Authors:

Medranda de Lázaro MI^a, Benítez Rubio MR^b

Reference of this article.:

Medranda de Lázaro MI, Benítez Rubio MR. Conceptos básicos sobre drogadicción. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2006; 8 Supl 3: S35-42.

Published in Internet: 30/09/2006

Abstract:

Illicit drug abuse is very extended among young people, that?s the reason why sanitary staff must know the signs and symptoms of its use and abuse. In this article, the authors try to present the characteristics, classification, routes and more usual types of consumption of the main psychoactive substances.

Keywords: Adolescence. Drugs. Intoxication. Drug dependence. Abstinence.

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Basic concepts on drug abuse