Once the cocaine high dissipates, the user can expect to experience agitation, depression, anxiety, paranoia and decreased appetite.
Repeated and chronic heroin users who fail to use sterile needles or share equipment may experience infection of the heart lining and valves, normally due to lack of sterile technique.
Prescription drug abuse means that an individual is taking a prescription medication that is not prescribed for them to get high, or taking it for reasons or in dosages other than as prescribed.
There are an estimated 80,000 deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use each year in the United States.