1) Young Muslims - The Message

LSD (Acid): It is a powerful hallucinogen, can cause psychoticreaction and mental breakdown.New Drugs: MDMA (ecstasy) is LSD + Cocaine, causes disorientationinitially but leads to permanent brain damage. China White is 1,000times more potent than heroin. MPTP causes Parkinsonism (braindamage).Alcohol: Alcohol damages all organs of the body in due course. Itdamages liver (cirrhosis), causes stomach bleeding (ulcer) and heartfailure (cardiomyopathy), reduce sex hormones and suppress theimmune system. Its effect on the brain can be acute (intoxication,delirium) or chronic (ataxia, memory loss, coordination). It is linkedto breast cancer and fetal damage in women. But it is violence,homicide, suicide and drunk driving which takes most lives.Profile of an Alcoholic and Drug Abuser:Instead of writing at length the problems of drugs and alcohol inyouths of America, which cost the nation billions of dollars, and costmothers their sons and daughters (MADD), I think it will be better if(19 years old, white female, upper class, name withheld). Shewrites..."When I was in high school, my friends and I began to experimentwith marijuana. After the excitement of smoking pot became "oldhat", we began to try different drugs - such as hash and THC. Prettysoon cocaine and LSD were introduced to us and it was commonplace to go to any party "high" on one or more of these drugs.Several times, I had very frightening experiences. Specifically onenight, after taking LSD I went home (to my parent's home) beforemy "high" was over. Usually, I stayed overnight with a friend who"tripped" with me. On this night, my boyfriend and I broke up rightafter I took the LSD, so I went home alone. My parents were asleepin the next room and I felt that I had to be very quiet, so as not towake them. I was afraid to make any noise, plus I was upset overYoung Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 161