What Are the Physical Effects of Drugs?

Question by Aszu: What are the physical effects of drugs?
What are the long term physical effects of alcohol and drug abuse. Even after a person stops using and becomes sober, what happens to their bodies and brains?

Best answer:

Answer by D.D.
It really depends on how much damage one has caused the body, the circulation, damage to organs, etc.

The good news is that the liver, is the only organ that will heal and regenerate itself IF one takes good care of it .

To get more specific just search ‘long term effects of drugs and alcohol on the body’ then narrow it down to how long and what you abused.

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