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Cons Of Substance Abuse

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CONS OF SUBSTANCES
Substance abuse occurs when an individual continues using the substance regardless of the negative cognitive, physical, social, or behavioral, and commonly mood related symptoms. These may include trouble with decision making, a deteriorating physical condition, a compulsive control, social withdrawal, or irritability and anger outbursts (Fox, T. Oliver, G, & Ellis S, 2013). If the substance abuse is caught in time before it turns into an addiction, then the many physical complications that the substances have the potential of causing will be lessened or non-existent. Several drugs including marijuana are consumed by smoking, and put abusers at increased risk of bronchitis, lung and upper airway cancers and chronic cough

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