Effects Of Abusing Marijuana Illegally or Medicinally

Many people smoke marijuana and do not believe that they are abusing a drug.  They liken their use to that of others smoking cigarettes.  While in some places marijuana use is legal, there are still a great many places that it is illegal to smoke pot.

The most common effect of smoking pot is a feeling of relaxation and feeling a highness.  These good effects are offset by the side effects of impaired motor skills and short term memory loss.  Dry mouth and red eyes are often commonly reported as well.

While there are many people that abuse pot and can not function well, either with or without pot, there are others that use the marijuana to function.  These people are the ones that have been prescribed medical marijuana.  Marijuana has been found to be helpful for some patients that have been diagnosed with cancer.

There still remains a great debate as to whether these effects truly help the patient.  Many authorities believe that there are too many potential side effects, and that it is too difficult to regulate.  There are many studies that are attempting to prove our disprove various theories about the use of marijuana.

It will be between the patient and their doctor as to whether or not they believe pot could have a beneficial effect.  For those people that are using pot recreationally, then it will have to be a chance that they take as to whether or not they are caught in an area where marijuana is illegal.  Until marijuana can be regulated in a way such as tobacco or alcohol, it will probably never be legal for use in all areas.  As with any drug use, the user will have to weigh the pros and the cons to determine whether or not the risks are worth it.

Heroin Dangers: The Hot Dose

 

There are a great many dangers that are associated with the use of heroin, and all of them are quite terrifying. None of those dangers compare to the danger of a "hot dose" though, which is dangerous and horrifying.

What is a Hot Dose?

A "hot dose" is the name given to a dose of heroin that has been purposefully tainted. Most often times, the dose is spiked with battery acid, it is done on purpose, and usually with a malicious intent.

What Happens if you Shoot a Hot Dose?

You die. It is as simple as that. This is a dose of heroin that is designed to kill the user as soon as the heroin/battery acid reaches the heart.

Who Creates Hot Doses?

Hot doses can be created by anyone who has heroin and wants to make it deadly by adding the battery acid. As horrifying as it may sound, the majority of hot doses are mixed by one junkie and given to another, in order to kill and rob that person and blame it on an accidental overdose. The hot doses also have been reported to be used to shoot-up someone that was passed-out to simply just kill them and make it look like an overdose. 

And then there are the truly frightening cases of drug dealers who for whatever reason give out these doses to customers who angered them, were always late with payments, etc. There have also been cases of people who are just crazy and started selling hot doses simply to kill others.

Hot Doses are simply killer doses of heroin. You cannot tell the difference between a regular dose and a hot dose, so the danger is always there that this use of the drug will be a fatal one. This is why heroin itself is a terrifying drug, with many more dangers that just the risk of addiction and accidental overdose.