Substance Use Disorder
What project is tracking drug use in adololescents and adults?
Monitoring the Future project
The study of environmental influences on genetics
Epigenetics
Requiring a significantly increased amount of adrug to achieve the desired effect
Tolerance
The use of more than one drug
Polydrug use
Refraining from drug use
Abstinence
When the recurrent use of alcohol and/or drugs causes clinically causes clinically significant impairment, such as health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home.
The definition of substance use disorder
Strong desire for a drug or for the intoxicating effects of that drug
Craving
A structure that regulates our ability to feel pleasure and other emotions, both positive and negative.
A condition that results in disturbances in the level of the consciousness, cognition, perception, judgment, affect or behavior, or other psychophysiological functions and responses.
Intoxication
A life threatening condition that can occur by drinking large amounts of alcohol over a short period of time.
Alcohol toxicity
Acute treatment for substance use disorder involving supervision, observation, support, intensive education, and counseling that involves multidisciplinary treatment interventions.
Stabilization