WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 758

(2)  A PRESCRIPTION DRUG WHEN USED IN AN ABUSIVE OR
HARMFUL MANNER MEDICATION; OR

(3)  A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE WHEN USED FOR UNINTENDED AND
HARMFUL PURPOSES.

(H)(1) "DRUG ABUSE" MEANS:

(I) MISUSE OR UNLAWFUL USE OF A DRUG; OR

(II) DRUG DEPENDENCE; OR

(III) DRUG ADDICTION.

(2) "DRUG ABUSE" DOES NOT INCLUDE TAKING A DRUG
ACCORDING TO A LAWFUL PRESCRIPTION THAT IS ISSUED, IN THE COURSE
OF PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT, FOR A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSE.

(I) "DRUG ABUSER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO:

(1) HAS A DRUG DEPENDENCE OR DRUG ADDICTION;

(2) BECAUSE OF REPEATED USE OF A DRUG, IS IN IMMINENT
DANGER OF HAVING A DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ADDICTION; OR

(2) SHOWS CLINICALLY DEFINABLE SYMPTOMS OF DRUG

ABUSE.

(J) "DRUG ADDICTION" MEANS A PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE ON A DRUG THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY:

(1) OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR RELATED TO DRUG
ABUSE;

(2) THE INABILITY TO STOP THE INGESTION OF THE DRUG;
AND

(3) CONTINUED USE OF DRUGS IN THE FACE OF DANGER OR
ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

(H) "DRUG MISUSE" MEANS:

(1) UNLAWFUL USE OF A DRUG;

(2) DRUG ABUSE; OR

(3) DRUG DEPENDENCE.

(I) "DRUG ABUSE" MEANS A DISEASE WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY
A PATTERN OF PATHOLOGICAL USE OF A DRUG WITH REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO
CONTROL THE USE, AND WITH SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES IN AT
LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF LIFE: MEDICAL, LEGAL,
FINANCIAL, OR PSYCHO-SOCIAL.

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