Drugs
What is drug abuse?
Drug abuse is the taking of a drug in damaging quantities or in quantities higher than the prescribed dose, or the use of an illegal drug.
All types of different drugs can be abused. Apart from Illegal drugs (such as cannabis or heroin), prescription medicines (such as tranquillisers and painkillers) and other medicines that are available from the supermarket shelf (such as cough mixtures and herbal remedies) can be abused.