Drugs Affect the Mind
The mind is actually an accumulation of what are called mental image pictures.
These pictures comprise what we generally think of as memory. You use them to solve
problems in life.
When you think of something, you get a picture of it in the mind. These mental
image pictures are easy to see. Close your eyes and think of a cat and you will get a
picture of a cat.
Normally, when you remember something, the mind acts quickly to provide you
information from these pictures in the mind.
But drugs can blur or obscure mental image pictures, causing blank spots. When
you try to get information through this cloudy mess, you can't do it. Drugs make you
feel slow or stupid and cause you to have failures in life. Drugs can distort the user's
perception of what is happening around him. As a result, his actions may appear very
odd or irrational, and the person can even become violent.
And as a drug user has more failures and life gets harder, he wants still more drugs
to help him deal with his increasing problems.
