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: All drugs have [[Side Effect|side effects]].

: Drugs can change the way you think and make you do things you wouldn't normally.

Some common [[medicine]] types you may have heard of:

*[[Pain Killer]]s - They can reduce pain or even make it go away.

*[[Antibiotic]]s - They weaken [[bacteria]] when you have an infection.

*[[Antihistamine]]s - They reduce the [[symptom]]s of [[Hay Fever|hay fever]].

The [[legal]] [[drug]]s we take that are not [[medicine]] are:

*[[Alcohol]] - Slows your reactions and makes you over confident.

*[[Caffeine]] - Speeds up your reaction speed.

*[[Nicotine]] - Makes you feel relaxed but speeds up your heart rate.

Some dangerous [[illegal]] [[drug]]s that you may have heard of:

*[[Cannabis]] - Can make you feel happy or paranoid but makes you lazy and can lead to psychosis.

*[[LSD]] - Gives you [[hallucination]]s that can seem fun or can seem very scary. Hallucinations might include: Thinking you're invincible so you walk into traffic on the motorway. Believing spiders are chasing you and jumping out of a window to escape them. Feeling constantly thirsty and drinking so much water that it kills you.

: These drugs are illegal because they are so much more dangerous than caffeine, alcohol and nicotine. What makes them even worse is that the people that sell them may have added other ingredients that can be even more harmful.