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Drug addiction affects your brain and behavior to the point where you can't control your use of legal or illegal drugs, even when you know they cause harm.
Using a prescription medicine in a way not intended by the prescriber can lead to drug abuse. Learn about risk factors and treatment for drug misuse.
Drug dependence. Some teens who misuse drugs are at increased risk of substance use disorder. · Poor judgment. Teenage drug use is associated with poor judgment ...
Addiction is a condition where something that started as pleasurable now feels like something you can't live without. Drug addiction is defined as an out-of ...
Problems with other substance use; Engaging in risky, unprotected sex, or experiencing sexual abuse or date rape; Increased risk of attempted or completed ...
Health care providers define drug addiction as an irresistible craving for a drug, out-of-control and compulsive use of the drug, and continued use of the drug ...
Addiction psychologist. Licensed alcohol and drug counselor or licensed professional clinical counselor. Nurse with special training in addictions. Additional ...
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