PS268 Final: Final Exam Study Guide
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Requirements) for other purposes than prescribed problems (legal, occupational or physical problems) appears to be difficult for the person to live without it: licit drugs: drugs whose manufacture, sale or possession is legal (may have age, drug misuse: the use of prescribed drugs in greater amounts than prescribed or, abuse: use of any substance in a manner, amount or situations that lead to, addiction: relapsing condition characterized by drug seeking, abuse and long lasting chemical changes in the brain (different meanings for different people, drug dependence: state in which the user uses the drug so frequently that it, tolerance: condition that may follow repeated ingestion (occurs when a person"s, withdrawal: symptoms (abnormal physical or psychological effects) that occur, antecedent: factor that occurs before an event such as the initiation of drug use, gateway substance: substance that if used increases the likelihood of other drugs being used when older (tobacco is the best predictor for future heroin use.
