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Health quiz-drugs

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Drug use when one does drugs for a non-intended purpose, including recreationally.
Drug Misuse When people intentionally misuse drugs of any kind for nonmedical purposes.
Drug abuse is an attempt to escape the pressures of life. Recreational drug use - is the use of psychoactive drugs to alter consciousness for pleasure or another casual purpose.
Euphoria a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness
Juvenile someone under 18 years old
Drug trafficker someone who transports drugs
Drug Addiction is a disease that affects a person’s brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of the legal or illegal drug or medicine.
Endorphins are small proteins, or peptides, that the body produces to relieve pain and create a feeling of well-being.
Physical Addiction is a type of addiction that occurs when the body becomes dependent on a substance and experiences physical symptoms when it's not present.
Withdrawal it's when you quit, or cut back, on using alcohol or other drugs. You may have developed a physical or psychological dependence on a drug, or both.
Hallucinations are usually visual, but they may affect other senses.
Sedative a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect.
Narcotics are a class of drugs that produce insensibility or stupor due to their depressant effect of the central nervous system
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