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Drug abuse is using illegal drugs or taking medications from a form not recommended by the doctor or manufacturer. Drug addiction consists of depending on a drug and that it becomes central part of life. This can lead to physical dependency or psychological dependence. Physical dependency is that the body is so used to drug that if you stop taking it, the physical symptoms of withdrawal appear. Psychological dependence consists of consuming drugs because it is part important in your life and doing it to feel good. You may have a feeling who cannot stop using the drug . Some drugs have both effects physical as well as psychological. By increasing the consumption of a drug, the body increases its tolerance and effect of the drug is no longer as strong. This makes you have to take higher doses. The definition Examples of commonly abused drugs: illegal drugs, alcohol, tobacco, prescription medications including pain relievers, sleeping pills, cold medicine, khat, glue, sprays, g...