Condition Article

Drug Use and Addiction

Drugs include prescription and over-the-counter medicines, alcohol, tobacco, and illegal substances. Repeated drug use can change the brain and lead to addiction.

Disease Condition

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Definition

Drugs include prescription and over-the-counter medicines, alcohol, tobacco, and illegal substances. Repeated drug use can change the brain and lead to addiction.

Concept record

Canonical title: Drug Use and Addiction
Alphabetical key: D
Category: Disease Condition
Content type: Condition Article
Other names, clinical names and abbreviations: Drug abuse, Substance Use
Article status: Medical Encyclopedia Index Entry — full article under review.

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