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Drugs used to treat or prevent diseases or other conditions
Medicines
Substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body
Drugs
Preparation that prevents a person from contracting a certain disease
Vaccine
Reactions to a medicine other than the ones intended
Side effects
Medicines that are dispensed only with written approval of a licensed physician or nurse practitioner
Prescription medicines
Medicines you can buy without a prescription
Otc over the counter
Using medicine in other ways than intended
Medicine misuse
Intentionally taking meds for non-medical reasons
Medicine abuse
Strong sometimes fatal reaction to taking large amounts of a drug
Drug overdose
Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non-medical purposes
Substance abuse
Chemical substances that people any age may not lawfully manufacturer buy or sell
Illegal drugs
Use or sale of any substance that is illegal or otherwise not permitted
Illicit drug use
Strong sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug
Overdose
Physiological or psychological dependence on a drug
Addiction
A plant whose buds leaves and flowers are usually smoked for their intoxicating effects
Marijuanna
Irrational suspicion or distance or others
Paranoia
Substances whose fumes are sniffed or inhaled to give effects
Inhalants
Synthetic substances similar to male sex hormones
Anabolic androgenic steroids
The process of medical psychological and psychological dependence on a drug or alcohol
Rehabilitation
chemicals that affect the central nervous system and brain activity
Psychoactive drugs
Drugs that alter moods thoughts and sense perception including vision hearing smell and touch
Hallucinations
Synthetic lab made drugs made to mimic other drug effects
Designer drugs
Feeling of intense well being or elation
Euphoria
Drugs that slow down central nervous system
Depressant
Drugs that speed up central nervous system heart and other organs
Stimulate
Drugs such as those derived from the opium plant that are obtainable only by prescription and used to relieve pain
Opiates