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Essay Archive - Drug Abuse: People Abused vs. Drugs Abused
Drug Abuse: People Abused vs. Drugs Abused
Drug abuse most often refers to the use of drugs with such
frequency that it causes physical or mental harm to the user and impairs
social functioning, according to the definition stated in "Software
Toolworks Encyclopedia". This term also refers to the use of a drug
prohibited by the law, regardless of whether it was actually harmful or not.
Although the term seems to imply that users abuse the drug they take, in
fact, it is themselves or others they abuse by using it. Therefore, the
preferred term ought to be "self abuse". ....
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