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Title: Alcohol,Drugs, and Substance Abuse
Description: This note cover different types of drug use,cycle of drug addiction,types of addiction,drug interaction, as well as types of drugs, and their categories.
Description: This note cover different types of drug use,cycle of drug addiction,types of addiction,drug interaction, as well as types of drugs, and their categories.
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Alcohol,Tobacco and other Drugs
Definition
What is the definition of a drug?
A substance other than food that affects a person's mental, emotional, or physical state
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What is the definition of an addiction
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Types of drug use
Drug use
Taking a drug for medically intended purpose in an appropriate manner
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Drug abuse
The deliberate taking of a drug for other than medical purpose and in a manner that may
damage your health
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e dopamine
Responsible for natural highs you feel from everyday activities “brain's reward system”
When a drug is introduced…
This causes a dopamine release that is stronger, more intense and longer lasting
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Brain cannot repeat;cannot fill receptors naturally
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Need drug to feel normal
Drug Hijacks brain's natural reward system
Tolerance
Need more of the drug to get the same effect
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If you stop the
drug, you go through withdrawal symptoms-pain,sickness
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Cannabis
Hallucinogens
Depressants
Stimulants
Marijuana
Magic Mushrooms
Alcohol
Methamphetamine
Hashish
Ecstasy
Heroin
Khat-Miraa
Hash oil
Acid+LSD
Morphine
Shisha
Synthetic marijuana
PCP- angel dust
Oxycontin
Cocaine/Crack
Peyote
Aspirin
Nicotine(tobacco)
Mescaline
Cough medicine
Caffeine
Vicodin
Hallucinogens
Cause the user to hallucinate
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Trips are unpredictable(can be good or bad)
Cannot overdose or become physically addicted but can feel long lasting effects
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Stimulants
Speed up CNS function
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Delay fatigue,suppress appetite
Increased alertness,produce feeling of well being “euphoria”
Tolerance and risk of addiction is high
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Lower heart rate, breathing,blood pressure, reaction time
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Drausiness, stupor
High risk of addiction
Cannabis
Has properties of all other 3 classifications
Properties:Stimulants,depressant,hallucinogenic
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Possibly move on to harder stronger substances
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Marijuana
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Prescription drugs
Inhalants
Drug Interaction
Independant
2 drugs can work independently of each other
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Antagonistic
Drugs taken together either block or reduce the effect of the other
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2+2=4
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Synergistic
Drugs taken together may produce an effect greater than the sum; by changing chemicals effect
on the body
Title: Alcohol,Drugs, and Substance Abuse
Description: This note cover different types of drug use,cycle of drug addiction,types of addiction,drug interaction, as well as types of drugs, and their categories.
Description: This note cover different types of drug use,cycle of drug addiction,types of addiction,drug interaction, as well as types of drugs, and their categories.