Drug administration refers to how a drug enters the body.
The most common methods include:
- injecting
- smoking
- inhaling
- snorting
- swallowing
Question - What could be some of the advantages and disadvantages that young people might perceive for each of these three methods of administration?
Answer - Method of administration:
- swallowing
- advantages: easy
- disadvantages: effects can be slow
- smoking:
- advantages: familiar, can have rapid effect
- disadvantages: can be detected easily
- snorting:
- advantages: rapid effect
- disadvantages: can damage nostrils