Drug abuse, in a nutshell, is using drugs incorrectly and excessively. Drug abuse happens when people become very compulsive in using a certain drug substance even if they recognize that such drug poses negative and dangerous effects. Drug abuse causes drug dependence. When people become physically dependent on a drug, they cannot function without its presence in the body. Excessive physical dependence on drugs lead to complete destruction of health both of the mind and the body, and so drug users when caught must be helped and convinced to undergo a drug abuse treatment program. Drug abuse treatment can only start when drug users start to acknowledge that they have a problem. When drug users deny that they are in a negative situation, the situation of course cannot be overturned into positive. Before, medical professionals considered denial as one of the symptoms of drug abuse. Today, it is not anymore, as dozens of research shows that denial is subjected to the way treatment facilitators and loved ones treat people addicted to the substance. The more empathy and understanding drug abusers draw from people around them, the lesser is the tendency that they show denial. Drug abuse treatment generally consists of drug ...