When one drinks alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed by the stomach, enters the blood stream, and goes directly to all the tissue of the body. The effects of alcohol are dependent upon a person's size, weight, age, and sex as well as the amount of food and alcohol consumed. Mothers who drink during their pregnancy may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome. Such infants may suffer from mental retardation and other irreversible physical abnormalities. Children of alcoholic parents are at a greater risk than other children in becoming alcoholics within their lifetime.
Cocaine is one of the most addictive drugs in society today.
Made from the extract of the South American coca plant leaves, cocaine is a potent stimulant of the brain. Crack is typically smoked and its effect usually takes within 10 seconds. Usually these effects last up to 20 minutes for cocaine and 12 minutes for crack. Also, through the use of needle for injections and other shared usage equipment, the risk of obtaining HIV, hepatitis or some other disease are greatly increased. Crack will have the distinctive smell of talcum powder.