Substance Abuse Short
Introduction

1. 

   Substance abuse basics

   

   Substance abuse is a chronic illness. There are thousands of people who wake up in the morning, stretch out and stand in the window to smoke...

2. 

   Psychological addiction

   

   Psychological addiction is step after abuse, when trying substance is no longer just for fun, but becomes a habit one cannot harness...

3. 

   Tolerance and withdrawal. Abuse becomes addiction

   

   When tolerance and chemical dependency to drugs comes to play your problem is not an abuse any more. It's addiction...

4. 

   Chemical dependency concept

   

   It's impossible to be chemically dependent without being psychologically addicted. However, list of addictive substances is not as long as it's thought...

5. 

   Signs of substance abuse and addiction

   

   List can help you to recognize that someone is an abuser. The sooner substance abuse will be recognized the better chances for treatment will be...

6. 

   Teen abuse prevention

   

   It's important to understand what to do, say and how to react. Teenagers are especially prone to bad influences from their surroundings...

7. 

   Data & Statistics

   

   Useful official national data and statistics from U.S., Canada and Europe...