This is an outline on the destruction drugs can cause:
General Purpose: To show my audience that heroin and cocaine are being abused and the effects they cause the user.
Thesis Statement: People start using drugs recreationally and by the time they realize it, they become addicts.
I. Introduction
There are many types of drugs that are being abused by young adults and grown ups. Many start using drugs for recreational purposes, they don't consider the long term effects that using drugs cause.
II. Two lethal drugs being abused
cocaine
heroin
1. facts about these drugs
III. Reasons for usage
A. Friends
1. peer pressure
2. being a part of the in crowd
3. the single life
B. Family
stress at home
stress at the job
children
IV. Effects
A. Physical Appearance
weight loss
uncleanness
sores in the body
a. abscesses
b. tracts
c. tweak marks
sunken eyes
5. make a person look older
B. Family
profession
income
education
Medical
1. Hepatitis A/B & C
2. liver function
3. AIDS
4. death
V. Recovery
A. Doing it for yourself
breaking old patterns
staying away from others
B. Support
medical
counseling
support groups
a. family
b. clean friends
c. A/A-C/A-N/A
d. sponsors
VI. Getting back on tract
A. counseling
B. school
C. work
D. clean friends
VII. Conclusion
It is never too late to get the help one needs to get back on the right tract. Just because a person falls into a rut behind using drugs, he or she need not to give up on getting clean.
There are people who can help one kick an addiction. All that is needed is the will to want to get clean and stay that way.
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