Health Tip Guide

DRUG ABUSE        ⁃ the use or overuse, usualky by self-administration , of any drug in matter that deviates from the prescribed pattren. ⁃ Health care workers , many of whom have easy access to narcotics , ate at high risk of abusing analgesics , Increased awerness of this problem has led hospitals to establish special programs for identifying these individuals , esp. physicians , nurses,and pharmacists, in order to provide support and educatiok in an attempt to control the problem and prevent loss of license ⁃ Alcohol , tobacco , products are not tradionallybconsidered to be drugs of abuse , although they are adictive and harm many people.