There are so many types of drugs for people to become addicted to these days. One of the books I read this year aloud me to see what drugs can really do to you. You all remember D.A.R.E and how we watched those cheesy videos on how bad drugs were. Well I decided after reading the book "A Million Little Pieces" that I would do some research on all the different kinds of drugs that James Frey (the author of A Million Little Pieces) used.
His most used drug was Alcohol.
Below you see a picture of a 15 year olds brain with and without alcohol.
You can see that the one on the top is A LOT more active and thinking then the one on the bottom.
Alcohol is a depressant. When too much alcohol is consumed in a short period of time, that can result in alcohol poisoning. Alcohol Poisoning's side affects include violent vomiting, which is usually the first symptom of alcohol poisoning. Extreme sleepiness, unconsciousness, difficulty breathing, dangerously low blood sugar, seizures, and even death may result. The book never says that he had poisoning but from all of the side effects, I'm pretty sure that he did. He would be unconscious ALL the time, and throw up consistanly.
A 19-year-old Southern Methodist University student who was found unconscious in a dorm this month died of alcohol poisoning, the Dallas County medical examiner's office said Wednesday.
Jordan Crist's blood alcohol level was 0.4, or five times the .08 legal limit, when he died, according to the medical examiner's office. He's the third SMU student whose death has been linked to either drugs or alcohol since December.
The second drug that James Frey was highly addicted to was crack. Now crack hasn't always been a "bad" drug. As many of you know crack was in Coca-Cola in the early 1900's. A typical serving contained around 60mg of cocaine. Cocaine at first, makes people feel energetic and powerful. The feelings soon wear off, and that makes them quickly become depressed and edgy—and they start really really craving more to get their high back. It is one of the most addictive drugs out there! Cocaine speeds up your heart rate and increases your blood pressure. Your breathing becomes much faster. This kind of stuff can easily lead to heart attacks, strokes, and respiratory failure. Brain seizures, and it lowers your immune system.
In the book "A Million Little Pieces," the first couple of weeks that James Frey was in the hospital to get better he would throw up blood all the time. He would also have these dreams of him taking drugs, he said that it felt so real that when he would wake up he would throw up and he would feel like he was on drugs. This book was very graphic and helped me to realize the dangers of what could happen, and what happens to people everyday. I would recommend this book to everyone in this class.
And since this is my last blog I hope that everyone has a great SUMMER
6 comments:
Great Post, you had some amazing links and I thought it was very informative. On a scale of 1 - 10 I thought you did a 10, and I am not just saying it. It seems like you put a lot of thought into this post. A lot of people have been telling me that this book is really good and I think that I will have to read it this summer. Speaking of summer I hope you have a great one!
Wow, that makes you really think about how many kids at our school have addiction problems and all. They should really rethink their possiblities, but some people who do know what will happen to them just don't care.
HOw did he get off the drugs and alcohol? O.O it sounds like a great book...I might just have to pick it up over the summer and read it now.
WOW!! That was a really good blog. It gave out really go information and allows all of us students to learn just more reasons why to say "NO!" to bad things such as drugs. This was a great post and the book does sound very interesting. Great job :)
i started reading this book, but I had to take it back to the library. I liked it, but it was kind of graphic. You really researched this well. Nice job. :]
T thought that was a really great blog! You provided tons of facts and information. Drugs are probably one of the biggest problems facing humans today. You have had quite a few good blogs but this is the best!
Wow that was a really good post. Not only was it really interesting, i learned alot of stuff from it as well. That sounds like an amazing book, i think ill be reading it this summer.
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