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Addictive Behavior
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Behavior based on the pathological need for a substance or activity. May involve the abuse of substances such as nicotine, alchohol or cocaine.
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Psychoactive drugs
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Durgs that affect mental functioning.
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Toxicity
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Poisonous nature of a substance.
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Substance Abuse
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Maladaptive pattern of substance use manifested by recurrent and significant adverse consequenses related to the use of the substance.
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Subsance dependence
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Severe form of substance abuse disorder involving physiological dependence on the substance, tolerance, withdrawl and compulsive drug taking.
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Tolerence
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Need for increased ammounts of a drug in order to achieve desired effects
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Withdrawl Symptoms
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Physical symptoms such as sweating, tremors and tesion that accompany abstinece from some drug.
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Alchoholism
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Dependece on alchohol that seriously interferes with life adjustment.
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Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine Pathway (MCLP)
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Center of psychoactive drug in the brain. this area is involved in the release of dopamine and in mediating the rewarding properties of the drug.
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Moderating
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Amoderating variable is a variable that influences the association between two other variables
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Caffeine
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A drug of depence found in many commonly available drinks and foods.
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Nicotine
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Addictive alkaloid that is the chief ingridient in tabacco and a drug of dependence.
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Opium
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Narctic drug that leads to physiological dependence and the development of tolenrance; derrivatives are morphine, heroin and codeine.
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Morphine
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Addictive drug that is derived from opium that can serve as a powerfull pain reliever and sedative.
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Heroin
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Powerfull psychoactive drug that is derived from opium, that relieves pain but is even more intense and adictive than morphine.
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Cocaine
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Stimulating and pain reducing psychoactive drug.
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Amphetamine
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Drugs that produces a psychologiaclly stimulating and energizing effect.
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Barbituates
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Synthetic drug that acts as a depresant to calm the individual and induse sleep.
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Hallucinogens
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Drugs known t induce hallucinations; often reffered to as "psychodelics"
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
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The most potent hallucunogen. it is odorless, colorless and tasteless and an ammount smaller than a garin of salt can produce intoxication.
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Mescaline
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Hallucinogenic drug derived from the peyote cactus
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Psilocybin
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Hallucinogenic drug derived from a variety of mushrooms.
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Ectasy
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A synthetic drug that acts both as a hallucinogen and a stimulant.
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Marijuana
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Mild hallucinogenic drug derived from hemp plant.
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Hashish
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he strongest drug derived from the hemp plant; a relative of marijuan that is usually smoked.
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