2018年6月6日 · Provides an overview of drug use and addiction, including what happens in the brain during drug use, why some people become addicted while others don't, and the importance of prevention.

2024年12月12日 · All drug use comes with risk. Know the facts before letting drugs take their toll on you and your family. Drug use—including marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, as well as prescription drug misuse and illicit opioids—among adults is on the rise.

2020年7月6日 · When they first use a drug, people may perceive what seem to be positive effects. They also may believe they can control their use. But drugs can quickly take over a person's life. Over time, if drug use continues, other pleasurable activities become less pleasurable, and the person has to take the drug just to feel “normal.”

2022年10月4日 · Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medicine. Substances such as alcohol, marijuana and nicotine also are considered drugs.

2024年12月17日 · There are common signs of habitual drug use across all substances as well as signs that are unique to the type of substance abused. Knowing these signs can help to identify whether a loved one may be using drugs and risking harmful consequences to their health, school, job, and family life.

2024年11月22日 · Drug use is associated with sexual risk behavior, experiencing violence, and mental health and suicide risks. Source: CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011–2021. Risk factors for youth high-risk substance use can include: Family history of substance use. Favorable parental attitudes regarding the behavior.

2023年5月3日 · Drug addiction isn’t about just heroin, cocaine, or other illegal drugs. You can get addicted to alcohol, nicotine, sleep and anti-anxiety medications, and other legal substances. You can also...

2023年12月15日 · Drugs are chemical substances that can change how your body and mind work. They include prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs. What is drug use? Drug use, or misuse, includes: Using illegal substances, such as; Anabolic steroids; Club drugs; Cocaine; Heroin; Inhalants; Marijuana; Methamphetamines

2024年8月20日 · Refers to the use of selected substances, including alcohol, tobacco products, illicit drugs, inhalants, and other substances that can be consumed, inhaled, injected, or otherwise absorbed into the body with possible dependence and other detrimental effects. (Also see Sources and Definitions, Alcohol consumption; Illicit drug use; Tobacco use.)

2025年3月18日 · Abstinence has been evaluated using absence of positive urine drug tests, absence of self-reported drug use, and regularly attending sessions where drug use is assessed. But abstinence is a high bar comparable to requiring that an antidepressant produce complete remission of depression or that an analgesic completely eliminate pain.