These terms are often used interchangeably, however, substance abuse is a slightly broader category than drug abuse, since some of the substances that people abuse are not really drugs, such as glue, solvents, etc., which people may inhale in the hope of getting some kind of high.
Drugs of abuse have no therapeutic benefit or action. Medicines cure, resolve, or improve disease states or alterations in health.
To Use Or Abuse? That Is the Question
At issue are two points of equal importance: is the dr
Drug use is most commonly known as just taking your prescription. Abuse is where you are taking medication's or any kind of drug when its not needed to get high.
Nothing..all depends on the user
Alcohol is a drug, and drinking alcoholic beverages in excess is a form of substance abuse.
Randall T. Parr has written: 'Substance abuse trends in Washington State' -- subject(s): Drug addicts, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Substance abuse
Drug Addiction or Substance Abuse
Ann McNeill has written: 'Drug use in England' -- subject(s): Drug abuse, Substance abuse
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Lisa Kerber has written: 'Substance use among offenders entering the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Substance Abuse Felony Punishment facilities, 1998-2000' -- subject(s): Drug abuse, Drug use, Epidemiology, Prevention, Prisoners, Statistics, Substance-Related Disorders, Texas, Texas. Dept. of Criminal Justice '1997 Texas survey of substance use among university students' -- subject(s): College students, Drug abuse surveys, Substance use 'Substance use among male inmates, Texas Department of Criminal Justice--State Jail Division, 1998' -- subject(s): Drug abuse, Drug use, Prisoners, Substance abuse, Substance use
Substance abuse and dependence refer to any continued pathological use of a medication, non-medically indicated drug (called drugs of abuse), or toxin.
Marc Alan Schuckit has written: 'Drug and alcohol abuse' -- subject(s): Alcoholism, Diagnosis, Drug abuse, Substance abuse, Therapy
Stephen Van Cleave has written: 'Counseling for substance abuse and addiction' -- subject(s): Christianity, Counseling, Drug addicts, Pastoral counseling of, Patients, Religious aspects of Substance abuse, Substance Dependence, Substance abuse
If i'm on probation and my doctor referred me to a substance abuse evaluation. Will they notify my probation officer?
Leon Brill has written: 'The de-addiction process' -- subject(s): Case studies, Drug addiction, Drug addicts, Heroin, Heroin abuse, Rehabilitation 'The clinical treatment of substance abusers' -- subject(s): Alcoholism, Case studies, Drug abuse, Substance abuse, Therapy, Treatment 'Yearbook of Substance Use and Abuse' 'Authority and addiction [by] Leon Brill [and] Louis Lieberman' -- subject(s): Drug addicts, Rehabilitation
One can find any substance abuse counselors or therapists in their area to visit for drug counseling. If one does not know of any, his or her primary care physician will be able to refer to a substance abuse counselor.