Prevention of Drug Abuse

Prevention of drug abuse

There are ways we can prevent drug abuse. Some of these ways are:

Know the dangers of drug abuse, that is, to be aware of inherent dangers of drug abuse.
Avoid bad friend because peer pressure has always been responsible for drug abuse.
Seek advice of parents, teachers, doctors, nurse, and pharmacist before drugs are used.
Avoid buying medicines in the buses or open stores, because drugs from buses or open stores are usually fake, expired or adulterated.
Avoid self-medication that is, taking drugs without prescription by doctors or pharmacist
Do not take medicine by yourself. Let your parents, teachers or a trusted adult give you the drug to use.
Take only those drugs you are asked to take. Do not take those that you are not given. Doctors know better. They know what you need and that is what you have been given.
Do not take an overdose of drugs. Take what the doctor has advised you to take.
Keep drugs out of the reach of children.
Ask questions about drugs you are not familiar with from your parents, teachers, doctors, or nurses. If you are in doubt of any drugs, ask any of these people who will explain them to you.

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