SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND
ALCOHOLISM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
•It is inappropriate use of any substance including
drugs to an extents in which it is judged abnormal by
the society and also harmful to the individual and the
society as a whole.
•Drug : any chemical agent that once taking in the body ...
,SUBSTANCE ABUSE
• It is inappropriate use of any substance including
drugs to an extents in which it is judged abnormal b
the society and also harmful to the individual and th
society as a whole.
• Drug : any chemical agent that once taking in the bo
is capable of causing physiological and psychologica
changes.
,continue
• Psychoactive substance: this a chemical compound
that produces emotional, cognitive or behavioural
changes which may be pleasurable or desirable to th
user with adverse medical consequences.
• Addiction: Is a state of periodic or chronic
intoxication detrimental to the individual and societ
produced by the repeated consumption of a drug.
This drug may be in its natural or a synthetic form.
, Characteristics of Substance (Drug Abuse and
Dependents
• Compulsion: over powering desire or need to
continue taking the drug and to obtain it by any
means.
• Tolerance: steady increase in the consumption of th
drugs so that larger doses are required to produce t
same psychological and physiological effect obtains
previously by a smaller dose
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