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any substance when taken into a living organism that can modify one or more functions.
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Drug
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You take this w/ the intention of nutriment or maintenance of life
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Food
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This is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through its study, diagnosis, and treatment
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Medicine
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prevention of disease, is an antigenic preparation used to establish immunity to a disease
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Vaccine
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What do they use to restore physiological homeostasis
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Tranquilizers
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pills are widely used and are generally safe and effective for many women. Did a lot to contribute to new morality and philosophy as a response to AIDS.
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Oral Contraceptives
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alters your mood or perceptions
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Psychoactive drugs
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dishonest doctor writes prescriptions on street to get extra money & knows that the person just wants to get high.
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Croaker
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(psychoactive drug) like beer, wine, tobacco, caffeine(most used)
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Over the counter
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like oxycotin or morphine
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Illegal drugs
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things never meant to be abused as psychoactive drugs (glue, gasoline).
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Substances
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barks, seeds, etc. That can result in psychoactive behavior.
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Natural Drugs
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substances that depress the activity of the central nervous system.
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Depressants
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drugs that temporarily increase alertness and wakefulness.
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Stimulant
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Examples of stimulantes
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Cocaine, caffeine
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senses become mixed up, is a neurological condition in which two or more bodily senses are coupled
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Synesthesia
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is capable of dissolving resistance to therapy.
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Psycholytic
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getting attention off of subject that’s intense, painful, or used LSD for this purpose in 50’s & 60’s; said to unlock the reason /secret to mental illness. It is the reduction in effectiveness of a drug in curing a disease or improving.
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Resistance
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is an injection of a chemical to alter mood or perception. Is a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity.
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Addiction
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a behavior that interrupts daily life
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Compulsion
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behavior that doesn’t cause problems
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Habit
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Chemical name
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Long and complicated
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Generic name
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name give to substance when all followed w/ same formula; doesn’t matter which company it’s by.
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Trade name
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implies ownership & name is trademarked (Bayer)
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Street name
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drug is usually known or called on the street
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Brand name
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device to make drug more attractive to people that want to buy drugs, and is often untrue; example orange sunshine
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what happens to you depends on the dosage
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Dose dependant drugs
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how drug gets into blood stream
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Route of administration
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Ways to take drugs
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Oral- by mouth, inhalation, injection or sniffing
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What is a way to take drugs that is absorbed into blood stream through walls of intestine so liquid drugs are quick to get into blood stream because it’s already dissolved.
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Oral
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what's the advantage of taking oral drugs?
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effects last longer, more convenient and you don’t need paraphernalia.
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What's the disadvantage of taking oral drugs?
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you don’t know how much will reach blood stream.
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What type of drugs make you throw-up. These are usually administered in emergency situations after ingestion of a toxin
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Emetic drugs
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What do they give you to make you throw-up when you take drugs
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Syrup of ipecac
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it is a method of putting liquid into the body with a syringe and a hollow needle that punctures the skin. (Smoking crack is quicker than injection)
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Injection
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What method of drugs is taken in as a gas/smoke; absorbed through lungs.
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Inhalants
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what's the advantage of inhalants
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High peak effects
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what's the disadvantage of inhalants
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inhaling things is irritating to body
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What method of drug is absorbed through mucus membrane of the nose
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Sniffing
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What's the advantgage of sniffing
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fairly easy to regulate dose & peak effect semi-high
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what's the disadvantage of sniffing
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fairly expensive; can rot nose septum
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length of time of drug is going to react w/ your body
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Duration of effects
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may be limited due to chemical reasons, but generally effect all areas organs.
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Distribution
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is known to have an effect on development only at a particular period of embryonic or fetal development. Caused devastating birth defects.
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Taratogen
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negative reaction, because of distribution you’re going to have negative effects – all systems are effective.
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Untowed effects/side effects-
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Chemical process of breaking down drug into simpler/smaller points.
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Metabolism
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body takes metabolized drug- expels and expels it (can be through sweat, breath, urine, breast milk)
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Elimination/excretion
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how a person expects a drug (expectations) will effect him. Even if the thought only vaguely resemble possible outcomes(The placebo effect)
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Set
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happy mood is exaggerated, if sad mood gets worse.
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Mood taking drug
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defense mechanisms inhibitions suppressed emotions.
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Personality
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Least misrepresented drug is
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LSD
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Most misrepresented drug is
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PCP
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lowest dose where something happened to the body
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THreshold
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taking drug away, with withdrawal symptoms or abstinence systems
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Drug dependence
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dop sick, physical effects are seen when withdrawl are seen when addict needs substance
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Withdrawl
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taking drug away with drawl systemtion or absentee.
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Drug Dependance
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strongest pain relievers around
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Narcotic
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more is need for a certain effect
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Tolerance
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pretend that problems don’t exist to avoid confrontation. (rule of silence
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Enabling behavior
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decreasing responsiveness to one drug- results to a tolerance to another chemically relate drug. (illegal narcotics)
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Cross tolerance
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What do you called it when you need drug to perform
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Psychological dependence
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What are the sign & symptoms of drug use?
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Change of attitude,withdrawaling from responsibility,Secretive,deteriation of appearance, certain behaviors
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What are the different non- problematice patterns of using drugs?
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Non-using;abstinent, Exploratory behavior;curosity,
Circumstancial use; situations for using, Social;social drinker |
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What are the problematic patterns of using drugs?
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Intensified use;rely on it to make yourself better,
Problematic use;needing more and more-tolerance changes, Compulsive use; think a lot of using the drug |
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risk factors of becoming a drug addict
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euphoric recall, progression, loss of recall, relapse
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5 ways to treat drugs
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Detoxify,combat an overdose,mae drug taking useless or adverse,to maintain a person on a fuctional level,combat the anxiety & depression.
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a person who will mix any drug together to get high.
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Poly drug abuser
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situation in which a combination of 2 or more drugs produces an effect far greater than the sum. 2+2= 36.
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Synergism effect
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instead of making you high it makes you sick. Your not having the effect you would like to have.
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Antagonist effect
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2+2=4 taking and antihistamine and take a beer, both make you sleepy
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Additive effects
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3 characteristics of an addictive personality
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Denial, minimalization,manipulation
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People that do drugs for a long time, once they stop, they don’t get back to where they were. There is minimal brain damage.
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Post hallucinogenic drug perceptual disorder
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take steroids for 6 weeks than don’t take it for a while and then 6 weeks later taking them again.
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Cycling
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more than one type of steroids at a time, taking several
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Stacking
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The love drug was also known as?
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Quaaludes, generic name-matholode, wallbangers
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Drug that makes you a better lover?
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Aphrodisiac
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3000 years ago opium was known as
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Joy Plant
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What are the categories that tranquilizers fall into
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Major & Minor
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What is know as a antipsychotic agent, they treat major states of mental distrubance
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Major
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What is know as antianxiety agents or anxiolytics. They are used to treat and tension
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Minor Tranquilizers
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List some minor tranquilizers
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Valium, Librium
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what is a GABA gamma-aminobutyric acid
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Neurotransmitter, can get people high, you can get it on the street. Helps people cope.
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What is a behavior that interrupts daily life
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Compulsion
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What is the behavior that doesn't cause problems
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Habit
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What are the risks of becoming a drug addict
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Euphoric recall, progression, loss of control, relapse
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when you mix drugs the following can happen...2+2=4t taking a antihistamine and a beer, they both make you happy
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additive effects
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what is heroin & cocaine
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speedball
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what are the risk factors of becoming a drug addict
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euphoric recall, progression, loss of control, relapse
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What are different patterns of problemmatic drug use?
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Intensified use, problematic use, compulsive use
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what are the 3 short term effects of drug use?
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User variable(person taking drug),setting(temperature, lighting,sound), what drug you're taking(dose,purity)
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