Specialists in social work of Bugulma Social Adaptation Centre recently organized a meeting devoted to harmful effects of drugs and alcohol. The meeting was attended by twenty clients of the Centre.
Attendant of the meeting were informed that dugs and alcohol use impacts nearly every part of a body from heart to bowels. Substance abuse can lead to abnormal heart rates and heart attacks, and injecting drugs can result in collapsed veins and infections in heart valves. Some drugs can also stop bones from growing properly, while others result in severe muscle cramping and general weakness.