Unit 6

Question 1

Define Drug

Answer 1

• Any chemical substance that has a direct affect on the body and mind. Sometimes both at the same time. it can be used for medical purposes. People sometimes come addicted to drugs

Question 2

Dealing with Drugs

Answer 2

• individual rights and freedom

- personal harm and social harm

Question 3

Define Abuse

Answer 3

• When substance us interferes with the well-being of individuals and the societies in which they live
  (doesn’t have to be addiction it can be different from abuse)

Question 4

Drug use around the world (prevalence)

Answer 4

• serious methodological issies- have you ever …?
• have you used… in the last year?
• Government policies differ - health issues or crime issues?

Question 5

Drug use in Canada

Answer 5

• Drug crisis or very serious problem?
  -Alcohol widely used and socially accepted
  -opium no longer legal. or readily available
• Cocaine in Coca Cola until 1960
  =became socially unacceptable
  = Replace with caffeine

Question 6

Marijuana(age) in Canada

Answer 6

• Legalized October 17, 2018
• Federal minimum age – 18
• Age 19+ in Ontario
• Ontario Cannabis legalization

Question 7

Canada’s Opioid Crisis

Answer 7

• National public health crisis
• Overdoses and deaths caused by opioids (powerful pain-relieving drugs)
• Rapid rise in rates
• Involves prescription opioids, and toxic illegal drugs
• Fentanyl - 50-100 timesmore potent than morphine.

Question 8

Canada’s Opioid Crisis(Who is at risk?)

Answer 8

Anyone who uses drugs including those who:

• are struggling with problematic substance use
• use drugs occasionally in a recreational context
• are trying an illegal drug for the first time
• are not strictly following their health care professionals’ instructions

Question 9

Government of Canada - Action

Answer 9

Targeted public health emergency response and through:

• Prevention
• Treatment
• Harm reduction
• Enforcement

Question 10

Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (2017) (new Act)

Answer 10

-if you’re with some and they’re having a reaction or overdose from the drugs and if you call 911 you will not get arrested
-Legal protection granted by the act
=provides some legal protection for people who —experience or witness an overdose and call 9-1-1 for help.
-Protection from:
=Charges for possession of a controlled substance (i.e. drugs) under section 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
-Does notprovide legal protection against more serious offences, such as:
=outstanding warrants
=production and trafficking of controlled substances
=all other crimes not outlined within the act

Question 11

What is drug addiction

Answer 11

• is where drug use is addictive and it makes users unable to stop using because of their dependency for it

Question 12

What is impatient

Answer 12

• It refers to the treatment of drug users in a hospital which includes them getting medical supervision for them to detoxification

Question 13

What is outpatient

Answer 13

• It allows individuals to remain in there home and work which is often less expensive

Question 14

Patient treatment

Answer 14

• The longer a patent stays in treatment, the greater the likelihood of a successful recovery

Question 15

Deregulation

Answer 15

• is the reduction of government control over certain drugs. For example, Ontario has opened up the sale of wine to private stores

Question 16

Criminalization

Answer 16

• it means that any act that violates criminal law

Question 17

Legalization

Answer 17

• it means that adults make informed choices such as bad choices that could put them in jail