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| Substance Abuse | Maladaptive pattern of drug use that leads to significant impairment or distress |
| Tolerance | Requiring more of a drug to get the effects from it |
| Withdrawal | Behavioral, physical and cognitive changes that come about when the drug is stopped or abruptly decreased |
| Craving | Strong urges to take a drug |
| Substance Dependence | Having lost control over the drug use, and exhibiting tolerance withdrawal symptoms, unsuccessful efforts to cut back |
| CNS Depressants | Initial effect may be excitation (alcohol), but then they cause relaxation, sedation, decreased anxiety. |
| Korsakoff’s Syndrome | Caused by long-term alcohol use; consists of dementia with profound memory loss |
| Drug Use | Taking of a drug |
| Stimulants | Act on brain neurotransmitter receptors to produce excitation, increased alertness, aggression, decreased food intake. Amphetamines, PCP, Cocaine, Crack, Nicotine, Caffeine |
| Hallucinogens | Produce sensory & perceptual alterations & hallucinations. LSD, Mescaline, Ecstasy |
| Codependency | Exhibiting behaviors that enable an addict to continue using |
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