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Medicines   are drugs that are used to cure or prevent diseases or other conditions.  
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Prescriptions   medicines can be sold only with a written order from a doctor.  
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Over-the-counter   are medicines available with a written order from the doctor.  
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Antibiotics   are medicines that kill or stop the growth of germs.  
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Side effect   is any reaction to a medicine other than the one intended  
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Tolerance   is a condition in which the body becomes used to the effects of a medicine and needs greater amounts to get the same effect  
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Drug misuse   taking medicine in a way that is not intended.  
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Drug abuse   means using drugs in ways that are unhealthy or illegal.  
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Substance abuse   use of illegal or harmful drugs, including any use of alcohol while under the legal drinking age.  
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Anabolic steroids   are synthetic drugs based on a male hormone.  
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Inhalants   are substances whose fumes are inhaled to produce hallucinations.  
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Marijuana   is an illegal drug that comes from the hemp plant.  
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Narcotics   are certain drugs that relieve pain.  
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Hallucinogens   are illegal drugs that cause the user’s brain to distort to images and to see and hear things that aren't real.  
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Depressants   are drugs that slow down the body’s functions and reactions.  
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Stimulants   are drugs that speed up the body’s functions.  
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