People have used drugs for as long as they have tried to ease pain and avoid problems. Since the early 1960s, however, drugs have been in very widespread use. Before that time they were rare. A worldwide spread of drugs occurred during that decade, and a large percentage of people became drug-takers. Any medical drugs are included.
Drugs are drugs.
There are thousands of trade names and slang terms for these drugs. Alcohol is also classified as a drug. Drugs are supposed to do wonderful things but all they really do is ruin the person. Drug problems do not end when a person stops taking drugs. The accumulated effects of drug-taking can leave one severely impaired, both physically and mentally.