What is the difference between substance abuse and misuse?
How is drug misuse different from drug abuse? The key difference between a person who misuses drugs and a person who abuses drugs is their intent. The former takes a drug to treat a specific ailment, whereas the latter uses a drug to elicit certain feelings.
What does substance dependence mean?
Substance dependence is the medical term used to describe abuse of drugs or alcohol that continues even when significant problems related to their use have developed. Signs of dependence include: Tolerance to or need for increased amounts of the drug to get an effect.
What are the three major drugs of abuse in the Philippines?
Methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu remains to be the most abused drug in the country, followed by marijuana or cannabis sativa and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or ecstasy.
What are the different kinds of substances and how are they used misused and abused?
What substances are abused?
- Prescription medicines that are overused or taken by someone whom they weren’t prescribed to.
- Illegal drugs such as cannabis, LSD, ecstasy, heroin, and cocaine.
- Alcohol such as wine, gin, vodka, etc.
- Solvents such as aerosols and glue.
- Novel Psychoactive Substances (or “legal highs”).
What do you mean by substance abuse?
The use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs or alcohol for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used, or in excessive amounts. Substance abuse may lead to social, physical, emotional, and job-related problems.
What causes substance abuse?
A person’s genes, the action of the drug, peer pressure, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, and environmental stress can all be factors. Many who develop a substance use problem have depression, attention deficit disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or another mental problem.