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Drug abuse

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What type of risks are these? The brain damage that results can interfere with the user’s ability to think. Other drugs cause depression

Risk to mental/emotional health

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What type of risks are these? withdraw from family and friends, also teens may become members of gangs, which puts them at risk for being injured

Risk to social health

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What type of risks are these? Sleeplessness and irritability that damage the body organs. Drug abuse can also cause heart failure and stroke

Risk to physical health

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Is the use of any drug in a way that is unhealthy or illegal.

Drug abuse

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Is taking a fatal amount of a drug that can cause death.

An overdose of drugs

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Is a physical and/or mental need for a drug.

Addiction

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True or False: There is no telling how many times a person can use a drug before becoming addicted.

True

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This means to overcome an addiction and return to a mostly normal life.

Recovery

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Is a series of physical and mental symptoms that occur when a person stops using an addictive substance

Withdrawal

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What are some withdrawal symptoms?

Vomiting, hallucinations, and severe anxiety

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This is a process in which a person relearns how to live without the abused drug.

Drug rehabilitation

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Using illegal drugs and purposely using medicines in ways they were not intended to be used, are:

Forms of drug abuse

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For teens with low self-esteem, drug- related depression can cause them to think about:

Suicide

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