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Which are the drugs which are normally used as medicines to help patients cope up with mental illness like depression and insomnia and are often abused ?

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Drugs like barbiturates, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, and other similar drugs, that are normally used as medicines to help patients cope with mental illnesses like depression and insomnia, are often abused.
Morphine is a very effective sedative and painkiller.
It is very useful in patients who have undergone surgery.
Several plants, fruits and seeds having hallucinogenic properties have been used for hundreds of years in folk-medicine, religious ceremonies and rituals all over the globe.
When these are taken for a purpose other than medicinal use or in amounts/frequency that impairs one.s physical, physiological or psychological functions, it constitutes drug abuse.
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