CCJ 4938r Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Knock, Harm Reduction, Lisdexamfetamine
16 Dec 2016
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Less likely to use illegal drugs: innovation involves illegal behavior. Drug dealer: ritualism burnt out factory worker. Serious addicts: rebellion hippie subculture example. Not everyone has access to economic means; don"t believe in economic goal or means to achieving it; want to change society in general. Boat rockers (don"t need to know chart) We all take drugs for genuine therapeutic reasons. Because the devil made them do it. Genetic factors: children of one alcoholic biological parent that were adopted by non-alcoholics were 3 times more likely to be alcoholics even when they were raised in a low risk environment. Physiological factors: one physiological factor hypothesized to be involved in drug abuse has to do with metabolic processes in the body. People might differ in the extent to which chemicals in the body are broken down or changed in some way to allow us to function normally.
