title: Drug abuse--a major public health hazard.
abstract: An attempt is made to reveal the escalation of drug abuse in our community as a public health hazard, to initiate the concept of a team approach as the only way to provide early effective treatment, and also to develop preventive measures as the necessary alternative to ostracism and punishment.
mesh_terms: D000431:Ethanol; D006213:Hallucinogens; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D011634:Public Health; D013019:South Africa; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D006213:Hallucinogens; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D000431:Ethanol