DRUGS, DRUG ADDICTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Drug abuse is the use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter medications

in ways other than recommended or intended. It also includes intentional inhalation of household

or industrial chemicals for their mind-altering effects. Tobacco use and problem drinking are

sometimes included in the definition of drug abuse. Chemical abuse and substance abuse are terms

sometimes used interchangeably with the term drug abuse, or they m...