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Drug Use Flashcards

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What is drug abuse?

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Continued use despite negative consequences

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What is physical and psychological dependence?

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Psychological dependence: emotional attachment to use of drug

Physical dependence: when a person develops tolerance, and needs more and more of a drug

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What is intoxication?

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Behavioural, psychological, and physical changes that occur as a result of substance use

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What is withdrawal?

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Symptoms that cause distress when use of drug stops

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What is polyabuse?

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Use of more than one drug

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What are concurrent disorders?

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Have a substance use problem and health issue

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What are routes of drug administration?

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  • Inhalation and intravenous injection is the fastest
  • Intramuscular
  • Subcutaneous
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What are factors that impact responses to drugs?

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  • Chemical composition
  • Dosage
  • Site of action/means of administration
  • Toxicity (level at which drug causes temporary or permanent damage)
  • Tolerance (metabolism, cross tolerance so if you have tolerance to meth, you may be tolerant of amphetamine)
  • Setting
  • Individual factors (weight, gender, age, genes, health, mind set, physical state)
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What are the effects of caffeine?

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  • Drowsiness
  • Helps in performance of repetitive work
  • Boost for athletic events
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What are the benefits of caffeine?

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Potential benefits for Parkinson’s, cancers, heart disease, and eating disorders

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What are the consequences of caffeine?

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  • Dependence
  • Anxiety
  • Insomnia
  • Rapid breathing
  • Upset stomach and bowels
  • Dizziness

Bladder cancer in men, could cross placenta into tissues of growing fetus, increased risk of miscarriage

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Discuss drug use on campus.

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  • Alcohol is most common, then energy drinks
  • Marijuana is most common illegal drug
  • Factors include whether of not students will use drugs include perception of risk, alcohol use, environment, and perceived peer use
  • Pain killers and stimulants are most common prescription drugs used that were not prescribed
  • Ecstasy and ADHD drug usage have increased in high school females
  • Binge drinking, energy drinks, cannabis, opioids, and cigarette use decreased
  • 1/6 students report symptoms of a drug use problem using CRAFFT
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What are the classes of drugs?

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  1. Diuretics (increase urine)
  2. Analgesics (reduce pain)
  3. Stimulants (produce nervous system excitement)
  4. Depressants (slow down brain activity)
  5. Hallucinogens (alter reality)
  6. Opiods
  7. Cannabis
  8. Inhalants (can be depressants)
  9. Club drugs (can be stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogens)
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How do you fight drug addiction?

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  1. Know the problem
    - Compulsive and frequent use
    - Dependence
    - Loss of control
    - Denial
    - Using drugs in dangerous situations
    - Negative consequences
    - Unsuccessfully try to stop many times
    - Interference with health, family life, relationships, work or school
  2. Must determine level of addiction (CRAFFT screener or DSM-IV Diagnostic Critera)
    - Ridden in CAR driven by someone who was on drugs
    - Use drugs to RELAX or fit in
    - Use drugs ALONE
    - FORGET things when using drugs
    - FRIENDS tell you to cut down
    - Gotten into TROUBLE when using drugs
  3. Treatment plan may consist of individual therapy, marital/family therapy, medication, and behaviour therapy
  4. Get help at Wellness Education Centre, Student Health Services, hospital, drug and alcohol helpline
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What do stimulants do?

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  • Act on CNS

- Effects include increased energy, euphoria, high, restlessness, talkative, difficulty sleeping

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Talk about amphetamines.

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  • Stimulant
  • Lab made
  • Euphoria, confidence, energy, increased ability to concentrate, impulsiveness, confidence
  • Speeds up body processes
  • Suppresses appetite
  • Counteracts fatigue and boredom
  • Long term produces stimulant psychosis
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Talk about MDMA (ecstasy).

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  • Stimulant
  • Increased heart rate, energy, muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, chills, sweating, raised body temperature
  • Muscle breakdown, kidney and cardiovascular failure
  • Psychological difficulties include confusion, depression, sleep problems, severe anxiety, paranoia
  • Leads to psychological dependence
  • Long term changes to brain, memory, learning, intelligence
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Talk about meth.

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  • Stimulant
  • White, odorless, bitter
  • Smoked or injected, lasts 8-14 hours
  • Memory loss, state dependence, aggression
  • Cardic and neurological damage, psychosis, death
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Talk about cocaine.

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  • Stimulant
  • Directly stimulates pleasure centers in brain
  • Cause you to ignore other needs
  • Intense, immediate, brief high
  • Astonishing surge in mental, physical, and sexual power
  • Sniffing, snorting, injecting, smoking
  • Depression, paranoia, aggression
  • Heart attacks, seizures, psychosis
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What do depressants do?

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Chemical substances that produce muscular relaxation and relief from anxiety and tension

Slow activity of nervous system; effects range from mild sedation to death

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Talk about inhalants.

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  • Depressant
  • Lightheadedness, exhilaration, hallucinations, recklessness, slowed reflexes
  • Nausea, coughing, abnormal heart rhythms, hepatitis, lever or kidney failure, coma, brain damage, death of asphyxiation
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Talk about hypnotics.

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  • Depressant
  • Promotes mental calmness, reduces anxiety
  • Promotes sleep or drowsiness
  • Eg. benzodiazepines or barbituates
23
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What do hallucinogens do?

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  • Alter perception, mood, sensation, experience
  • Unpredictable
  • Person is aware they are tripping; influenced by setting
  • Tolerance quickly but not so much addiction
  • Potent
  • Sense of power, violent urges, panic attacks, convulsions
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Talk about marijuana.

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  • Can be hallucinogenic (relaxation, tranquility, anxiety, paranoia)
  • Effects depend on expectations (how long smoke stays in lungs, peaks occur at 30-60 minutes, oral administration takes 3x higher the dose for same effect)
  • Can take 2-3 weeks to get out of system because fat soluble
  • Long term effects include respiratory problems, sperm, cancer
  • Amotivational syndrome: apathy

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