Chapter 12

Question 0

Alters sensory perceptions, mood, though process, or behavior

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Psychoactive Drug

Question 1

Substance other than food that when taken in small quantities, alters one’s, physical, mental, or emotional state

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Drug

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Inappropriate use of prescription or nonprescription drugs

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Drug Misuse

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Taking of a drug for non-medically approved purposes; continued use of a lethal drug with the knowledge that it is hazardous to one’s health

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Drug Abuse

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When one feels that a particular drug is necessary for normal functioning

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Drug Dependence

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A psychological state in which discontinued drug use results in clinical illness

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Physical Dependence

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A non-evaluative term referring to drug taking behavior in general, any drug taking behavior

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Drug Use

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A psychological state characterized by am overwhelming desire to continue use of a drug

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Psychological Dependence

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Consuming five or more drinks in a row for males and four or more drinks on a row for females

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Binge Drinking

Question 9

One for whom alcohol consumption results I’m a medical, social, or other type of problem

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Problem Drinker

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A disease characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupied with drinking, and continued use of alcohol despite adverse consequences

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Alcoholism

Question 11

The percentage of concentration alcohol in the blood

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Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

Question 12

A federal law that requires stated to set the minimum legal age for purchasing tobacco products at 18 years and requires states to enforce this law

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Synar Amendment

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Tobacco smoke in the ambient air

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) (secondhand smoke)

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Drugs (except tobacco and alcohol) that can be legally purchased without a physicians prescription

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Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs (nonprescription drugs)

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A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services charged with ensuring the safety and efficiency of all prescription and nonprescription drugs

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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Drugs regulated by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control Act of 1970, including all illegal drugs and prescription drugs that are subject to abuse and can produce dependence

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Controlled Substance

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The central piece of federal drug legislation that regulates illegal drugs and legal drugs that have a high potential for abuse

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Controlled Substance Act of 1970 (Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control Act of 1970)

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Drugs that cannot be legally manufactured, distributed, or sold, mad that usually lack recognized medicinal value. Drugs that have been placed under Schedule of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970

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Illicit (illegal) Drugs

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The federal government’s lead agency with the primary responsibility for enforcing the nation’s drug laws, including the Controlled Substance Act of 1970

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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Question 20

Dried plant, part of the hemp plant, Cannibis sativa

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Marijuana

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Concurrent use of multiple drugs

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Polydrug use

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A pattern of behavior characterized by apathy, loss of effectiveness, and a more passive, introverted personality

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Amotivational syndrome

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Drugs derived from or chemically related to opinion, that reduce pain and induce stupor, such as morphine

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Narcotics

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Physiological and enzymatic adjustments that occur I'm response to the chronic presence of drugs, which are reflected in the need for ever-increasing doses

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Tolerance

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The psychoactive ingredient in the leaves of the coca plant, Erythoxolyn coca, which, when refined, is a powerful stimulant/euphoriant

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Cocaine

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A drug that increases the activity of the central nervous system

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Stimulant

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Providing information about drugs and the dangers of drug abuse, changing attitudes and beliefs about drugs, providing the skills necessary to abstain from drugs, and ultimately changing drug abuse behavior

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Drug Abuse Education

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(For drug abuse and dependence) care that removes the physical, emotional, and environmental conditions that have contributed to drug abuse and/or dependence

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Treatment

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The continuing care provided the recovering former drug abuser

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Aftercare

Question 30

The guiding principles and courses of action pursued by governments to solve practical problems affecting society

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Public Policy

Question 31

The applications of federal, state, and local laws to arrest, jail, bring to trial, and sentence those who break drug laws or break laws because of drug use

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Law Enforcement

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The headquarters of America's drug control effort, located in the executive branch of the U.S. Government, headed by a director appointed by the president

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Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

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The agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that provided leadership in drug abuse prevention and treatment. It houses the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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The federal government's lead agency for drug abuse research, one of the National Institutes of Health

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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The federal agency in the Department of Justice that regulated alcohol and tobacco

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

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School-based drug education programs to assist students who have alcohol or other drug problems

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Student Assistance Programs (SAPs)

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School-based programs in which students discuss alcohol and other drug-related problems with peers

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Peer Counseling Programs

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A workplace drug program designed to assist employees whose work performance is suffering because if a personal problem such as alcohol or other drug problems

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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)