Drug abuse and drug dependence

Definition:
Drug dependence:
When a person loses control over his drug consumption or rather drug consumption control, the person they may be describe as dependence. Drug dependence can present a significant amount of risk and harm to the individual and society. There is a clear association between drug dependence and social deprivation.

Dependence also define as physical or psychological effect produce by the habitual taking of certain drug characterized by a consumption to continue  taking of the drug .

Classification of drug dependence
Generally drug dependence is classified in to two type: Physical dependence: n Withdrawal of the drug causes specific symptom (withdrawal symptom) such as sweating vomiting. Substances that may induce physical dependence include alcohol and hard drug morphine heroin and cocaine.

Psychological dependence 
In this repeated use of a drug induce reliance on it for a state of wellbeing and contentment but there are no physical withdrawal symptom If use of the drug is stopped. Substances that may induce psychological dependence include nicotine  in tobacco, cannabis and many soft drug such as barbiturate and amphetamine.

Drug abuse
Drug abuse is the term commonly use to refer to consumption of psycho active or other drug substances with out medical or health care instruction. Substances used in the place of drug to include non medicinal chemical such as alcohol and nicotine.

The harm related to drug abuse and drug dependence
-Health problem
-Social problem
- Drug related crime

Management of drug abuse and drug  dependence 
-Primary prevention
- Secondary prevention
- Drug education
- Social support
- Rehabilitation
- harm reduction

Role of pharmacist in drug dependence 
Community pharmacist : 
 -Extend opening hour
- Accessibility
- expert advice n Network of service
Hospital pharmacist 
- Admission
- Discharge
-Initiation of substitute therapy

specialist pharmacist :

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