Drug Abuse, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.

. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:17 Causes of Drug Abuse 3:39 Symptoms of Drug Abuse 4:37 Diagnosis of Drug Abuse 4:57 Treatment of Drug Abuse Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of substance-related disorder. Widely differing definitions of drug abuse are used in public health, medical and criminal justice contexts. In some cases criminal or anti-social behaviour occurs when the person is under the influence of a drug, and long term personality changes in individuals may occur as addition to possible physical, social, and psychological harm, use of some drugs may also lead to criminal penalties, although these vary widely depending on the local jurisdiction. Drugs most often associated with this term include: alcohol, cannabis, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methaqualone, opioids and some substituted