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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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What is prohibition

A

Criminal offence to produce, import, distribute, or possess for non medical use

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What is decriminalization

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Refers to absence of criminal charges for small amounts of certain drugs

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3
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What is medicalization

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Exemption of criminal offence for medical management of drug dependency

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4
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What is depenalization

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Absence of all penalties for possession of certain drugs

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5
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What is legalization

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No aspect of the production-possession is an offence for any substance

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6
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What is the relationship between drugs and crime?

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Pharmacological effects
Drug use and deviant behaviour
Crime and income
Crime as a result of violence in the drug trade

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7
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What is the Canadian drug strategy?

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  1. Prevention and education
  2. Treatment and rehabilitation
  3. Enforcement and control
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8
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What are the 5 drug classifications

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Stimulants
Depressants
Hallucinogens 
Opioids 
Psychotherapeutic
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9
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What are stimulants

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Produce wakefulness and energy

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What are depressants

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Produce relaxation, slowed reaction, and unconsciousness

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What are hallucinogens

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Produce altered perceptions, and unusual visual sensations

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12
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What are opioids

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Painkilling drugs produce a relaxing dream like state

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13
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What are psychotherapeutic drugs?

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Use to control mental problems

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14
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What are the 4 complexities of drug use

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Compulsion
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Negative consequences

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15
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Describe a user

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Uses to enhance the pleasure of normal pleasurable situations

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16
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Describe an abuser

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Uses to compensate for negative feelings

17
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Describe an addict

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Uses to celebrate, compensate, or any other reason

18
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What is the drug laws time line?

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  1. Opium Act
  2. Narcotics Control Act
  3. controlled drugs and substance act
19
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What are the neurological affects?

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Addictive, synergistic, potentiating, antagonistic

20
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Explain addictive

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2 drugs having similar actions to have a cumulative affect (1+1=2)

21
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Explain synergistic

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Two drugs having similar actions but the effects of the joint action is more than cumulative (1+1=3)

22
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Explain potentiating

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Two drugs have different actions, but when taken together, one enhances the effects of the other (1+1=4)

23
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Explain antagonistic

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Two or more drugs are taken together and one counteracts the affects of the other (1+1=0)

24
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What is dopamine

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Related to attention, learning, and motor control

25
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What is serotonin

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Regulates drives/moods such as aggression, sex, and eating while improving abilities to interact socially

26
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Explain endorphins

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Secondary feel good chemical, natural pain killer

27
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What are the theories

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The exposure position
Personality and addiction
Behavioural theory
Psychological theories

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