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46 Cards in this Set
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Drug
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Anything that affects or changes the chemistry in the brain
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Brain Development
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23-24 Years
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Who
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Worry about younger children because of brain development. They are running away from life problems
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What
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More worried about Meth than marijuana because meth is harder on the body
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When/Where
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Worry about drinking on the job or while driving
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How
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Method of use can lead to diseases and get the drug into the brain faster
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Placebo
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20% of the time they work. It is all mental. Every drug has a placebo effect
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Dependence
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Person can not get along without the drugs. When drug is not taken Withdrawal occurs. If the person takes more than they intended, can not stop using the drug, and spends a lot of time devoted to the drug
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Abuse
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The use of the drug is such as that it causes legal, occupational, psychological, or physical problems
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Research in Schools
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Missing the kids who are absent or dropped out
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DAWN
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Drug Abuse Warning Network
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Cocaine
Marijuana Heroin Stimulants Hospital Visits |
548,608
290,563 189,780 107,575 |
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Reported Alcohol Use
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not reported unless under the age of 21 or if used in combination with other drugs in adults because the numbers would be so high that all other drugs would seem insignificant
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Politics and Drug Use
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Drug Use trends do not correspond with politics
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More Addictive
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The quicker the drug gets in and out o the system
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Highest Death Rate
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Opioids, but really alcohol
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Highest ER Rate
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Cocaine
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Tolerance
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Needing more to get the same high
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Physical Dependence
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When you stop using the drug and your body craves it
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Psychological Dependence
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Feeling you need to drug so you are not stressed
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Addictive Personality
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Does not Exist
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Substance Dependence as a Disease
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It is only considered a disease so that insurance companies will pay for the treatment
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Drugs and Crime
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Drugs do not cause crime
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Potency and Heroin
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Heroin is more potent because it is more lipid soluble and can cross the blood brain barrier faster
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Products must be labeled
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Harrison Act
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Labels must be accurate
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Drug Schedules
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Supposed to balance between medical uses and abuse potential
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Schedule I Drugs
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Marijuana, Heroin, MDMA, should be in Schedule 2
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THC
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Active ingredient in marijuana, listed in schedule 3
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2007 Fiscal Budget for Drug Enforcement
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12.7 billion
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Homeostasis
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Balance in the body
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Blood Brain Barrier
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Structure that prevents drugs from entering the brain. Drugs must be lipid soluble to pass through it
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Sympathetic Reactions
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Pupils: Dilate
Heart Rate: Increases Breathing: Fast and Shallow Stomach & Intestinal Glands: Inhibition Stomach and Intestinal Wall: No Motility Sweat Glands: Secretion Skin Blood Vessels: Constriction Bronchi: Relaxation |
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Parasympathetic Reactions
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Pupils: Constriction
Heart Rate: Decreases Breathing: Slow/Deep Stomach & Intestinal Glands: Activation Stomach and Intestinal Wall:Motility Sweat Glands: None Skin Blood Vessels: Dilation Bronchi: Constriction |
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Amphetamines Mimic
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Norepinephrine
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Dose Response Curve
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The timing of the onset, duration, and termination of a drug's effects. Taking more than 2 ibuprofen does not increase pain relief.
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Fastest and Slowest Route of administration
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Inhalation and Oral
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Agonist
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A substance that mimics a neurotransmitter
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Antagonist
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A substance that blocks a neurotransmitter
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Rewarding Drugs
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stimulate the mesolimbic dopamine pathway. So drugs lead to abuse because they stimulate the reward system
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Sympathetic
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Flight or Fight
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Parasympathetic
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Associated with a relaxed state. Acetylcholine found in this branch
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CNS
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Central Nervous System; brain and spinal cord
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Norepinephrine
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Neurotransmitter that regulates waking and appetite
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Arrestees and drugs
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67% tested positive; 44% for marijuana
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Medical Model
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Defined addiction as only occurring when withdrawal symptoms were present and only sought to treat the withdrawal
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