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French 7th Grade with Me at Edgemont High School

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By: sarah kahn
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Discovering French Nouveau Bleu 1 (English and French Edition)

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drug dependence

a compulsive need for more and more of a habit-forming substance despite negative health effects or social consequences.

drub overdose

taking a large enough dose of a drug that it causes a person to become seriously ill or die

dopamine

a neurotransmitter that influences pleasure, mood and movement

reward pathway

a system that links together a number of brain structures that control and regulate our ability to feel pleasure

tolerance

requiring more and more of a drug to experience a pleasurable effect

what does experimental drug use lead to?

experimental drug use leads to recreational drug use which leads to misuse which leads to abuse which leads to dependence

experimental drug use

use of drug is out of curiosity and often unplanned, user learns how the drugs make them feel

recreational drug use

conscious decision, still infrequent, plans when uses will occur, intoxication occurs by accident

misuse

uses drug with greater frequency, experiences negative consequences from the use of the drug, the drug is now apart of the users life

abuse

user is preoccupied with the drug and insists upon being in situations where use can occur. intoxication happens more frequently. not viewed as a problem. loss of control over drug use. more and more of the drug is needed to feel pleasure. more negative affects happen.

dependence

total dependence on the drug. user is unable to quit. some symptoms are memory lapses. now psychological dependences increase.