CRIM 424 Exam 1
Psychoactive drug - ANS Drugs that affect feelings, thoughts, perceptions, and behavior
Biopsychosocial model - ANS The idea that drug-taking behavior can best be accounted for through
the consideration of a combination of biological, psychological, and sociological risk factors in an
individual's life
Drug - ANS A chemical substance that, when taken into the body, alters the structure or functioning
of the body in some way, excluding those nutrients considered to be related to normal functioning
Instrumental use - ANS Referring to the motivation of a drug user who takes a drug for a specific
purpose other than getting "high"
Recreational use - ANS Referring to the motivation of a drug user who takes a drug only to get "high"
or achieve some pleasurable effect
Drug-Brand names - ANS Are the registered trademark names given by the manufacturer while
under the life of the patent
Drug-Generic names - ANS Are based on the chemical name once a patent has expired
Drug-Natural-product names - ANS Are based on the plant or chemicals from which the drug
originates from
Drug-Street names - ANS Are the slang terms generated by the subculture of drug users
Illicit drugs - ANS Drugs whose manufacture, sale, or possession is illegal
Licit drugs - ANS Drugs whose manufacture, sale, or possession is legal
Drug misuse - ANS Drug-taking behavior in which a drug is used inappropriately
, Drug abuse - ANS Drug-taking behavior resulting in some form of physical, mental, or social
impairment
Drug dependence - ANS Drug-taking behavior that involves not only some form of physical, mental,
or social impairment in an individual's life but also more intense experiences such as feelings of drug
craving, drug tolerance, and/or withdrawal when drug use has stopped
Substance Use DIsorder - ANS Used to diagnose problems associated with drugs and alcohol
Addiction - ANS Is a generic, broad term that can have a stigmatizing effect
Toxicity - ANS The physical or psychological harm that a drug might present to the user
Dose - ANS The quantity of drug that is taken into the body, typically measured in terms of
milligrams (mg) or micrograms(ug)
Acute toxicity - ANS The physical or psychological harm a drug might present to the user
immediately or soon after the drug is ingested into the body
Dose-response curve - ANS An S-shaped graph showing the increasing probability of a certain drug
effect as the dose
Effective dose (ED) - ANS The minimal dose of a particular drug necessary to produce the intended
drug effect in a given percentage of the population
Lethal dose (LD) - ANS The minimal dose of a particular drug capable of producing death in a given
percentage of the population
Therapeutic index - ANS A measure of a drug's relative safety for use, computed as the ratio of the
lethal dose for 50 percent of the population to the effective dose for 50 percent of the population
Margin of Safety - ANS The ratio of a lethal dose for 1 percent of the population to the effective dose
for 99 percent of the population
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