DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
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- Drug
- any substance that causes biochemical reaction in the body
- drug abuse
- this concept begins with the notion of excessive or inappropraite drug use resulting in social, psychological, and /or physicological impairments. It stems from a chronic physical and psychological compulsion to continue taking a drug in order to avoid unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.
- drug dependency
- the routine need for a drug for physciolgical and or psychological reasons.
- gateway drug
- propnents of this concept suggest that, for example, marijuana is a substance that paves the way for the use of other illicit drugs, such as cocaine or heroin.
- labelling
- the process defining and treating others as deviant. Labelling theory explores the effects of negative labels on individuals self conceptions and is intrestested in the development of a devient identity. Social reactions of condemnation and criminalization can lead actors to alter their individual characteristics and to adopt the values of their labelled identity.
- polydrug use
- using drugs in combination, with the most populat combination being alcohol , nicotine, and marijuana. This concept is a cousin to the concept of gateway drugs.