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Drug Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)

By Mayo Clinic

Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medication.

Read on www.mayoclinic.org

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