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EastWind [94]
3 years ago
9

What is the difference between drug misuse and drug abuse?

Health
2 answers:
lorasvet [3.4K]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Drug misuse is when a medication is used inappropriately and not according to medical advice (wrong dosage, frequency, etc).  Drug abuse refers to use of illegal drugs.  

Explanation:

Drug misuse can be related to legal or illegal drugs.  Although by definition, drug abuse refers to illegal drugs, one could argue that drug misuse could also be considered abuse.

Eduardwww [97]3 years ago
6 0
Drug misuse is mistaking your drugs and drug abuse is using it more then you should
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