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3 days ago · Become familiar with the resources for Substance Use Disorder that NLM and partner organizations offer such as MedlinePlus, Drug Information Portal, and DailyMed. Learn the latest research on parenting and caregiver interventions for substance use prevention and intervention.
2 days ago · While drug abuse effects on the body vary depending on the drug used, all drug abuse negatively impacts one's health. Common effects of drug abuse on the body include sleep changes and decreased memory and cognitive abilities. Other common physical problems include: 1,2. Abnormal vital signs like respiration, heart rate and blood pressure.
3 days ago · Drug abuse, the excessive, maladaptive, or addictive use of drugs for nonmedical purposes despite social, psychological, and physical problems that may arise from such use. Abused substances include such agents as anabolic steroids, which are used by some athletes to accelerate muscular development
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2 days ago · A poor relationship with parents. Use of drugs by friends/peers. Permissive attitude towards their own drug use and the drug use of the adolescent. Behavioral problems combined with poor parenting. Poor achievement in school. Apparent ambivalence or approval of drug use in the school, peer group or community. Availability of drugs from friends.
- While many people use drugs, only a small percentage abuse drugs, but it has been noted drug abuse often runs in families, suggesting genetics is o...
- Drug abuse often occurs alongside other conditions like mental illness. While mental illness itself is not thought to cause drug abuse, one conditi...
- There are certain life circumstances, particularly among younger users, that are risk factors for, rather than the direct cause of, drug abuse. Par...
- While genetic, environmental and psychiatric causes of drug abuse are possible, it is likely that a combination of risk factors is truly the cause...
3 days ago · When asking "what is addiction," we can turn to The American Society of Addiction Medicine which uses the following addiction definition: 1. "Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry . . . This is reflected in the individual pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors.
4 days ago · Rehab is the process of treatment for substance use disorders such as addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. Rehab can be short for rehabilitation and in the realm of addiction can also be referred to as drug rehabilitation. Treatment aims to stop the use and/or misuse of substances, confront the issue of dependence, and create a long term plan to ...
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4 days ago · A term used to describe the signs and symptoms that occur on withdrawal of a drug in a dependent person: Addiction: Compulsive drug-using behavior in which the person uses the drug for personal satisfaction, often in the face of known risks to health; formerly termed psychological dependence: Controlled substance
