Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Awareness: Medicine and Drugs in General

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After you have completed this section, you will be able to:

  1. Identify the difference between OTC, prescription drugs, drugs, and medicine.
  2. Promote the safe and responsible use of OTC and prescription medicines to the gereral public.
  3. Look at how drugs affect the brain and how this leads to the steps toward addiction.
  4. Examine the benefits and problems with medicines.