SOCL 3501 Chapter : Chapter 12 Notes
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Illicit drug use: myths, all drug users become drug addicts, drug use/addiction only exists among the lower class, there are no risks associated with marijuana. Just because it"s legal doesn"t mean it is safe. Alcohol and tobacco are linked to more deaths and crime than any other: most drugs that are illegal today were once legal. Cocaine was legal until blacks started using it to stay up longer to work linger and the media was making it seem like the cocaine was making the black stronger and more sexually hyperactive. In street drugs you don"t know how pure it is. All marijuana isn"t equal, some stronger than others: drug mixing: effects of marijuana is stronger while drinking alcohol. Not a+b but a*b: administration: the way you administer the drug effects how strong the effect will be. Smoking gets drug into system fast, but there will be a tradeoff intensity versus duration.
