1. What happens to our organs when we drink, smoke and do drugs?
Doctors Ought to Care
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

2. Mouth and throat Cigarettes and chewing tobacco
Mouth and throat cancer

3. Stomach Alcohol and smoking causes ulcers Smoking causes heartburn
Smokers who get ulcers take longer to get better
Ulcer in stomach lining

4. Lungs Air-pollution = black spots Smoking = whole lung black
Smoking = hard to breathe
Smoking = lung cancer
Tar build-up in the lung

5. Lungs Cilia are the brooms of the lungs
Cigarette smoke paralyzes cilia
Traps mucus and pollutants in the lung
Leads to coughing

6. Heart and blood vessels
Smoking clogs arteries
Heart works harder
Alcohol increases “bad” cholesterol and fats
These clog arteries
Alcohol increases blood pressure (dose-dependent)

7. Heart Attack Smoking, alcohol, drugs = heart attack
Clogged arteries = no blood to heart
Alcohol = less force from heart
Alcohol = irregular heart beat.

8. Brain and nervous system
Binge drinking = slower brain
Slower breathing and possible death
Memory loss
Impaired judgment
Balance problems
Depression and anxiety

9. Can drinking make you stupid?

10. Liver Alcohol increases fat and scar tissue in liver Gallstones
Swelling
Increased blood pressure
Decreased ability to process drugs and medications
Inability to process nutrients properly
You will have difficulty controlling your weight
You will have increased fat in your arteries

11. Scarring of liver = cirrhosis
Irreversible
No blood flow to scarred area, cannot function
Enlargement or shrinkage
Healthy Liver
Alcoholic Liver

12. Other effects of alcohol
Weaker muscles
Dehydration and kidney damage
Erectile dysfunction and testicular shrinkage
Irregular or absence of menstruation
Miscarriage and birth defects
NO AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL HAS BEEN PROVEN SAFE AT ANY TIME DURING PREGNANCY
The fetal brain on the left is normal.
The brain on the right is from a fetus that was exposed to alcohol, causing brain shrinkage and mental retardation.
FAS is the leading cause of intellectual disability in the Western World.

13. What are some other drugs you guys have heard about?

14. Other Drugs Cocaine Marijuana Seizures Racing pulse
Anger management problems
Paranoia
Marijuana
Loss of interest in fun activities
Decreased sperm count
Problems with memory and learning
Same effects as smoking on lungs
Depressed immune system

15. Other Drugs Meth LSD and mushrooms Bleeding in the brain
Death of brain cells (neurons)
Extremely poor dental hygiene
LSD and mushrooms
Panic attacks
Memory loss
Impairments in abstract thinking

16. Other Drugs Pain Killers Adderall Other Prescription Drugs?
Physiological effects similar to heroin use
Works on area in the brain that controls breathing
Adderall
Irregular heartbeat
Dangerously high body temperatures
Potential for cardiovascular failure
Seizures
Other Prescription Drugs?