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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
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