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Bookmark or Share- Commonly Used Drugs Charts | National Institute on Drug AbuseInformation on commonly used drugs with the potential for misuse or addiction can be found here. Many drugs can alter a person’s thinking and judgment, and can lead to health risks, including addiction, drugged driving, infectious disease, and adverse effects on pregnancy.
- DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat AssessmentThe National Drug Threat Assessment provides a yearly assessment of the challenges communities face related to drug abuse and drug trafficking. Highlights in the report include usage and trafficking trends for drugs such as prescription drugs, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and hundreds of synthetic drugs.
- Illicit drugs - The World FactbookThis entry gives information on the five categories of illicit drugs - narcotics, stimulants, depressants (sedatives), hallucinogens, and cannabis. These categories include many drugs legally produced and prescribed by doctors as well as those illegally produced and sold outside of medical channels. Cannabis ( Cannabis sativa) is the common ...
- Understanding Drug Use and Addiction DrugFactsProvides 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.
- Drug addiction (substance use disorder) - Symptoms and causesDrug 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.
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