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/^t/Contrary to cannabis, hard drugs have damaging effects on the mind and body. Prolonged use leads to restlessness, nausea, insomnia, and hallucinations. Behavioral changes proceed almost unnoticably for a junkie. After some time of regular usage, an addict totally detached from reality, is not capable of functioning in a society any more. The drugs suppress the appetite and the need to sleep, which results in weight loss and gradual emaciation of the organism. Injecting drugs with shared needles carries a high risk of contracting aids. The amount of dope that is needed to get the expected results is gradually increasing. As a consequence on e may overdose, which usually is equivalent to death. The legalization of hard drugs would make it easier to get hold of them and what results is that many more addicts would appear. If it was enough to reach out your hand to buy dope many momentarily depressed, unhappy, or lonely people would take a chance and try it.