Dragan Radulović	Izvorni naučni članak UDK: 316.624 Primljeno: 14. 02. 2004.
Filozofski fakultet Beograd

Definition and Classification of Drug Addiction and Drug Misuse Issues

ABSTRACT In the paper author points out conceptual and terminological inconsistency of drug vocabulary and influence of value and moralistic elements. Most illustrative example for this represents term narcomany, which is still widely used by domestic authors to refer to drug use, in spite of its obvious insufficiency and impreciseness. Similar case is with terms toxicomany, habituation and addiction. Drug classification issue has been also analyzed in totality of viewing of drug use as a social and individual phenomenon. Author emphasizes that optimal strategy of drug control have to aim to differentiated approach to specific drugs, but also points out to unjustified referring to any drug as “soft” or harmless.

KEY WORDS drug vocabulary, drug classification, strategy of drug control