Drug Dependence Today in America there are millions of people who depend on drugs. Our country is facing a constant battle with drugs. The people of America need to be educated on this matter in order to do their part as an Americans to help stop the war on drugs. Drug dependence is defined as the psychological and sometimes physical state characterized by a compulsion to take drugs in order to experience its psychological effects (…showed first 75 words of 1740 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1740 total…treatment designed designed for opioid abusers. Whatever the substance abused, the goal of most treatment programs is abstinence( Margaret O. Hyde, Mind Drugs. 93; 1974). The bottom line is that drugs and their effects may be more harmful than a person could expect . Once a person depends upon a drug, it is hard for him to stop abusing. That is why we must be educated on drugs and their harmful effects in order to realize the seriousness