Drug abuse can be very costly, leading to the loss of friends, family, jobs, and high financial costs as frequent drug use is expensive. Addiction is characterized by continued drug use despite the harmful effects and follows a typical progression from experimentation to occasional use, to craving and seeking out the drug, and eventually very frequent drug use.

1. Drug Abuse & Addiction
 The
cost of abusing drugs can be very costly. People
who abuse drugs also run the risk of losing their friends,
family, & their jobs. It also has high financial costs.
Frequent drug use is very expensive.
ADDICTION:
continued use despite the
harmful effects
STEP 2: USING THE DRUG EVERY
NOW AND THEN (socially)
STEP 4: USING THE
DRUG VERY OFTEN
STEP 3: CRAVING
AND SEEKING
OUR THE DRUG
STEP 1:
EXPERIMENTATION