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DRUGS and GLOBAL TRENDS
Captain / Yousuf Ahmed AL-Balushi Cocaine is a powerful natural stimulant. It is
Head of Regional and International extracted from the leaves of the coca plant
that grows in South America, where the people
Cooperatino Department chew it or drink it to energize and overcome
exhaustion.
What are drugs?
Ecstasy is a type of psychoactive stimulant
It is any chemical substance that has a direct derived from amphetamine. This type of
effect on the performance of the human body stimulant has a complex effect on the brain
in its natural state, but not all drugs are illegal. and body. This type of stimulant is made in the
There are many types of drugs, but some are form of tablets with a logo or in the form of a
legal. For example, alcohol, caffeine in coffee, powder.
nicotine in tobacco, and medicines. Humans Heroin is obtained from morphine which
use medicines to treat diseases and relieve extracted from the opium poppy plant. A
pain. However, some of the drugs have serious strong narcotic of the central nervous system
side effects, which led to the imposition of strict and causes strong physical and psychological
control over them by most countries of the addiction. There are two types of heroin, white
world. and brown. White heroin is pure heroin, which is
mostly injected. The other type is brown heroin,
Types of Drugs it is known as street heroin, and this type is
smoked.
Cannabis is also known as marijuana. It is
a psychoactive drug extracted from the
cannabis plant. It has various mental and
physical effects. The color of this drug tends to
be green or brown and it is smoked or can be
ingested after adding to food products.
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