Short And Long Term Effects Of Drug Abuse

Drug abuse is one of the biggest things that are happening everyday around the world. Drug abuse is dangerous to do, in which can affect the human body. These affects can be very long term or even for forever. The more a person is abusing drugs the more that they are damaging themselves. There are different types of drugs that many put to use. You are able to name more than fifty different types of drugs that are being used illegally or even legal. Drugs may not only have effects on the body but will also have a big effect towards the brain in so many different ways. The abuse is able to get fixed by just doing treatment or even going to a rehab center. However, while doing this many will feel horrible withdrawals. Nobody should be in the position in which they are using drugs to ease their pains away. People that are abusing drugs should always be helped. Keywords: drug abuse, treatment, effects

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Introduction
“According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 27 million Americans, or 10.2% of the American population over the age of 12 reported using illicit drugs in 2014.” (Gifford & Miller 2016) Drug abuse is known as an illegal use of substances which can include illegal …show more content…
Teens and young adults are also known to use drugs. There are many reasons why a teen or a young adult will get into the use of drugs. Drugs are known to be everywhere around the world and certain places that can be easy to get close to them. Some of the certain easiest places to get drugs can be somewhere at the corner of the street, near schools, or can even be found in people houses that are selling. Drugs can be very easy to get but trying to get treatment can be the difficult thing