinus.  When you have a cold they fill with fluid and become irritated, trying to flush out germs etc.  You may blow, but they refill.  Until the irritation starts to subside.  That is why some peoples upper cheeks, jaw, forehead, nasal area hurts when they have a cold or allergies.  The pockets are filled with fluid.
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it burns and could cause some damage to the nasal cavity\n\nwhen it comes to pain killers you really should just chew them up a bit and swallow..
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Irritants are bad for your body.  When irritants, like dirt or dust, get into your nose, the sensitive receptors in your nose detect it and expel the irritants.  Also, some of the irritants get stuck in your nose hair or your cilia (which are like smaller nose hairs basically), before they can irritate the more sensitive receptors at the back of your nasal cavity.  The sneeze prevents these irritants from polluting and irritating your lungs, because your lungs have very sensitive receptors that are easily damaged.
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Probably burning in the sinuses and persistent sneezing and sniffing, like a coke addict.
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Your glasses, sinus trouble, smoking, drinking & other drugs, also stress & bad diet.
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With long alcohol abuse they will have broken blood vessels looking like tiny red veins in their face, sometimes a bulbous nose.  a true alcoholic detests sweets of any kind.  Some have a swollen midsection even though they rarely eat.
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Injury to the nose will be noticeable and painful.  Were you in a coma?