Tabacco, Alcohol, Drugs

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drug

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any chemical other than food intended to affect the structure of function of the body

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psychoactive drug

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a drug that can alter a persons consiciousness or experience

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intoxication

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the state of being mentally affected b a chemical(literally, a state of being poisoned.

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addictive behavior

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any habit that has gotten out of contraol,resulting in a negative effect on ones health

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addiction

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psycholiogical or physical dependence on a substance or behavior,charactherized by a compulsive desire and increasing need for the substance or behavior, and by har to the individiual and /society

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habitauation

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similar to addiction, involving the routine use of a substance but without the level of compulsion of increasing need that characterizes addiction

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pharmacy

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the art of compounding drugs from various substances

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phamacology

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the science and studay of drugs

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substance abuse

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a maladaptive pattern of using any substance that persists despite adverse social,psychological, or medical consequences.

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physical dependence

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the result of phsysiological adaptation that occurs in response to the frequent presence of a drug.

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substance dependence

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a cluster of cognitive behavioral and physiological symptoms that occur in someone who continues to use a substance despite suffering significant substance-related problmes leading to significant impairment or distress

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tolerance

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lower sensitivity to a drug so that a given dose no longer exerts the usual effect and larger doses are needed

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withdrawal

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physical and psychological that floow the interrupted use of drug on which a user is physically dependent;symptoms may be mild or life threatening.

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dual disorder

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the presence of two or more mental disorder simultaneously in the same person; ex drug dependence and depression

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neurotransmitter

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a brain chmical that transmits nerve impaulses

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pharmacological properties

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the overall effects of a drug on a persons behavior, psychology, and chemistry

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dose-response function

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the relationship between the amount of a drug taken and the intenseity and type of the resulting effect

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time-action function

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the relationship between the time elasped since a drug was taken and the intensity of its effect

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high

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the subjectively pleasing effects of a drug, usually felt quite soon after the drug is taken

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placebo effect

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a response to an inert or innocusous medication gieven in place of an active drug

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opioid

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any of several natural or synthetic drugs that relieve pain and cause dowsiness and/or euphoria; examples are opium, morphine, and heroin' also call narcotic

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euphoria

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an exaggerated feeling of well-being

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depressant, or sedative-hypnotic

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a drug that decreases nervous or muscular activity, causing drowsiness or sleep

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central nervous system

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the brain and spinal cord

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sedation

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the induction of a calm, relaxed, often sleepy state

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tranquilizer

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a cns depressant that reduces tension and anxiety

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anasthetic

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a drug that produces a loss of sensation with or without a loss of consciousness

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stimulant

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a drug that increases nervous or muscular activity

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state depedence

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a situation in which information learned in a drug-induced states is difficult to recall when the effect of the drug wears off

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psychosis

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a severe mental disorder characterized by a distortion of reality;symptoms might include delusions or hallucinations

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depersonalization

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a states in which a person loses the sense of his or her reality or perceives his or body as unreal

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hallucinogen

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anay of serval drugs that alter perception feelings, or thoughts; lsd pcp

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synesthesia

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a condition in shich a stimulus evokes not only the sensation appropriate to it but also another sensation or a different character, such as when color evokes a specific smell

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altered states of consciousness

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profound changes in modd, thinking, perception

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flashback

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a perceptual distortion or bizarre thought that recurs after the chemical effects of a drug have worn off

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codependency

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a relationship in which a non-substance abusing partner or family is controlled by the abusers behavior

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alcohol

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the intoxicating ingredient in fermented or distilled beverages; a colorless;pungent liquid

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proof value

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2x the % of alcohol by volume; abeverage that is 50% alcohol is 100 proof

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one drink

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the amount of a beverage that typically contains about .6 ounce of alcohol; also call a standard drink

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metabolism

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the chemical transformation of food and other substances in the body into energy and wastes

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blood alcohol concentration(BAC)

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the amount of alcohol in the blood in terms of weight per unit volume; used as a measure of intoxication

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cirrhosis

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a disease in which the liver is severly damaged by alcohol, other toxins or infection

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fetal alchohol syndrome(FAS)

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a characteristic group of birth defects caused by excessive alcohol consumption by the mothter including facial deformities, heart defects, and physical and mental imparitments

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alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND)

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cognitive and behavioral problems seen in peopel whose mothers drank during pregancy

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alcohol abuse

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the use of alcohol to a degree that causes physical dmage, impairs functioning, or results in behavior harmful to others

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alcohol dependence

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a pathological use of alcohol or impairment in fuctioning due to alcohol;characterized by tolerance and withdrawal symptoms;alcoholism

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alcoholism

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a chronic psychological disorder characterized by excessive and compulsive drinking

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binge drinking

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periodically drinking alcohol to the point of severe intoxication

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hallucination

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a false perception that does not correspond to external reality, such as seeing visions or hearing voices that arent there

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delirium tremens (the DTs)

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a state of confusion brought on by the reduction of a alcohol intake in an alcohol-dependent person: other symptons are sweating, trembling, anxiety, hallucinations,seizures