PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Bloodborne, Substance Abuse
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Drug: a chemical substance that when taken into the body, alters the body"s homeostasis and/or behaviour. Psychoactive drug: a drug that influences the functioning of the brain and hence our behaviour and experience. Drugs whose manufacture sale or possession is legal. Drugs whose manufacture sale or possession is illegal. Correlations with risk factors, protective factors, attitudes, etc. There is no relation to the availability of a drug and how much it is used! Probability of developing a long-term addiction to a drug decreases the later in life that drug is introduced. Survey finding marijuana smoking is correlated to low grades in high school. Smoking marijuana causes the user to get bad grades/ vice versa. Antecedent a factor that occurs before an event such as the initiation of drug use. Substance that if used by a younger person, increases likelihood of other drugs being used when the person is older.
