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Drug Addiction: Understanding the effects of Drug Abuse. Assignment 1. What is your perspective regarding drug use? The first major problem in considering drug use/abuse is to define a drug. This is difficult because in general conversation the word is used in many different ways. Many people do not think of alcohol, aspirin or nicotine as being a drug. Others use 'drug' when what they really mean is narcotic, whilst others would include any manufactured chemical in the list. The following are some examples of definitions, which have been used, in a more specific context. 'Any substance used in the composition of a medicine.' This includes many of the commonly used substances, but it excludes some commonly used ones such as nicotine. 'Any substance taken in the body which brings about a physiological change.' This definition also creates a problem as it includes substances such as basic nutrients and water, but possibly excludes some psychotropic drugs, though in...

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