CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Substance Abuse, Prescription Drug, Addiction
15 Mar 2018
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Juvenile drug use: *drug use in early life is associated with, many serious health problems, serious crimes, developmental issues, ontario student drug use & health survey, survey of 20,272 ontario students gr. 7-12: past year drug use, 49% alcohol, 20% binge drank, 23% cannabis, 12% prescription pain relievers for recreation, 8. 5% cigarettes, 10% otc cough/cold medication. In canada this was province-by-province; e. g. , bc was enacted in 1917 and repealed in 1921: legal =/= safe. Goldstein"s tripartite conceptual model of drug-related crime: 3 main kinds of drug-related crime, psychopharmacological crime. Individuals become excitable or irrational as a direct result of using drugs: systemic crime, drug trafficking & distribution lead to violence or crime, economically compulsive crime, crime committed to support expensive drug addiction. 9-12 students: clear, odorless, tasteless liquid, produced from acid in a fungus, causes hyperawareness & appreciation of stimuli, including hallucinations and possible psychotic-like behaviour. Improved mood, alertness, euphoria, sociability, confidence, energy: possible negative effects.
