It is difficult to mention the number of drug addicts prevalent in the world as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in their 'World Drug Report 2010' has documented an extensive statistical data categorized according to the countries, and various types of drugs the people are addicted to, but not given an overall global data.
24...that's why we call them addicts.
Drug addicts acquire the disease from shared needles.
When Drug Addicts stop using a drug they may experience withdrawal because their bodies have become physically dependent on the drug.
When Drug Addicts stop using a drug they may experience withdrawal because their bodies have become physically dependent on the drug.
Drug addiction is very much a matter of the person's psychology/personality. Do -some- drug addicts start with marijuana? Yes, but do all marijuana users become drug addicts? No. Trying to get an unbiased answer to this question is going to be very difficult.
drug dealers........drug addicts
No.
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people with drug addictaions are discrimanated against because the majority of the addicts a theifes or dirty ! NOT ALL OF THEM THO !
This effect is known as tolerance, where the body requires increasing amounts of a drug to produce the same effect. It can lead to heightened risk of overdose and other health complications in drug addicts.
M. J. Pescor has written: 'The Kolb classification of drug addicts' -- subject(s): Drug addiction 'Follow-up study of treated narcotic drug addicts' -- subject(s): Drug addicts, Public Health Service Hospital (Lexington, Ky.)
Junkie is one possibility.