CCJ 4934 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Drug User, Binge Drinking, Alcoholic Drink
29 Mar 2016
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Drugs and their use legal drugs. Overview: illicit use centers around the psychoactive properties of alcoholic beverages, alcohol. Can induce and addiction" or dependence"; heavy, long-erm drinking resulting in extraordinary measures to continue despite the potential harm they experience or no they will. Pharmacological sense, all drinkers are drug users. Physically, essentialist alcohol is a drug no different from lsd, Coke, heroin: subjectivist/constructionist sense alcohol is not a drug. Alcohol: an introduction: fermentation is an ancient discovery, each society has a different acquaintance level with alcohol, overall impact of alcohol is determined by biochemical effects and the relationship to the characteristics of people drinking it. Disorganize and impares ability of brain to process information. Wine is 13-14: rule of equivalency effects of alcohol are determined principally by the volume of absolute alcohol that is drunk rather than the type of drink itself, other factors.
