Drug Policy
An illicit drug
What is a drug that is unlawful to possess?
Intravenous injection
What is the route of administration that gets high concentrations of a drug to the brain quickly.
Consumption of Alcohol
What is a drug linked to crime and violence?
Plants
Where did drugs directly or indirectly originally come from?
Data from ER Visits
What is the DAWN system?
Placebo
What is the inactive chemical that the user believes to be a drug?
Acute symptoms
What are immediate effects of drugs?
Potency
What is the amount of a drug required to produce a particular effect?
Drugs are not good or bad
Use is not Abuse
Amount matters
Every drug has multiple effects
What are the general principles of psychoactive drugs?
Threshold
What is the lowest dose at which an effect is observed?