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Drug rehabilitation
The processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for the dependency on alcohol or narcotic drugs.
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methamphetamine
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A commonly abused, potent stimulant drug that is part of a larger family of amphetamines.
toxic
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Poisonous; temporary or permanent drug effects that are detrimental to the functioning of an organ or group of organs.
drug rehab
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
An umbrella term for a variety of processes by which a person addicted to a drug stops using that drug and is rehabilitated (rehab=rehabilitation) from drug or alcohol dependence.
brain
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
That part of the central nervous system inside our heads. Our brain is the seat of all our perceptions, thoughts, feelings and voluntary movements.
barbiturates
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Depressant drugs that produce relaxation and sleep. Barbiturates include sleeping pills such as pentobarbital (Nembutal) and secobarbital (Seconal).
