What Is the Difference Between Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction?
Question by Chronic: What is the difference between drug abuse and drug addiction?
I am witing something freelance and just wondering if anyone can give me an addequite difference between drug abuse and drug addiction.
The definition of an addict is: 1. To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance
2. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively
Definition of drug abuse: he use of illegal drugs or the inappropriate use of legal drugs. The repeated use of drugs to produce pleasure, to alleviate stress, or to alter or avoid reality (or all three).
The use of a drug for a purpose other than that for which it is normally prescribed or recommended.
the habitual misuse of a chemical substance
They are very similar definitions. Almost the same.
Why are people either classified as a drug abuser or a drug addict? Drug abusers don’t usually get the intese care an addict does. Remember, the definition for addic includes psychological addiction… not just physical.
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Answer by Nico
drug abuse-when you get pain killers from the doctor and you take too many for the effects
addiction is when you can’t stop taking them,because you’re addicted to them.
drug abuse usually comes before addiction
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The definition and the explanation of Question is well explained by you only. I hope no more explanation and definition is required.
Well, caffeine is addictive but it doesn’t really do any harm. It’s a legal drug consumed by hundreds of millions of people and even though they are addicted (the withdrawal symptoms are surprisingly severe) they do not risk health problems and so there is no particular reason for them to quit.
There are also people who are addicted to illegal drugs but do not suffer serious harm.
You’re right that there’s not much difference in the definitions but it is possible to be a drug addict yet not a drug abuser.
He is the exact same person as Mystery the “Pickup Artist”. Incredibly charismatic smooth talker, yet full of shit.?
does PJ upload his slides and sources? anywhere?
As pathetically emotional as it may be, I think this is? a profoundly moving thought.
He was making? a joke dude lol
Not really. All human caused problems come form selfishness, which occurs due to fear, which produces hate and anger and then actions which do not show care, that do? not share, and that are greedy and destructive…most peoples minds, and those in positions of power and control, are confused and lost in greed. If our consciousness changes, then we do not fear, but have peace, happiness and bliss, and naturally share, care, cooperate and live in peace.
there are many problems with the world. Trying? to find one single cause is absolutely ridiculous.
Hi this sounds interesting, so, you mean if i “rip” a music video and upload it in another channel? it will start to get views from the “ripped” video???
huh? i prefer non-fiction or? humor. thanks anyway.
Yes, i think so too. Do you think that education would help? Or is it just mentality? What makes one person calm and kind and another hot headed and aggressive? i wish i knew the answer. How do we change it when violent material is craved by the masses and bad attitudes are glamorised? I hope to see change in every level of society, it’s ok to be kind, it’s ok? to visualise peace.
No? they can’t. Dogs are better students. Read a book.
At 27:??, I’d have? to disagree about the baboons…yea they can be trained to wear business…visit Wall Street on any business day.
The problem is that we live in a? system that demands and incentives that agression. And that’s something we got to change.
i hope the aims of the Zeitgeist movement, Venus project and similar projects are implemented within each of our life times. Wouldn’t that just be the best !? Much respect to the? man PJ!
Pete, you? are the man!
“DEFINING PEACE” (word saving information) … 59197 views and 1652 likes
“GANGNAM STYLE” (Korean music video) … 710294710 views and 5050656 likes
There are groups which create thousands of YouTube accounts in order to cheat music videos? on to YouTube’s top 100 list, because they know that, once a video is on the list, a self-perpetuation process takes place which tends to keep it there.
Why aren’t we doing the same thing with the Zeitgeist Movement videos?
We need to stop being so passive.
”which means ur double screwed” haha 😛
We should all take examble of how Peter does his research but never loses relevance nor action to achieve a certain goal, in? this case to survive in the most sustainable healthy way possible.
Can people stop arguing about the idea. It wasn’t Jacques, it wasn’t Peter’s and it isn’t our own. The idea does not belong to anyone, it is instead merely and individuals recognition of external workings. The fact that Jacque predates Peter is arbitrary, as is the messenger overall; what matters is the ideological concept. So please restrain yourself from this petty squabling as who did what is COMEPLETELY IRRELEVANT. Now please enjoy the lecture.?
I have discovered a FRACTAL cycle of economics? and? history. History does indeed repeat.
historicalman.blogspot.com
Just watched it… still the same information as everywhere else though. Surely it would be sensible to simply direct people to the videos that already exist? The problem lies in the fact that many millions of people use YouTube every day, but the majority don’t use it to find methods to change the world. Indeed, the methods that can be found are still abstract or unrealistic. Spreading a message by word-of-mouth? to 7 billion people is going to be incredibly time-consuming.