Criminal Behavior Ch. 16 Key Terms

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Controlled Substance

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Any psychoactive drug or chemical substance whose availability is restricted, as designated by state or federal law

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Dependence

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In substance abuse, a condition that may be physical, psychological, or both, whereby a person develops an intense craving for (and feels he or she cannot live without) a drug.

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Experimental Substance Use (ESU)

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Experimentation - typically by adolescents - with various psychoactive substances before dependency or addiction to drugs occurs

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Hallucinogens

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Those psychoactive drugs that sometimes generate hallucinations and lead to changes in perceptions of reality. Also called psychedelics

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Inhalant

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Refers to a thousand or more different household and commercial products that can be abused by sniffling or "huffing" (inhaling through the mouth) for an intoxicating effect. They are found in organic solvents and volatile substances commonly found in adhesives, lighter fluids, cleaning solutions, and paint products

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Jails

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A facility operated by a local government to hold persons temporarily detained, awaiting trail, or sentenced to confinement, after having been convicted of a misdemeanor

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Natural Narcotics

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Psychoactive substances classified as narcotics that require no chemical preparation

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Narcotics

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Psychoactive drugs that produce sleep and are derivatives of the poppy plant. Often divided into three categories depending on the amount of preparation needed: natural, synthetic or semi-synthetic. Examples are opium, heroin, and methadone, respectively

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Opiate Narcotics

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Psychoactive drugs that have sedative (sleep-inducing) and analgesic (pain-relieving) effects.

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Prisons

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Correctional facilities operated by state and federal governments to hold persons convicted of felonies and sentenced generally to terms of more than one year

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Psychoactive Drugs

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Drugs that exert their primary effect on the brain, thus altering mood or behavior

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Psychedelics

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The category of psychoactive drugs that produce elevated mood, hallucinations and altered states of consciousness. Also called hallucinogens

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Sedative-hypnotic Compunds

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Psychoactive drugs that depress central nervous system functioning, generally reducing anxiety and tension

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Stimulants

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A broad drug classification that refers to those psychoactive drugs that "stimulate" the central nervous system and elevate mood

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Substance Abuse

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A pattern of drug use characterized by recurrent negative or adverse consequences as a result of repeated ingestion of the drug

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Tolerance

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In substance use, the condition in which only increasing dosages of the drug produce the desired effect

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Tripartite Model

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Identifies three major types of illicit drug crimes. Proposed by Paul Goldstein