An Overview of Drug Abuse
Written by Blessing Ogbomo (PharmD) " Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism " Carl Jung. Drug abuse clinically known as substance use disorder, is the indiscriminate use of any chemical substance including cigarettes, inhalants, alcohol and others. -At least 15.3 million persons have drug use disorders. -The harmful use of alcohol results in 3.3 million deaths each year. -On average every person in the world aged 15 years or older drinks 6.2 litres of pure alcohol per year. -It is estimated that 255 million people used illicit drugs such as cannabis, amphetamines, opioids and cocaine, in 2015 which translates into an annual prevalence of illicit drug use of 5.3 percent. Reference from : World drug report, 2017. (www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/en/). "Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood th