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  2. Recreational drug use - Wikipedia

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    Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime. [1] When a psychoactive drug enters the user's body, it induces an intoxicating effect . [ 1 ]

  3. Discrimination against drug addicts - Wikipedia

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    Among people who use drugs intravenously, the incidence of HIV and Hepatitis C infection is higher than among those who administer drugs through other routes. However punitive and discriminatory measures against people who use drugs are not able to eliminate either the spread of drug addiction or HIV.

  4. Addictive behavior - Wikipedia

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    addictive drug – psychoactive substances that with repeated use are associated with significantly higher rates of substance use disorders, due in large part to the drug's effect on brain reward systems; dependence – an adaptive state associated with a withdrawal syndrome upon cessation of repeated exposure to a stimulus (e.g., drug intake)

  5. Addiction - Wikipedia

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    As of 2021, 43.7 million people aged 12 or older surveyed by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in the United States needed treatment for an addiction to alcohol, nicotine, or other drugs. The groups with the highest number of people were 18–25 years (25.1%) and "American Indian or Alaska Native" (28.7%). [ 196 ]

  6. Chasing the Scream - Wikipedia

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    Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs is a book by Johann Hari examining the history and impact of drug criminalisation, collectively known as "the War on Drugs". The book was published simultaneously in the United Kingdom and United States in January 2015.

  7. Substance abuse - Wikipedia

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    The rate of prescription drug use is fast overtaking illegal drug use in the United States. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 7 million people were taking prescription drugs for nonmedical use in 2010. Among 12th graders, nonmedical prescription drug use is now second only to cannabis. [19]

  8. File:Drugs of Abuse.pdf - Wikipedia

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    This image or file is a work of a Drug Enforcement Administration employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain in the United States.

  9. Substance-related disorder - Wikipedia

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    Substance use, also known as drug use, is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others. The drugs used are often associated with levels of substance intoxication that alter judgment, perception, attention and physical control, not related with ...