Test 1 Flashcards
(27 cards)
What is prohibition
Criminal offence to produce, import, distribute, or possess for non medical use
What is decriminalization
Refers to absence of criminal charges for small amounts of certain drugs
What is medicalization
Exemption of criminal offence for medical management of drug dependency
What is depenalization
Absence of all penalties for possession of certain drugs
What is legalization
No aspect of the production-possession is an offence for any substance
What is the relationship between drugs and crime?
Pharmacological effects
Drug use and deviant behaviour
Crime and income
Crime as a result of violence in the drug trade
What is the Canadian drug strategy?
- Prevention and education
- Treatment and rehabilitation
- Enforcement and control
What are the 5 drug classifications
Stimulants Depressants Hallucinogens Opioids Psychotherapeutic
What are stimulants
Produce wakefulness and energy
What are depressants
Produce relaxation, slowed reaction, and unconsciousness
What are hallucinogens
Produce altered perceptions, and unusual visual sensations
What are opioids
Painkilling drugs produce a relaxing dream like state
What are psychotherapeutic drugs?
Use to control mental problems
What are the 4 complexities of drug use
Compulsion
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Negative consequences
Describe a user
Uses to enhance the pleasure of normal pleasurable situations
Describe an abuser
Uses to compensate for negative feelings
Describe an addict
Uses to celebrate, compensate, or any other reason
What is the drug laws time line?
- Opium Act
- Narcotics Control Act
- controlled drugs and substance act
What are the neurological affects?
Addictive, synergistic, potentiating, antagonistic
Explain addictive
2 drugs having similar actions to have a cumulative affect (1+1=2)
Explain synergistic
Two drugs having similar actions but the effects of the joint action is more than cumulative (1+1=3)
Explain potentiating
Two drugs have different actions, but when taken together, one enhances the effects of the other (1+1=4)
Explain antagonistic
Two or more drugs are taken together and one counteracts the affects of the other (1+1=0)
What is dopamine
Related to attention, learning, and motor control
