Technically, any substance other than food that alters
our bodily or mental functioning is a drug. Many people mistaken
62. _____. believe the term drug refers only to some sort of medicine
or an illegal chemical taken with drug addicts. They don’t realize
63.
_____. that familiar substances such as alcohol and tobacco are also not
drugs. This is why the more neutral term substance is now
64.
_____. used by many physician and psychologists. The phrase "sub-
65. _____. stance abuse" is often used instead of "drug abusive"
to
66. _____. make clear that substances such as
alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully used as heroin and cocaine. We
live in a so-
67. _____. ciety which the medicinal and social use of
substances is per-
68. _____. vasive: an aspirin to quite a headache,
some wine to be socia-
69. _____. ble, coffee to get going in the
morning, a cigarette for the nervous. When do these socially acceptable and
apparently
70. _____. constructive use of a substance become
misuses First of all, most substances taken in excess will produce positive
effects
71. _____. such as poisoning or intense perpetual distortions.
Repeated use of a substance can also lead to physical addiction or
sub- stance dependence.