Putting Drugs in Perspective Flashcards
The _________________ is generally taken by law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
Moral-legal perspective
The idea of the ________________________ is to have people keep drugs away from each other, decrease the availability, and increase the punishment.
Moral-legal perspective
The __________________ doesn’t necessarily stop people from wanting to use drugs.
Moral-legal perspective
The _________________ is most commonly held by physicians and health care providers.
Medical-health perspective
____________________ is assuming that people want to be as healthy as possible at all times.
Medical-health perspective
The __________________ is targeted at addressing the demand for drugs and making people want them less.
Psychological perspective
The ______________________ challenges maladaptive thinking.
Psychological perspective
The __________________ is the idea that you should adapt the environment for the individual.
Sociocultural perspective
The ______________ tries to use treatment methods such as clubs, community centres, greenspaces, parks, etc.
Sociocultural perspective
The _______________ side for drugs focuses on prevention, intervention, and treatment (the good side, it helps people).
Demand
The _______________ side for drugs focuses on incarceration, militarization, and regulation (the “bad side”, wanting to control drugs).
Supply
To some, alcohol is considered to be the most dangerous drug. True or false?
True
The THC in cannabis is increasing, and the CBD is decreasing. True or false?
True
________________ drugs are a high potential for drug abuse, most dangerous, illegal to distribute, illegal to manufacturers, etc (cocaine, heroin, fentanyl).
Schedule 1
_______________ drugs are a high potential for drug abuse, may lead to psychological or physical dependence, synthetic cannabinoids, etc./
Schedule 2
___________________ drugs have a moderate potential for abuse, may pose additional risks, moderate potential for psychological dependence, etc (LSD, mushrooms, ritalin, etc).
Schedule 3
______________________ drugs have a low abuse potential and risk potential, used for a variety of medical purposes (barbiturates, benzodiazepines, anabolic steroids, etc).
Schedule 4
___________________ drugs are sold without medical supervision and must include labelling and instructions for safe use (Tylenol, Pepto, Advil, asprin, etc).
Unscheduled
In ___________ cannabis was prohibited in Canada.
1923
Why did president Nixon start a war on drugs?
To stop illegal drug trade
In the last decade, up to 100,000 have died as a result of _______________________.
Drug-related violence
The #1 goal for the legalization for cannabis was ______________ and #2 was ___________________
Safety and combat the illegal market
What are the 3 pillars of policy for the drug laws in Portugal?
- No such thing as a soft or hard drug. Only healthy or unhealthy
relationships with drugs - Unhealthy relationships reflect frayed relationships with loved ones, the
world around them, and themselves - Eradication of all drugs is impossible
