DEFINITION: drug free

	DEFINITION & TERMINOLOGY
drug-free
related: substance-free non-drug straight (slang) sober not to be confused with: anti-drug anti-drug disorder drug-free describes those individuals from the population who don't use: 1) drugs or medication of any kind; 2) psycho-active or other substances controlled by the government; 3) drugs or substances that cause changes to the brain or behavior. It is generally an attitude or lifestyle.	It cannot be recommended that everyone be drug-free since patients with chronic medical disorders need to use drugs. Those who are drug-fee find it easy to tolerate drug users because drug-free means an individual does not dwell on the sicknesses of others.
drug-free like drug use, is positively normal human behavior. Generally, these individuals don't have a medical need or recreational desire to use drugs. However, the person who is drug-free is also tolerant of anyone who administers drugs for whatever reason. No one is completely drug-free in the 21st century. An individual who takes medication for a cold is not drug-free. Also, it's debatable whether anyone is really chemical substance free since the air we breathe contains trace chemicals of a carbon monoxide and other gasses that are synthetic in nature. The average person inhales several tons of chemical debri throughout a lifetime today; whereas, 200 years ago, chemicals inhaled probably amounted to less than a pound. However, incidents of bacterial infection were much higher. Eventually, everyone in a technologically advanced culture will consume drugs on a daily basis. These drugs will probably be much safer than what we use todayndsThe incidence of drug abuse dropped temporarily in the US at the close of the 20th century, leading the US government to speculate that the WOD was working to produce less users. The reason for the sudden decline was found to be that people were becoming better educated.	PATIENT (SELF) In the 21st century,patients need to decide for themselves their course of treatment. Being drug-free is a choice and a response to the human body.
	PARENT OR GUARDIAN Expected to raise children who are drug-free or have anti-drug disorder.
	PHYSICIANS There are few physicians who don't support a drug-free lifestyle today compared to the 1970s when physicians freely prescribed drugs for patients. A drug-free lifestyle uncomplicates a physician's life during the drug war.