Drugs that slow you down, like heroin and painkillers, drug can make you stop breathing.
Many drugs addiction can problems such as heart attacks and high blood pressure.
Many drugs—including cocaine, heroin, and pain relievers—can make your stomach hurt and make you throw up.
Drugs such as cocaine and heroin can hurt your kidneys. Sometimes the kidney disease is so bad that the person has to have hours of medical treatment (dialysis) every week. If your kidneys stop working, you can die.