USE OF DRUGS AND ITS IMPORTANCE

WHAT IS A DRUG❓

Drug is a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medications. It's used for easing pain and going over anxiety or suppress depression.

*DRUG USE*💊

Drug use varies per persons/situations. While some use drugs because they're ill or prescribed to them by a physician to prevent themselves from ailments, others misuse drugs by taking it to avoid feeling bad, perform better in Academics/Athletics or because they see others doing it.

Whenever you feel sick, awful, anxious, irresistible and irritable without drugs, then you need to consult a physician as your brain is already getting attached to the drugs and it can damage your health totally when you start abusing its use.

*IMPORTANCE OF DRUG USE*💊

Medically, drugs are substance proven to cause change in any organism's physiology (body structure) or psychology (mental wellness). However, drugs are mostly used to:

- treat or cure any ailment
- prevent diseases (vaccination/immunization)
- diagnose a disease 
- promote well-being of an organism (lower/higher animals).

When you take drugs aside these uses especially because you just need to feel good, among, got over trouble at work, home or in school, please visit a PHYSICIAN.

STOP 🛑 DRUG ABUSE❗

_ALAMU Azeez is a research enthusiast, political analyst, educational consultant and a finalist of the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin. He can be reached via ilyasazeezalamu@gmail.com._

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