PS268 Lecture Notes - Drug User, Psychological Dependence, Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
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Toxic: poisonous, deadly or dangerous drugs = toxic if misused. Behavioural toxicity: toxicity resulting from behavioural effects of a drug. Acute referring to drugs, the short-term effects of a single dose. (sharp) Chronic referring to drugs, the long-term effects of a single dose. (long) Us government set up in order to monitor the toxicity of other drugs than alcohol collects data on drug-related emergency room visits from hospital emergency departments in major metropolitan areas around the country. When an individual goes to the emergency room they record the drug misuse or abuse in order to determine the # of visits associated with the drugs. Also collects data on drug-related deaths; alcohol associations are only accounted for when it is mixed with a drug to cause the problem. Alcohol accounts for 100,000 us deaths a year while cigarettes account for 40,000 deaths.
