Risky Business Flashcards
RBT
Random Breath Testing
Hallucinogenic
A psychoactive agent that often or ordinarily causes hallucinations, perpetual anomalies and subjective changes in thought and emotion.
Dependence
The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
Harm minimisation
A range of public health policies designed to lessen the negative social and/or physical consequences associated with various human behaviours.
Impunity
Exemption from punishments or freed in from the injurious consequences of an action.
Paranoia
A thought process that causes you to have an irrational suspicion or mistrust of others
Illicit
Forbidden by law, rules or customs
Amohetamines
A synthetic, addictive, mood-altering drug, used illegally as a stimulant
Defibrillator
An apparatus used to control heart fibrillation by application of an electric current to the chest wall or heart.
Toxicity
The quality of being toxic or poisonous
Coroner
An official who holds inquests into violent, sudden or suspicious deaths and inquiries into cases.
Zero tolerance approach
Forbids people in positions of authority from exercising discretion or changing punishments to fit the circumstances subjectively.
Harm minimisation strategies
- harm reduction
- injecting rooms
- supply reduction
- RBT
- demand reduction
- pill testing
Qualities of a good driver
Attitude: calm behaviour
Skills: aware and courteous
Knowledge: understanding rules
Causes of accidents
- speeding
- fatigue
- alcohol
