Drug injection can lead to a dependency by both physical and psychological means — and develops more quickly than with other methods of taking drugs. In recreational-use drug culture, preparation may include mixing the powdered drug with water to create an aqueous solution, and then the solution is injected. This act is often colloquially referred to as "slamming", "shooting [up]", “smashing”, "banging", "pinning", or "jacking-up", often depending on the specific drug subculture in which the term is used (i.e. heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamine). There are a variety of reasons why drugs would be more attractive to inject rather than take through other
Politics of drug abuse immoral) and/or harmful to the user or society, or both. What might be called "drug abuse" by some would not necessarily be considered so by others. … For these reasons, the term "drug abuse" is avoided here" The World Health Organization presently prefers to use the terms "harmful use" and "hazardous use" (of drugs), in order to distinguish between the health effects of drug abuse rather than the social consequences. Another preferred term is "drug misuse", defined as the ""use of a substance for a purpose not consistent with legal or medical guidelines, as in the non-medical use of prescription