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amphetamines
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a group of stimulating durgs that produce heightened levels of energy and in large doses, nervousness, sleeplessness and paranoid delusions
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Antabuse (disulfiram)
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drug that makes the drinking of alcohol produce nausea and other unpleasant effects
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barbiturates
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a class of synthetic sedative drugs that are a addictive and in large doses can cause death by almost completly relaxing the diaphragm
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clonidine
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an antihypertensive drug that shows some promise in helping people wean themselves from substance dependence
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coccaine
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a pain reducing, stimulating and addictive alkaloid obtained from coca leaves, which increases mental powers, produces euphora, heightens sexual desire, and in large doses causes paranoia and hallucinations
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controlled drinking
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a pattern of alochol consumption that is moderate and avoid the extremes of total abstinence and of inebriation
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covert sensitization
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a form of aversion therapy in which the person is told to imagine undesirably attractive situations and activities while unpleasant feelings are being induced by imagery
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cross dependent
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acting on the same receptors as methadone does with heroin
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detoxification
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the initial stage in weaining an addicted person from a drug involves medical supervision of the sometimes painful withdrawl
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ecstasy
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a relatively new hallucinogen that is chemically similar to mescaline and the amphetamines
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fetal alcohol syndrome
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retarded growth of the devloping fetus and infant, cranial/facial/limb anoamlities and mental retardation caused by heavy consumption of alochol during pregancy
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delirium treatments
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1 of the withdrawl symptoms that sometimes occurs when a period of heavy alcohol consuption is terminated; marked by fever, sweating, trembling, cognitive impairment, and hallucinations
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flashback
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an unpredictable reoccurence of psychadellic experiences from earlier drug trip
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hallucination
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perceptions in any sensory modality without relevant and a deprate external stimuli
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hashish
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the dried regign of the cannabis plant, stronger in effects than the dried leaves and stems that constitute marajuana
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heroin
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extremely addictive narcotic drug derived from morphine
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heroin antagonist
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drugs such as naloxone that prevent a heroi user from experiencing any high
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heroin substitutes
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narcotics such as methadone that are cross dependent with heroin and thus replace it and the bodys craving for it
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LSD
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d-lysergic and diethylamide, a drug synthesized in 1938 and discovered by accident to be a hallucinogen in 1943
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marijuana
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a drug derived from the dried leaves/stems of the female hemp plant Cannabis sativa
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mescaline
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a hallucinogen and alkaloid that is the active ingredient of peyote
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methadone
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a synthetic addictive heroin substitute for treating heroin addicts that acts as a substitute for heroin by eliminating its effects and the vraving for it
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morphine
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an addictive narcotic alkoid extracted from poium, used primarily as an analgesic and as a sedative
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nicotine
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the principal alkaloid of tobacco 9an addicting agent)
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nitrous oxide
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a gas that when inhaled produces euphoria and sometimes giddiness
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opiates
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a group of addictive sedatives that in moderate doses relieve pain and induce sleep
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opium
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1 of the oppiates the dried milky juice obtained from the immature fruit of the opium poppy. the addictive narcotic produces euphoria and drowsiness and reduces pain
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polydrug abuse
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the misuse of more than 1 drug at a time such as drinking heavily and taking cocaine
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psilocybin
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a psychedelic drug extrated from the mushroom psilocybe mexicana
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secondhand smoke
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sidestream smoke, smoke from burning end of the cigerette which contains higher cones of ammonia, carbon monoxied, nicotine, and tar than does the inhaled smoke
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sedatives
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drug that slows bodily activities especially those of the CNS reduces pain and tension and to induce relaxation and sleep
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stimulants
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drug that increases altertness and motor activity and at the same time reduces fatique allowing an individual to remain awake for an extended period of time ex coccaine and amphetamines
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substance abuse
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use of a drug to such an extent that the person is often intoxicated throughout the day and fails in important obligations and in attempts to abstain by there is no physiological dependence
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substance dependence
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the abuse of a drug sometimes accompanied by a physiological dependence on it, made evident by tolerance withdrawl symptoms, also called addiction
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tolerance
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a phsyiological process in which greater and greater amounts of an addictive drug are required to produce the same effect
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withdrawl
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negative physiological and psychological reactions evidenced when a person suddenly stops taking an addictive drug, cramps, restlessness, and even death are examples
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