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Drugs and the Body-It Isn't Pretty

Nicotine. Heroin. Cocaine. Marijuana. Inhalants. Methamphetamine. Steroids. They all cause damage. Click on this diagram to find out how each part of the body is affected by drugs of abuse.

From Scholastic and the Scientists of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services