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| Four principles of psychoactive drugs |
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-Drugs are not good or bad
-Every drug has multiple effects
-Size, amount, and quality of the drug affects the effect
-Effects depend on an individual's history and expectations |
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| Males are ______ likely to be addicted |
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| Males whose fathers were addicts are ______ likely to be addicted |
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| a chemical (other than food) that changes the structure of the brain and how the body works. They can be behind the counter or over the counter. |
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| targets brain function, will generally alter thoughts, behaviors, and emotions |
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| drug use that is not socially acceptable to your peer group |
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| using a drug in a way that it is not intended, or in an amount that it is not intend. The elderly are the ones who do this the most |
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A more precise term than addiction
A state in which an individual uses a drug so frequently or consistently that it would be difficult for the person to stop
May be physiological, physical and/or psychological |
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| When did revolutions on drugs come out? |
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| What are some of the drug revolutions that came out in the 50's |
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Antibiotics
Vaccines
Psychopharmaceuticals
Oral contraceptives |
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| It's not easy to get information on what three things? |
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Number of drug users
How much is imported and sold
Usage of even alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drugs |
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| Good things about survey questionnaires? |
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Easy to use
Inexpensive
Efficient |
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| Bad things about survey questionnaires |
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Bias in student population (e.g., dropouts not counted)
Potential inaccuracy of self-reports (among both users and non-users) |
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| What two things does the Monitoring the Future measure? |
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Prevalence of use
Perceived risk and availability |
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| What three grades does the Monitoring the Future survey? |
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| Majority are 8th, 10th, and 12th graders |
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| How does the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)get their information? |
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| Face-to-face, computer-assisted interviews |
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| How many people are in the NSDUH? |
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| How often is the NSDUH done? |
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| Finding similar patterns in two different studies, using different sampling techniques, is a stronger indication that these trends are real and reflect broad changes in American society over time |
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| a variable that is statistically related to another variable, such as drug use |
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| Socioeconomic status does or does not correlate well with drug use? |
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Community, parental, and peer attitudes and behaviors
Anti-social/problem behavior
Poor school performance |
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Involvement in religious activities
Perceived risk of drug use |
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| African American females are ____ likely to use than white females |
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| a factor that occurs before an event such as the initiation of drug use |
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Aggressiveness
Conduct problems
Poor academic performance
Attachment to a drug-using peer group
Parental and community norms that support drug use |
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| Gateway substances are perhaps best thought of as early indicators of a basic pattern of deviant behavior resulting from a variety of risk factors |
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| What are some examples of gateway substances? |
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Identification with a deviant subculture is a key factor
Fads and cultural trends influence what drugs are used
Characteristics of drugs can reinforce their use
Societal, community, and family factors play an important role in whether an individual tries a drug
Drug factors play an important role in whether an individual continues to use a drug |
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| The NSDUH is broken down into what? |
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| Personality problems are _____ predictors of drug use |
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| Females tend to ask for ____ |
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| Females (18-24) are _______ ___to males for use |
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| Females can have ____ long term effects from use |
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| The _____ educated, the _____ likely they are to use |
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| What personality is more likely to use? |
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Race
Gender
Education
Personality
Genetics |
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