Category: D

The amount of drug that must be taken to produce the desired effect. The smaller the amount needed, the more potent the drug.  

Unintentional or inappropriate use of prescribed or OTC drugs resulting in impaired physical, mental, emotional, or social well-being of the user. Using a drug in an incorrect manner.  

The charge that drug testing procedures required by the government regulations result in a delay in the introduction of new prescription drugs for marketing and use in the United States.  

A psychological dependence on the effects of a drug without a withdrawal syndrome upon denial. Generally used synonymously with drug dependence, sometimes used to mean psychic drug dependence, often wrongly assumed to be synonymous with drug abuse, and very irregular in meaning.  

The major categories or types of drugs that share important characteristics in terms of chemical composition or actions within the body.  

The state in which enzyme systems in the fiver increases their capacity to metabolize a drug, so the body disposes of the drug faster.  

A sociological subgroup consisting chiefly of persons who are drug addicts or semiaddicts whose primary concern is in seeking familiar or new drug experiences.  

The use of a variety of drugs at one time can produce unwanted and undesirable side effects.  

One’s attitudes and practices regarding the use of drugs and medicines, drug abuse.  

A state of confusion following the taking of a drug resulting in repeated ingestion of the drug. An overdose is often the result.