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Chapter 12 Drugs of Abuse

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Chapter Drugs of Abuse12

Section 1 Drug Abuse Defined

Section 2 Why Do People Abuse Drugs?

Section 3 Addiction

Section 4 Commonly Abused Drugs

Section 5 Drugs and Driving

Section 6 Kicking the Habit

Section 7 Helping Someone Else Kick the Habit

Contents




Fact or Fiction?

Is this statement true or false? If you think it is false,

explain what is true.

• Unlike smoking tobacco, smoking marijuana does not harm health.




Content Vocabulary

drug use

drug misuse

drug abuse

recreational drug use




Drug abuse can damage a person’s health and ability to function effectively.

Official Definitions




• The FDA’s definition of drug use may vary from the definitions of society.


drug use

The taking of a drug for its medically intended purpose, and in the appropriate amount, frequency, strength, and manner




• Drug misuse can lead to dependence.


drug misuse

The taking of a drug for its medically intended purpose, but not in the appropriate amount, frequency, strength, or manner

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Too dramatic. Not necessary.




• Drug abuse can result in damage to a person’s health or ability to function.


drug abuseThe deliberate taking of a drug for anything other than a medical purpose.

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Lawmakers have passed laws related to drug abuse. In our society, the use of mind-altering drugs is illegal.

Society’s Definition




• Some individuals try to define drug use differently.• Some people may say that they engage in

recreational drug use.



A term made up to describe their drug use, by people who claim their drug taking produces no harmful social or health effects

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• Some people who take mind-altering drugs call themselves drug users, not abusers.

• People who use drugs socially may see themselves as drug users, and not drug abusers.

• However, there is no such thing as mere “use” of a drug. Taking a drug for a purpose that is non-medical is drug abuse.





• Taking a drug for its medically intended purpose but not in the right dose is called ____________.

drug misuse

The taking of a drug for its medically intended purpose, but not in the appropriate amount, frequency, strength, or manner

Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary




• __________ is a term made up by people who claim their drug taking produces no harmful social or health effects.


A term made up, to describe their drug use, by people who claim their drug taking produces no harmful social or health effects

Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary

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