Drugs work by changing chemicals in your brain that control your mood. Most drugs boost or imitate the behavior of chemicals (like adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin) which regulate our mood, well being and energy levels. These chemical messengers are part of what makes us feel happy. The reason people continue doing drugs or become addicted is to do with a part of the brain called the reward pathway. It’s an area deep in the …showed first 75 words of 4504 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4504 total…body are only half the story. Quite often people are more at risk by what they do when they are on drugs. Driving on drugs is an obvious example. But getting into fights and having unsafe sex when you’re on drugs can also be more risky than the actual drugs themselves. Bibliography - Drugs and Medical Encyclopedia (G. Aristotelis & Sia) 1990 - Mixmag Magazine (Issue 117) February 2001 - www.encarta.msn.com - www.ecstasy.org