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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 068 312 SE 014 712 TITLE What Will Happen if . . . A Programmed Instruction Course on Drugs and Their Effects. INSTITUTION Health Services and Mental Health Administration (DHEW), Bethesda, Md. REPORT NO DHEW-HSM-72-9134 PUB DATE 72 NOTE 54p. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock No. 1724-0233, $0.55) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS Drug Abuse; *Drug Education; Health Education; *Instructional Materials; Programed Instruction; *Programed Texts; *Secondary Grades; Social Studies; *Units of Study (rubject Fields) ABSTRACT Developed by the National Institute of Mental Health, this booklet offers a programed instruction course on drugs and their effects. The purpose of the text is to learn about specific drugs which are currently being used and abused by a large group of people in our society. Narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and marihuana are studied. The material is self-teaching, requiring about two hours for completion. Each page is divided into frames containing statements and questions with space provided for written answers. Answers for individual frames are printed opposite the following frame in the answer column to allow for movement down the page without exposing answers to the current question prematurely. A review section is included. (BL)

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 068 312 SE 014 712

TITLE What Will Happen if . . . A Programmed InstructionCourse on Drugs and Their Effects.

INSTITUTION Health Services and Mental Health Administration(DHEW), Bethesda, Md.

REPORT NO DHEW-HSM-72-9134PUB DATE 72NOTE 54p.AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock No. 1724-0233,$0.55)

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29DESCRIPTORS Drug Abuse; *Drug Education; Health Education;

*Instructional Materials; Programed Instruction;*Programed Texts; *Secondary Grades; Social Studies;*Units of Study (rubject Fields)

ABSTRACTDeveloped by the National Institute of Mental Health,

this booklet offers a programed instruction course on drugs and theireffects. The purpose of the text is to learn about specific drugswhich are currently being used and abused by a large group of peoplein our society. Narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens,and marihuana are studied. The material is self-teaching, requiringabout two hours for completion. Each page is divided into framescontaining statements and questions with space provided for writtenanswers. Answers for individual frames are printed opposite thefollowing frame in the answer column to allow for movement down thepage without exposing answers to the current question prematurely. Areview section is included. (BL)

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ans

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to th

e qu

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divi

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e an

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col

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part

Iin

trod

uctio

n: d

efin

ing

our

term

s

1-1

The

pur

pose

of t

his

text

is to

hel

p yo

u le

arn

abou

t spe

cific

dru

gs w

hich

are

curr

ently

bei

ng u

sed

and

abus

ed

by a

larg

e gr

oup

of p

eopl

e in

our

soc

iety

.

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ore

one

can

disc

uss

the

char

acte

ristic

s of

spe

cific

dru

gs, h

owev

er, i

t is

nece

ssar

y to

unde

rsta

nd th

epa

rtic

ular

lang

uage

of t

he s

ubje

ct m

atte

r.

We

shal

l beg

in, t

here

fore

, by

defin

ing

the

rele

vant

term

s th

at w

ill b

e us

ed th

roug

hout

the

text

.G

o on

tone

xt fr

ame.

1-2

Eac

h dr

ug w

e sh

all d

iscu

ss c

an c

reat

e a

spec

ific

kind

of d

epen

denc

e. S

uch

depe

nden

ce m

aybe

onl

y ps

y-

chol

ogic

al o

r it

may

be

both

psy

chol

ogic

al a

nd p

hysi

cal.

The

nat

ure

of d

epen

denc

y fo

r a

part

icul

ar d

rug

is e

xpre

ssed

in te

rms

of it

s

and

char

acte

ristic

s.

1-3

Let u

s ex

amin

e th

e ch

arac

teris

tics

of p

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce.

The

indi

vidu

al w

ho is

psy

chol

ogic

ally

dep

ende

nt o

n a

drug

has

a s

tron

g ne

ed to

con

tinue

taki

ng th

e dr

ugpe

riodi

cally

or

cont

inuo

usly

. His

bod

y do

es n

ot r

eally

nee

d th

e dr

ug, b

ut h

e ha

s a

crav

ing

for

it if

hedo

esn'

t

take

it. H

e w

ants

to b

e in

wha

teve

r st

ate

the

drug

put

s hi

m in

.

Whe

n an

indi

vidu

al fe

els

a st

rong

nee

d to

take

a c

hem

ical

sub

stitu

te p

erio

dica

lly o

r co

ntin

uous

lyhe

is s

aid

to

have

a

1-1

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

1-2

phys

ical

psyc

holo

gica

l(e

ither

ord

er)

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1-4

Wha

t hap

pens

if s

uch

a dr

ug is

dis

cont

inue

dor

den

ied?

If a

str

ong

psyc

holo

gica

l dep

ende

nce

has

deve

lope

d,th

e in

divi

dual

will

und

oubt

edly

see

kto

get

mor

e of

it b

ecau

se h

e fe

els

ata

loss

with

out i

t. If

it is

per

man

ently

deni

ed, h

e w

ill p

roba

bly

go th

roug

ha

perio

d of

rea

djus

tmen

t acc

ompa

nied

by

som

e em

otio

nal t

raum

a. If

the

depe

nden

ce is

psy

chol

ogic

al, a

nd n

otph

ysic

al, t

here

will

be

no p

hysi

cal c

ompl

icat

ions

follo

win

g di

scon

tinu-

ance

of t

he d

rug.

Whe

n a

drug

that

pro

duce

s ps

ycho

logi

cal

depe

nden

ce is

dis

cont

inue

d th

e in

divi

dual

will

hav

e to

rea

djus

t

(phy

sica

lly/p

sych

olog

ical

ly)

1-3

psyc

holo

gica

lde

pend

ence

1-5

A s

econ

d el

emen

t of d

rug

depe

nden

ceis

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f tol

eran

ce.

Thi

s m

eans

that

the

body

's c

ells

beco

me

accu

stom

ed to

a c

erta

in le

vel o

f dru

g an

d no

long

er r

espo

ndto

that

dos

e le

vel.

The

dos

e of

the

drug

mus

t the

n be

incr

ease

d to

ach

ieve

the

desi

red

effe

ct.

Whe

n an

indi

vidu

al b

ecom

es to

lera

ntto

a p

artic

ular

dos

e of

a d

rug,

he

mus

t (in

crea

se/d

ecre

ase)

the

dose

to

achi

eve

the

desi

red

effe

cts

1-4

psyc

holo

gica

lly

1-6

An

indi

vidu

al c

an d

evel

op to

lera

nce

to a

dru

g on

whi

ch h

e is

onl

yps

ycho

logi

cally

, and

not

phy

sica

lly, d

epen

d-en

t. F

or e

xam

ple,

tole

ranc

eto

LS

D d

evel

ops

rapi

dly.

But

ther

eis

no

evid

ence

that

the

drug

crea

tes

phys

ical

depe

nden

ce.

Alth

ough

an

indi

vidu

al is

psy

chol

ogic

ally

depe

nden

t on

a dr

ug, h

e ca

n de

velo

pto

it.

1117

,

1-5

incr

ease

1-7

A th

ird fa

ctor

in d

rug

use

is th

e de

velo

pmen

t of p

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e.T

he m

ost r

elia

ble

crite

ria o

f whe

ther

adr

ug p

rodu

ces

phys

ical

dep

ende

nce

is th

e ap

pear

ance

of p

hysi

cal w

ithdr

awal

sym

ptom

s vi

tien

the

drug

isdi

scon

tinue

d.

Phy

sica

l with

draw

al s

ympt

oms

(alw

ays,

som

etim

es, n

ever

)oc

cur

whe

n a

drug

that

has

prod

uced

phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce

is d

isco

ntin

ued.

1-6

tole

ranc

e

3

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1-8

......

....

With

draw

al o

ccur

s be

caus

e th

e co

ntin

uous

adm

inis

trat

ion

of a

dru

g ha

s pr

oduc

ed c

erta

in c

hang

es in

the

body

's c

ells

. The

bod

y no

w n

eeds

the

drug

to fu

nctio

n in

its

accu

stom

ed fa

shio

n.

If th

e dr

ug is

dis

cont

inue

d, th

e no

rmal

func

tioni

ng o

f the

bod

y is

dis

rupt

ed. T

he p

roce

ss o

f with

draw

al a

llow

sth

e ce

lls to

ret

urn

to th

eir

pre-

drug

ged

stat

e an

d re

duce

s th

e le

vel o

f tol

eran

ce.

The

with

draw

al p

roce

ss is

a (

phys

ical

/psy

chol

ogic

al)

read

just

men

t.

1-7

alw

ays

1-9

Phy

sica

l with

draw

al d

oes

not m

ean

an in

divi

dual

is n

o lo

nger

dep

ende

nt o

n a

drug

. He

still

mus

t ove

rcom

e

his

depe

nden

cy if

it d

evel

oped

.

1-8

phys

ical

1-10

Tol

eran

ce is

alw

ays

deve

lope

d to

a d

rug

that

pro

duce

s ph

ysic

al d

epen

denc

e. In

add

ition

, psy

chol

ogic

alde

pend

ence

can

als

o de

velo

p.1-

9

psyc

holo

gica

l

1-11

To

revi

ew, w

hen

an in

divi

dual

exp

erie

nces

a s

tron

g de

sire

to c

ontin

ue ta

king

a d

rug

for

emot

iona

l, ra

ther

than

phys

ical

, rea

sons

we

wou

ld s

ay th

at h

e ha

s de

velo

ped

ade

pend

ence

on

the

drug

.

a1-

10

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

1-12

With

reg

ard

to a

dru

g th

at p

rodu

ces

phys

ical

dep

ende

nce

com

plet

e th

e fo

llow

ing

sent

ence

s:

a) T

oler

ance

(al

way

s, s

omet

imes

, nev

er)

deve

lops

.

1-11

psyc

holo

gica

l

b) T

here

are

(al

way

s, s

omet

imes

, nev

er)

phys

ical

with

draw

al s

ympt

oms

upon

dis

-co

ntin

uanc

e.

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1-13

With

reg

ard

to a

dru

g th

at p

rodu

ces

only

psy

chol

ogic

alde

pend

ence

, com

plet

e th

e fo

llow

ing

sent

ence

s:

a) T

oler

ance

(al

way

s, s

omet

imes

, nev

er)

deve

lops

.

b) T

here

are

(al

way

s, s

omet

imes

, nev

er)

phys

ical

with

draw

al s

ympt

oms

upon

dis

-co

ntin

uanc

e.

1-12

a) a

lway

s

b) a

lway

s

1-14

Ext

rem

e dr

ug d

epen

denc

e w

ould

incl

ude

whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g?

a) p

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e

b) p

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce

c) d

evel

opm

ent o

f tol

eran

ce

d) w

ithdr

awal

sic

knes

s up

on d

isco

ntin

uanc

e

e) p

sych

olog

ical

trau

ma

upon

dis

cont

inua

nce

f)al

l of t

he a

bove

1-13

a) s

omet

imes

b) n

ever

5

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1 -1

5T

hrou

ghou

t the

text

we

will

ref

er to

the

sour

ce o

f spe

cific

dru

gs a

s be

ing

eith

er n

atur

al,

synt

hetic

, or

sem

i.sy

nthe

tic. N

atur

al r

efer

s to

a d

rug

that

is o

btai

ned

dire

ctly

from

a p

lant

, e.g

., m

arih

uana

com

esfr

om th

epl

ant C

anna

bis

sativ

a.

Syn

thet

ic d

rugs

are

man

ufac

ture

d in

the

labo

rato

ry fr

om th

eir

activ

e in

gred

ient

s. M

ost o

f the

se d

rugs

will

have

com

mer

cial

trad

e na

mes

as

wel

l as

gene

ric n

ames

.

Cer

tain

dru

gs fa

ll be

twee

n th

ese

clas

sific

atio

ns a

nd a

re c

alle

d se

mis

ynth

etic

. For

exa

mpl

e,m

orph

ine

is a

natu

ral d

rug

obta

ined

dire

ctly

from

the

opiu

m p

oppy

. Her

oin,

how

ever

, is

deriv

ed b

y tr

eatin

g th

em

orph

ine

chem

ical

ly. H

eroi

n, th

eref

ore,

is c

lass

ified

as

sem

i-syn

thet

ic.

Cla

ssify

the

follo

win

g dr

ugs

as n

atur

al, s

emi-s

ynth

etic

, or

synt

hetic

.

a) m

orph

ine

b) m

arih

uana

c) h

eroi

n

d) S

econ

al

1-14

f)al

l of t

heab

ove

1-16

The

re a

re m

any

poss

ible

def

initi

ons

for

the

term

dru

g ab

use.

For

exa

mpl

e, o

ne in

divi

dual

may

def

ine

it as

taki

ng a

ny d

rug

with

out m

edic

alsu

perv

isio

n. A

noth

er m

ight

say

it is

any

use

of a

n ill

egal

dru

g. A

third

mig

ht s

ay th

at s

ocie

ty c

anno

t def

ine

drug

abu

se;e

ach

pers

on h

as th

e

right

to d

o w

hat h

e w

ants

to h

is b

ody

and

his

min

d.

Obv

ious

ly, t

here

is a

wid

e ra

nge

of p

ossi

ble

defin

ition

s in

bet

wee

n.

1-15

a) n

atur

alb)

nat

ural

c) s

emis

ynth

etic

d) s

ynth

etic

1-17

In th

e ne

xt fe

w s

ectio

ns, w

e w

ill d

iscu

ss th

e m

ain

char

acte

ristic

s of

five

cat

egor

ies

ofdr

ugs.

In g

ener

al, t

he

disc

ussi

on w

ill in

clud

e th

e de

finiti

on, d

eriv

atio

n, m

etho

ds o

f adm

inis

trat

ion,

and

effe

ct o

f eac

h dr

ug.

1-16

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

GO

ON

TO

NE

XT

SE

CT

ION

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IIna

rcot

ics

N-1

8 A

nar

cotic

is a

dru

g th

at r

elie

ves

pain

and

indu

ces

slee

p. T

he n

arco

ticdr

ugs

(als

o ca

lled

opia

tes)

incl

ude:

opiu

m a

nd m

orph

ine,

der

ived

from

the

opiu

m p

oppy

see

d po

d; h

eroi

n, o

btai

ned

by c

hem

ical

lyal

terin

g m

or-

phin

e; a

nd v

ario

us s

ynth

etic

dru

gs o

f sim

ilar

char

acte

ristic

s su

chas

met

hado

ne.

Nar

cotic

dru

gs a

re d

efin

ed a

s th

ose

whi

chan

d

N-1

9In

this

text

dru

gs a

re c

lass

ified

pha

rmac

olog

ical

ly. H

owev

er, t

he F

eder

aldr

ug la

ws

clas

sify

a n

umbe

r of

drug

s ac

cord

ing

to th

eir

pote

ntia

l for

abu

se, w

heth

er th

eyar

e be

nefic

ial a

nd s

afe

for

med

ical

trea

tmen

t and

whe

ther

they

cou

ld r

esul

t in

psyc

holo

gica

l or

phys

ical

dep

ende

nce.

One

exa

mpl

eis

coc

aine

, ast

imul

ant

whi

ch w

ill b

e di

scus

sed

in th

e ne

xt c

hapt

er. A

noth

er is

mar

ihua

na, d

iscu

ssed

inP

art V

I. N

eith

er c

ocai

ne n

orm

arih

uana

is a

nar

cotic

.

N-1

8

relie

ve p

ain

indu

ce s

leep

(eith

er o

rder

)

N-2

0M

ost o

f thi

s ch

apte

r w

ill b

e de

vote

d to

a d

iscu

ssio

n of

her

oin

and

mor

phin

e.

One

impo

rtan

t diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

the

two

drug

s is

in th

eir

stre

ngth

. Her

oin

is fr

om tw

o to

six

tim

es s

tron

ger

than

mor

phin

e. S

ince

her

oin

is r

arel

y so

ld in

its

pure

form

, how

ever

, the

act

ual s

tren

gth

of a

ny d

rug

sam

-pl

ing

depe

nds

on h

ow m

uch

it ha

s be

en d

ilute

d w

ith a

dditi

ves.

Mor

phin

e is

(st

rong

er/w

eake

r)th

an h

eroi

n.

7

N-1

9

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

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N-2

1S

econ

dly,

alth

ough

mor

phin

e is

pre

scrib

ed to

rel

ieve

pai

n, h

eroi

n is

not

use

d in

med

icin

e. It

sus

e in

any

situ

-at

ion

in th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s ot

her

than

med

ical

res

earc

h is

ille

gal.

Labe

l the

follo

win

g st

atem

ents

as

Tru

e or

Fal

se:

a) M

orph

ine

is p

resc

ribed

to r

elie

ve p

ain

b) In

its

pure

form

, her

oin

is s

tron

ger

than

mor

phin

e

c) T

he u

se o

f mor

phin

e is

ille

gal

N-2

0

wea

ker

N-2

2 O

piat

es a

re d

epre

ssan

ts. T

hey

depr

ess

spec

ific

area

s of

the

brai

n, r

elie

ving

tens

ion.

The

y al

so d

imin

ish

othe

rpr

imar

y dr

ives

suc

h as

hun

ger,

thirs

t, an

d se

x.

The

abi

lity

to d

epre

ss s

peci

fic a

reas

of t

he b

rain

giv

es m

orph

ine

its m

edic

alus

e as

an

N-2

1

a) T

rue

b) T

rue

c) F

alse

N-2

3H

eroi

n an

d m

orph

ine

can

be s

niffe

d bu

t the

y ar

e us

ually

adm

inis

tere

d by

inje

ctio

n ei

ther

just

und

er th

e sk

in(c

alle

d "s

kin-

popp

ing"

) or

dire

ctly

into

a v

ein

(cal

led

"mai

nlin

ing"

).

The

usu

al s

pot f

or in

ject

ion

is th

e in

side

of t

he a

rm. H

owev

er, b

ecau

se fr

eque

nt in

ject

ions

res

ult i

n no

tice-

able

sca

rs, t

o av

oid

dete

ctio

n m

any

addi

cts

expe

rimen

t with

diff

eren

t par

ts o

f the

ana

tom

y, fo

r ex

ampl

e,un

der

the

tong

ue o

r ey

elid

.

The

mos

t com

mon

met

hod

of h

eroi

n ad

min

istr

atio

n in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

is:

a) b

y ta

blet

b) b

y in

trav

enou

s in

ject

ion

c) b

y sm

okin

g

d) b

y sn

iffin

g

N-2

2

anal

gesi

c or

pain

kill

er

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4 T

he a

ddic

t's "

wor

ks,"

or w

hat h

e ne

eds

to g

ive

him

self

an in

ject

ion,

gen

eral

lyin

clud

e a

hypo

derm

ic s

yrin

ge,

a sp

oon,

cot

ton,

mat

ches

, and

a r

ope

or b

elt.

The

her

oin

is m

ixed

into

a li

quid

sol

utio

n by

cook

ing

it on

the

spoo

n. It

is th

en s

trai

ned

thro

ugh

the

cotto

n in

to th

esy

ringe

. The

rop

e or

bel

t is

used

to ti

e of

fth

e up

per

arm

, for

exa

mpl

e, c

reat

ing

pres

sure

and

mak

ing

the

vein

sta

nd o

ut s

o it

may

be

easi

ly lo

cate

d.

N-2

3

b) b

y in

trav

enou

sin

ject

ion

N-2

5 T

he h

eroi

n "f

ix"

fol!o

ws

a fa

irly

pred

icta

ble

cour

se. I

mm

edia

tely

afte

r in

ject

ion

the

indi

vidu

al e

xper

ienc

esan

inte

nse

"hig

h" th

at la

sts

abou

t 1m

inut

e.

Thi

s "h

igh"

is s

ough

t for

its

sens

e of

tran

quili

ty a

nd e

upho

ria, a

s w

ell

as th

e fe

elin

g of

war

mth

and

atin

glin

g se

n- 't

ion

in th

e ab

dom

en s

aid

to b

e si

mila

r to

org

asm

.

A s

tron

g de

sire

for

a he

roin

"hi

gh"

isan

indi

catio

n of

depe

nden

ce.

N-2

4

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

N-2

6 T

his

"hig

h" is

usu

ally

follo

wed

by s

ever

al h

ours

of d

row

sine

ss, a

ccom

pani

edby

an

inab

ility

to c

once

ntra

te,

less

ened

phy

sica

l act

ivity

, and

leth

argy

.

Mos

t of t

he ti

me

the

addi

ct is

unde

r th

e dr

ug's

influ

ence

, he

is "

on th

eno

d,"

in a

dre

amy

stat

e.

Thi

s ge

nera

l sle

epin

ess

and

stat

e of

unaw

aren

ess

is c

ause

d by

the

fact

that

opi

ates

vario

us fu

nctio

ns o

f the

bra

in.

N-2

5

psyc

holo

gica

l

N-2

7 T

he in

tens

e pa

rt o

f the

her

oin

"hig

h" la

sts

abou

t:a)

a m

inut

e

b) a

n ho

ur

c) 2

hou

rs

d) 8

hou

rs

N-2

6

depr

ess

9

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N-2

8F

or m

ost o

f the

tim

e an

indi

vidu

al is

und

er th

e ef

fect

s of

a n

arco

tic h

e w

ill b

e:

a) n

oisy

and

agg

ress

ive

b) h

avin

g ha

lluci

natio

ns

c) s

leep

y

d) in

pai

n

N-2

7

a) a

min

ute

N-2

9 O

ne o

f the

mos

t im

port

ant f

acto

rs in

opi

ate

depe

nden

ce is

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f tol

eran

ce.

Rep

eate

d ad

min

istr

atio

n of

eve

n sm

all d

oses

lead

s to

incr

ease

d to

lera

nce.

Thi

s m

eans

the

indi

vidu

al h

as to

incr

ease

his

dos

age

to a

chie

ve th

e sa

me

effe

cts.

As

tole

ranc

e de

velo

ps, o

ne n

eeds

to u

se (

smal

ler/

the

sam

e/la

rger

)do

ses

to a

chie

veth

e de

sire

d ef

fect

.

N-2

8

c) s

leep

y

N-3

0 H

owev

er, w

hen

tole

ranc

e ha

s de

velo

ped,

the

cells

hav

e ad

just

ed to

the

pres

ence

of t

he d

rug,

and

req

uire

the

drug

to fu

nctio

n no

rmal

ly.

If th

e us

er m

aint

ains

a c

onst

ant l

evel

of t

he d

rug

in h

is s

yste

m, h

e m

ay b

e ab

le to

func

tion

norm

ally

and

may

not f

eel e

ither

the

"hig

h" o

r th

e dr

owsi

ness

usu

ally

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

drug

.

In s

uch

a si

tuat

ion,

the

addi

ct m

ay li

ve a

nor

mal

life

and

may

con

tinue

his

dep

ende

nce

to a

void

goi

ng th

roug

hw

ithdr

awal

. Thi

s pr

esup

pose

s th

at th

e in

divi

dual

has

the

fund

s to

sup

port

his

hab

it.

If its

dis

cont

inua

nce

is fo

llow

ed b

y w

ithdr

awal

, we

say

that

her

oin

has

prod

uced

depe

nden

ce.

N-2

9

larg

er

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1M

etha

done

is a

syn

thet

ic n

arco

tic w

hich

has

bee

nus

ed a

s a

subs

titut

e fo

r he

roin

in th

e tr

eatm

ent o

f opi

ate

depe

nden

ce. C

urre

nt r

esea

rch

indi

cate

s th

atan

add

ict c

an b

e ke

pt c

omfo

rtab

le, t

hat i

s, h

e w

ill n

ot h

ave

with

-dr

awal

sym

ptom

s, b

y su

bstit

utin

g or

ally

adm

inis

tere

dm

etha

done

for

inje

ctab

le h

eroi

n. B

esid

es it

sus

e in

trea

tmen

t of w

ithdr

awal

(de

toxi

ficat

ion)

, it

can

be u

sed

in lo

ng te

rm tr

eatm

ent a

nd r

ehab

ilita

tion

beca

use

whi

le o

n fu

ll do

ses

of m

etha

done

, the

add

ict

appa

rent

ly d

oes

not f

eel t

he e

ffect

s of

the

"hig

h"of

her

oin.

He

also

doe

s no

t exp

erie

nce

the

leth

argy

that

norm

ally

follo

ws

the

high

. How

ever

, met

hado

ne is

still

a n

arco

tican

d do

es p

rodu

ce p

sych

olog

ical

and

phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce.

A s

ynth

etic

nar

cotic

use

d in

the

trea

tmen

t of

hero

in a

ddic

tion

is c

alle

d

N-3

0

phys

ical

N-3

2 W

ithdr

awal

from

opi

ate

depe

nden

ceca

n be

a s

ever

e pr

oces

s. A

s w

e ha

ve s

aid,

fear

of t

his

with

draw

al s

ick-

ness

is o

ften

a pr

imar

y ca

use

of c

ontin

ued

addi

ctio

n to

her

oin.

With

draw

alsy

mpt

oms

begi

n a

few

hou

rs a

fter

the

last

"fix

." T

hey

reac

h th

eir

peak

in th

e ne

xt 2

4to

48

hour

s an

d w

ithin

abo

ut 1

0 da

ys th

e m

ost

seve

resy

mpt

oms

disa

ppea

r.

Onc

e th

e ad

dict

has

gon

e th

roug

h w

ithdr

awal

, he

is n

o lo

nger

phy

sica

lly d

epen

dent

on th

e dr

ug. T

hus,

if h

e1-

4 Jgo

es b

ack,

it is

bec

ause

he

is s

till

depe

nden

t on

it.

N-3

1

met

hado

ne

N-3

3 T

he s

ympt

oms

of w

ithdr

awal

from

opi

ates

depe

nd o

n th

e se

verit

y of

the

depe

nden

ce a

nd th

ede

gree

of t

oler

-an

ce a

chie

ved.

It is

usu

ally

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y:ne

rvou

snes

s, a

nxie

ty, a

nd s

leep

less

ness

; yaw

ning

, run

ning

nose

, hoa

rsen

ess,

and

swea

ting;

enl

arge

men

t of p

upils

, goo

sefle

sh,

and

twitc

hing

of m

uscl

es; d

iarr

hea

and

abdo

min

alcr

amps

;in

crea

se in

bre

athi

ng r

ate,

blo

odpr

essu

re, a

nd te

mpe

ratu

re; a

nd a

feel

ing

of d

espe

ratio

n w

ith th

e ob

sess

ive

desi

re to

sec

ure

mor

e of

the

:Jru

g.

All

inal

l, th

ese

sym

ptom

s ar

e th

e op

posi

teof

the

drug

ged

stat

e af

ter

afix

, whi

ch is

cha

ract

er-

ized

by

N-3

2

psyc

holo

gica

lly

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N-3

4 W

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing

are

sym

ptom

s of

opi

ate

with

draw

al?

N-3

3

a) d

row

sine

sssl

eepi

ness

,

b) te

nsio

nle

thar

gy

c) c

ram

ps, v

omiti

ng, a

nd d

iarr

hea

(or

equi

vale

nt)

d) in

crea

sed

brea

thin

g ra

te, b

lood

pre

ssur

e, a

nd te

mpe

ratu

re

e) d

ecre

ased

bre

athi

ng r

ate,

blo

od p

ress

ure,

and

tem

pera

ture

f) c

ompu

lsio

n to

get

ano

ther

fix

N-3

5 T

he w

orst

par

t of t

he w

ithdr

awal

per

iod

occu

rsto

hour

s af

ter

the

last

"fix

."N

-34

b) te

nsio

nc)

cra

mps

, vom

iting

,an

d di

arrh

ead)

incr

ease

d br

eath

-in

g ra

te, b

lood

-pr

essu

re, a

ndte

mpe

ratu

ref)

com

puls

ion

toge

t ano

ther

fix

N-3

6W

ithdr

awal

from

her

oin

usua

lly ta

kes

a to

tal o

f abo

utda

ys to

com

plet

e.N

-35

24 to

48

N-3

7T

o re

view

, opi

ate

depe

nden

ce is

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

oler

ance

, psy

chol

ogic

al d

epen

denc

e,an

d ph

ysic

al d

epen

denc

e. T

he th

ree

are

inte

rrel

ated

.

Psy

chol

ogic

ally

, the

add

ict m

ay in

itial

ly s

eek

the

"hig

h" o

r he

may

be

look

ing

for

the

esca

pe o

f bei

ng"o

n th

eno

d."

How

ever

, onc

e he

has

dev

elop

ed to

lera

nce,

he

may

no

long

er fe

el th

ese

effe

cts.

At t

his

poin

t he

may

mai

ntai

n hi

s le

vel o

f dep

ende

nce

to a

void

'goi

ng th

roug

h w

ithdr

awal

.

N-3

610

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N-3

8 W

e ha

ve s

aid

that

the

indi

vidu

al d

evel

ops

a to

lera

nce

to h

eroi

n an

d m

orph

ine

that

lead

s hi

m to

take

larg

eran

d la

rger

dos

es. H

cwev

er, t

oler

ance

is a

rev

ersi

ble

proc

ess.

Ifan

add

ict w

ithdr

aws

from

his

hab

it, h

is le

vel

of to

lera

nce

is r

educ

ed.

Whe

n an

indi

vidu

al g

oes

thro

ugh

with

draw

al fr

om o

piat

es h

is le

vel o

f tol

eran

ce

a) d

ecre

ases

b) s

tays

the

sam

e

c) in

crea

ses

N-3

7

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

N-3

9If

an in

divi

dual

with

red

uced

tole

ranc

e w

ere

sudd

enly

to ta

ke th

esa

me

dose

his

bod

y ha

d be

com

e us

ed to

befo

re w

ithdr

awal

, he

wou

ld s

uffe

r th

e ef

fect

s of

ove

rdos

age.

Ove

rdos

age

occu

rs w

hen

the

indi

vidu

al ta

kes

a do

se o

fa

drug

gre

ater

than

that

for

whi

ch h

e ha

s de

velo

ped

a

N-3

8

a) d

ecre

ases

N-4

0O

verd

osag

e of

opi

ates

can

pro

ve fa

tal b

ecau

se o

piat

es d

epre

ss th

e pa

rt o

f the

brai

n th

at c

ontr

ols

brea

thin

g.T

here

fore

, an

over

dose

res

ults

in r

espi

rato

ry fa

ilure

,co

ma,

and

fina

lly d

eath

.

Ove

rdos

age

may

als

o oc

cur

if an

add

ict i

s gi

ven

a pu

rer

form

of t

he d

rug

than

he

has

barg

aine

d fo

r. S

ince

all

hero

in tr

affic

is il

lega

l the

buy

er h

as n

o gu

aran

tee

as to

wha

t he

is g

ettin

g. It

may

not

eve

n be

her

oin.

Ove

rdos

age

coul

d oc

cur

if th

e ad

dict

wer

e su

dden

ly g

iven

form

of h

eroi

n th

atex

ceed

s hi

s to

lera

nce.

N-3

9

tole

ranc

e

N-4

1O

verd

osag

e of

opi

ates

can

occ

ur if

the

indi

vidu

al's

is lo

wer

than

exp

ecte

d or

if

the

dose

take

n is

than

exp

ecte

d.

N-4

0

a pu

rer

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N-4

2 O

verd

osag

e of

opi

ates

can

pro

ve fa

tal b

ecau

se th

ey d

epre

ss th

e

of th

e br

ain.

N-4

1to

lera

nce

pure

r

N-4

3O

piat

e de

pend

ence

is c

hara

cter

ized

by

whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g?

a) d

evel

opm

ent o

f tol

eran

ce fo

r th

e dr

ug's

effe

cts

b) p

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce

on th

e dr

ug's

effe

cts

c) w

ithdr

awal

sym

ptom

s up

on d

isco

ntin

uanc

e of

the

drug

.

d) a

ll of

the

abov

e

N-4

2

resp

irato

ry o

rbr

eath

ing

cent

er

f--L ,)

N-4

4 O

piat

e ad

dict

ion

does

not

pro

duce

a s

ense

of f

ello

wsh

ip a

nd c

omm

unal

sha

ring

repo

rted

by

som

e m

arih

uana

user

s, n

or a

feel

ing

of s

elf-

insi

ght,

repo

rted

ly s

ough

t by

LSD

use

rs. O

piat

e de

pend

ence

may

lead

one

to p

er-

sona

l neg

lect

and

mal

nutr

ition

as

wel

l as

to d

ropp

ing

out o

f pro

duct

ive

soci

ety.

The

add

ict r

arel

y ha

s tim

e to

do a

nyth

ing

othe

r th

an lo

ok fo

r he

roin

to fe

ed h

is h

abit.

N-4

5It

is u

nusu

al fo

r he

roin

to b

e sh

ared

or

give

n aw

ay to

one

's fr

iend

s un

less

a p

ushe

r is

del

iber

atel

y tr

ying

toho

ok s

omeo

ne fo

r fu

ture

bus

ines

s. T

he c

ost o

f her

oin

proh

ibits

suc

h ge

nero

sity

. An

addi

ct m

ust s

pend

betw

een

$50

and

$200

a d

ay to

feed

his

hab

it. T

he h

igh

cost

of h

is h

abit

ofte

n ca

uses

the

user

to r

esor

t to

crim

inal

mea

ns to

obt

ain

mon

ey. T

his

may

take

the

form

of a

nyth

ing

from

sho

plift

ing

to p

rost

itutio

n to

arm

ed r

obbe

ry. T

o ob

tain

$10

0 ca

sh, t

he a

ddic

t may

hav

e to

ste

al $

700

wor

th o

f goo

ds.

N-4

3

d) a

ll of

the

abov

e

N-4

4

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

, i I

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N-4

6B

ecau

se in

mos

t cas

es th

e dr

ug is

adm

inis

tere

d in

trav

aneo

usly

, the

re is

gre

at d

ange

r of

infe

ctio

n, s

kin

absc

esse

s, a

nd h

epat

itis

from

poo

rly s

teril

ized

nee

dles

.

Som

e si

de e

ffect

s of

her

oin

addi

ctio

n ar

e

N-4

5

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

TH

IS IS

TH

E E

ND

OF

TH

E S

EC

TIO

N. I

T IS

A G

OO

D T

IME

TO

TA

KE

A B

RIE

F R

ES

T.

15

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part

lllst

imul

ants

S-4

7W

hat i

s a

stim

ulan

t? Y

ou h

ave

prob

ably

inge

sted

som

e st

imul

ant t

oday

; for

exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ffein

e fr

om y

our

mor

ning

cof

fee

or te

a or

nic

otin

e fr

om to

bacc

o.

Alth

ough

caf

fein

e, a

nat

ural

stim

ulan

t, m

ay a

ggra

vate

suc

h co

nditi

ons

as e

pile

psy,

ulc

ers,

and

hyp

erte

nsio

n,th

e ef

fect

s of

caf

fein

e on

the

aver

age

indi

vidu

al a

re c

onsi

dere

d re

lativ

ely

mild

.

The

effe

cts

of c

ocai

ne, a

noth

er n

atur

al s

timul

ant,

are

not m

ild h

owev

er, p

artic

ular

ly w

hen

it is

inje

cted

.

It is

diff

icul

t to

cate

goriz

e th

e ef

fect

s of

am

phet

amin

es (

synt

hetic

stim

ulan

t*;)

bec

ause

the

inte

nsity

of t

hedr

ug's

effe

ct is

onl

y pa

rtia

lly d

epen

dent

on

the

dose

take

n. In

divi

dual

s ta

leng

sm

all,

med

ical

ly p

resc

ribed

dose

s ha

ve b

een

know

n to

hav

e ve

ry in

tens

e re

actio

ns.

Am

phet

amin

es, c

affe

ine,

nic

otin

e, a

nd c

ocai

ne a

re a

ll ex

ampl

es o

f

N-4

6

mal

nutr

ition

,dr

oppi

ng o

utof

soc

iety

,in

fect

ion

(or

equi

vale

nt)

S-4

8S

timul

ants

are

so-

calle

d be

caus

e th

ey d

irect

ly s

timul

ate

the

cent

ral n

ervo

us s

yste

m.

Coc

aine

, a n

atur

al s

timul

ant,

is o

btai

ned

from

the

leav

es o

f the

coc

a bu

sh (

Ery

thox

ylon

coc

a), f

ound

pre

-do

min

antly

in S

outh

Am

eric

a. A

lthou

gh it

has

a li

mite

d m

edic

al u

se a

s a

loca

l ane

sthe

tic fo

r ey

e an

d no

sesu

rger

y, it

is o

ften

foun

d on

the

blac

k m

arke

t.

NO

TE

: The

ille

gal u

se o

f coc

aine

is c

ontr

olle

d th

roug

h th

e C

ompr

ehen

sive

Dru

g A

buse

Pre

vent

ion

and

Con

trol

Act

of 1

970.

Coc

aine

has

a li

mite

d m

edic

al u

se a

s a

N-4

7

stim

ulan

ts

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S-4

9A

mph

etam

ines

mak

e a

pers

on fe

el fu

ll of

ene

rgy.

It w

as fo

r th

is r

easo

n th

at th

ey w

ere

orig

inal

ly g

iven

toW

orld

War

II p

ilots

to k

eep

them

ale

rt d

urin

g lo

ng p

erio

ds o

f str

ess.

Am

phet

amin

es a

re c

urre

ntly

pre

scrib

ed fo

r a

varie

ty o

f rea

sons

. For

exa

rre:

!'4, t

hey

are

used

to tr

eat d

epre

s-si

on, n

arco

leps

y (u

ncon

trol

labl

e at

tack

s of

sle

ep),

and

hyp

erac

tivity

in c

hild

ren.

The

y ar

e pr

obab

ly m

ost

com

mon

ly k

now

n as

app

etite

sup

pres

sant

s. A

t one

tim

e th

ey w

ere

used

to tr

eat c

olds

and

hay

feve

r be

caus

eth

ey s

hrin

k th

e na

sal m

embr

anes

.

In g

ener

al, w

e ca

n sa

y th

at th

e ef

fect

of a

mph

etam

ines

is q

uite

diff

eren

t fro

m th

at o

f nar

cotic

s. W

here

as a

pers

on ta

king

nar

cotic

s is

usu

ally

sle

epy

and

leth

argi

c, s

omeo

ne ta

king

stim

ulan

ts te

nds

to b

e

N-4

8

loca

lan

esth

etic

4i4

DS

-50

The

thre

e m

ost c

omm

on s

ynth

etic

stim

ulan

ts a

re:

Am

phet

amin

e, m

arke

ted

as B

enze

drin

e an

d of

ten

calle

d "B

enni

es";

Dex

troa

mph

etam

ine,

mar

kete

d as

Dex

edrin

e an

d ca

lled

"Dex

ies"

or

"pep

pill

s"; a

nd

Met

ham

phet

amin

e, m

arke

ted

as M

ethe

drin

e an

d kn

own

as "

Spe

ed."

NO

TE

: We

shal

l con

tinue

to u

se th

e te

rm "

amph

etam

ine"

in it

s m

ore

gene

ral s

ense

.

S-4

9

aler

t, en

-er

getic

(or

equi

vale

nt)

S-5

1A

mph

etam

ines

are

usu

ally

take

n in

pill

or

caps

ule

form

, exc

ept f

or M

ethe

drin

e, w

hich

is a

lso

foun

d in

crys

tal o

r liq

uid

form

and

is o

ften

inje

cted

.

Wha

t oth

er c

ateg

ory

of d

rugs

is u

sual

ly a

dmin

iste

red

by in

ject

ion'

S-5

0

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

17

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S-5

2C

lass

ify e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

drug

s as

nar

cotic

s or

stim

ulan

ts:

a) c

ocai

ne

b) m

etha

done

c) D

exed

rine

d) h

eroi

n

e) a

mph

etam

ine

S-5

1

narc

otic

s

S-5

3A

mph

etam

ines

(st

imul

ate/

depr

ess)

the

cent

ral n

ervo

us s

yste

m.

S-5

2a)

stim

ulan

tb)

nar

cotic

c) s

timul

ant

d) n

arco

tice)

stim

ulan

t

S-5

4F

or w

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing

cond

ition

s ar

e am

phet

amin

es p

resc

ribed

?

a) o

besi

ty

b) te

nsio

n

c) d

epre

ssio

n

d) p

ain

S-5

3

stim

ulat

e

S-5

5A

dmin

istr

atio

n of

a s

timul

ant b

y in

ject

ion

prod

uces

the

mos

t im

med

iate

and

inte

nse

effe

cts.

The

use

r is

hit

with

a s

urge

of a

lert

ness

and

ene

rgy.

Thi

s st

imul

atin

g an

d ex

citin

g "h

igh"

is th

e pr

imar

y go

al s

ough

t by

thos

e w

ho ta

ke s

timul

ants

for

kick

s. S

omet

imes

, the

effe

cts

may

be

so in

tens

e th

at th

e ab

user

will

vol

unta

rily

seek

sed

atio

n.

An

inje

ctio

n of

stim

ulan

ts ta

kes

effe

ct (

fast

er/s

low

er)

than

a ta

blet

.

S-5

4

a) o

besi

ty

c) d

epre

ssio

n

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,INK

-Err

oirm

teT

rpr7

tr;..

..

..

I-

S-5

6T

here

are

sev

eral

sou

rces

of s

uppl

y fo

r :th

ose

in s

earc

h of

syn

thet

ic s

timul

ants

. Oth

er th

an le

gal p

resc

riptio

ns,

they

may

be

obta

ined

thro

ugh

fake

pre

scrip

tions

, dru

gsto

re r

obbe

ries,

and

loca

l pus

hers

. Tee

nage

rs o

ften

dono

t hav

e to

look

furt

her

than

the

hom

e m

edic

ine

ches

t for

am

phet

amin

es. I

t has

bee

n es

timat

ed th

at a

t lea

ston

e-th

ird o

f the

eig

ht b

illio

n am

phet

amin

e ta

blet

s le

gally

pro

duce

d ea

ch y

ear

win

d up

in n

on-m

edic

al h

ands

.It

is a

lso

prob

able

that

ther

e is

ille

gal p

rodu

ctio

n.

Nirs

oiLa

wb.

S-5

5

fast

er

S-5

7A

mph

etam

ines

, eve

n if

take

n in

pre

scrib

ed d

oses

, may

hav

e se

rious

sid

e ef

fect

s, in

clud

ing

incr

ease

d he

art

rate

and

blo

od p

ress

ure,

whi

ch c

ause

hea

rt p

alpi

tatio

ns. O

ther

sid

e ef

fect

s ar

e of

ten

dila

ted

pupi

ls, s

wea

t-in

g, a

nd d

iarr

hea.

Hig

h do

ses

of s

timul

ants

res

ult i

n ex

trem

e te

nsio

n, lo

ud e

gois

m, t

alka

tiven

ess

and

nerv

ousn

ess.

Thi

s is

know

n in

sla

ng te

rmin

olog

y as

bei

ng "

stru

ng o

ut."

"S

peed

frea

ks"

(tho

se w

ho u

se M

ethe

drin

e re

gula

r..')

ofte

n do

not

sle

ep o

r ea

t for

day

s at

a ti

me.

Am

phet

amin

es m

ay p

rodu

ce w

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing

effe

cts?

a)-

extr

eme

hung

er

b) te

nsio

n an

d ne

rvou

snes

s

c) e

nhan

cem

ent o

f sub

ject

ive

expe

rienc

e

d) h

eart

pal

pita

tions

S-5

6

Go

on to

the

next

fram

e.

S-5

8V

ery

little

is k

now

n ab

out a

n in

divi

dual

's p

redi

spos

ition

to th

e ab

ove

side

effe

cts.

Res

earc

h ha

s sh

own

that

inso

me

indi

vidu

als

even

one

am

phet

amin

e ta

blet

will

mak

e th

em fe

el "

stru

ng o

ut."

Doc

tors

may

pre

scrib

e su

chm

edic

atio

n w

ithou

t ade

quat

e kn

owle

dge

of w

heth

er a

pat

ient

can

take

thes

e dr

ugs

with

out s

uch

serio

us s

ide

effe

cts

occu

rrin

g.

S-5

7b)

tens

ion

and

nerv

ousn

ess

d) h

eart

pal

pita

tions

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IMae

.....0

20

S-5

9U

nlik

e na

rcot

ics,

stim

ulan

ts d

o no

t usu

ally

lead

to p

hysi

dal d

epen

denc

y. C

hron

ic lo

w-d

ose

use

of s

timul

ants

S-5

8m

ay le

ad to

psy

chol

ogic

al d

epen

denc

e.

Bas

ical

ly, t

here

are

two

mot

ivat

ions

for

stim

ulan

t dep

ende

nce.

(1)

Firs

t is

the

indi

vidu

al w

ho o

rigin

ally

took

am

phet

amin

es u

nder

doc

tor's

ord

ers.

His

med

ical

pro

blem

sm

ay n

o lo

nger

exi

st, b

ut h

e co

ntin

ues

to u

se th

e dr

ug b

ecau

se th

e st

ate

it pu

ts h

im in

has

bec

ome

a w

ayof

life

. He

prob

ably

take

s sm

all d

oses

and

is a

ble

to fu

nctio

n fa

irly

norm

ally

.

(2)

Sec

ond

is th

e in

divi

dual

who

has

bec

ome

psyc

holo

gica

lly d

epen

dent

on th

e dr

ug fo

r its

inte

nsel

y st

imu-

latin

g ef

fect

s. H

e w

ants

the

"hig

h" h

e ca

n ge

t fro

m it

and

con

tinue

s to

take

the

drug

bec

ause

he

does

not w

ant t

o fe

el th

e de

pres

sion

that

Occ

urs

whe

n th

e dr

ug w

ears

off.

Thi

s in

divi

dual

may

take

mas

sive

dose

s an

d ca

nnot

func

tion

norm

ally

eith

er w

hile

on

the

drug

or

for

the

perio

d of

tim

e af

ter

it is

dis

-co

ntin

ued.

Chr

onic

low

dos

e, n

onm

edic

al u

se o

f stim

ulan

ts m

ay r

esul

t in

a (p

hysi

cal/p

sych

olog

ical

)de

pend

ency

.

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

S-6

0T

o re

view

, lis

t at l

east

two

phys

ical

effe

cts

of ta

king

hig

h do

ses

of s

timul

ants

.

S-6

1S

hort

ly a

fter

taki

ng c

ocai

ne o

r am

phet

amin

es, a

n in

divi

dual

may

bec

ome

whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g?

a) tr

anqu

il

b) te

nse

c) d

row

sy

d) s

leep

less

S-5

9

psyc

holo

gica

l

S-6

0an

y tw

o:In

crea

sed

hear

tra

te a

nd b

lood

pres

sure

,di

late

d pu

pils

,sw

eatin

g,di

arrh

ea,

hear

t pal

pi-

tatio

ns

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2W

hen

an in

divi

dual

take

s hi

gh d

oses

of s

timul

ants

, he

may

dev

elop

tole

ranc

e. H

owev

er, s

uch

tole

ranc

eus

ually

dev

elop

s ve

ry s

low

ly a

nd o

nly

at v

ery

high

dos

es.

With

res

pect

to s

timul

ants

, tol

eran

ce (

neve

r/so

met

imes

/alw

ays)

deve

lops

.

S-6

1

b) te

nse

d) s

leep

less

S-6

3A

sin

gle

larg

e do

se o

r a

chro

nic

abus

e of

stim

ulan

ts c

an r

esul

t in

an o

verd

ose

of th

e dr

ug in

the

syst

em.

Thi

s ca

n le

ad to

a s

tate

of d

rug

psyc

hosi

s w

hich

is s

omet

imes

sev

ere

enou

gh to

req

uire

hos

pita

lizat

ion

for

tem

pora

ry in

sani

ty.

Suc

h a

stat

e of

psy

chos

is is

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y ha

lluci

natio

ns a

nd fe

elin

gs o

f per

secu

tion.

Indi

vidu

als

ofte

nov

eres

timat

e th

eir

stre

ngth

and

act

on

thes

e 1.

-:al

ings

of p

erse

cutio

n w

ith e

xtre

mel

y ag

gres

sive

beh

avio

r.

The

se a

re (

phys

ical

/psy

chol

ogic

al)

sym

ptom

s of

ove

rdos

age.

S-6

2so

met

imes

S-6

4In

add

ition

, the

re h

ave

been

rar

e ca

ses

whe

re a

n ex

trem

e ov

erdo

se o

f stim

ulan

ts h

as r

esul

ted

in d

eath

beca

use

the

body

cou

ld n

ot h

andl

e th

e ef

fect

s of

the

drug

.

An

over

dose

of s

timul

ants

can

lead

to w

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing?

a) te

mpo

rary

insa

nity

b) p

aral

ysis

c) d

eath

d) k

idne

y fa

ilure

S-6

3

psyc

holo

gica

l

S-6

5R

ecen

t res

earc

h ha

s in

dica

ted

that

the

natu

re o

f am

phet

amin

e de

pend

ence

diff

ers

depe

ndin

g on

the

dose

sth

at a

re ta

ken.

Sin

ce to

lera

nce

to h

igh

dose

s de

velo

ps a

nd w

ithdr

awal

sym

ptom

s ha

ve b

een

foun

d to

occ

ur,

larg

e am

ount

s of

am

phet

amin

es a

re c

onsi

dere

d to

pro

duce

phy

sica

l dep

ende

ncy.

Phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce

on a

mph

etam

ines

may

dev

elop

whe

ndo

ses

are

take

n ch

roni

cally

.

S-6

4a)

tem

pora

ryin

sani

ty

c) d

eath

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S-6

6In

add

ition

to p

hysi

cal w

ithdr

awal

sym

ptom

s, if

an

indi

vidu

al h

as b

een

taki

ng la

rge

dose

s of

am

phet

amin

es,

a de

ep, a

nd s

omet

imes

sui

cida

l dep

ress

ion

may

res

ult w

hen

the

drug

is d

isco

ntin

ued.

Thu

s bo

th p

hysi

cal a

nd p

sych

olog

ical

sym

ptom

s oc

cur

durin

gfr

om a

mph

etam

ines

.

S-6

5

larg

e

S-6

7La

bel e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

stat

emen

ts a

s T

rue

or F

alse

:

a) C

hron

ic u

se o

f stim

ulan

ts m

ay le

ad to

phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce

b) C

hron

ic u

se o

f hig

h do

ses

of s

timul

ants

can

lead

to p

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e

c) T

oler

ance

nev

er d

evel

ops

from

the

use

of s

timul

ants

d) C

hron

ic u

se o

f stim

ulan

ts le

ads

to p

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce

e) A

dee

p de

pres

sion

ofte

n fo

llow

s w

hen

one

stop

s ta

king

stim

ulan

ts

S-6

6

with

draw

al

S-6

8T

o re

view

, lis

t thr

ee n

+im

illan

ts:

17

S-6

9W

hat i

s/ar

e th

e pr

imar

y m

edic

al u

se/u

ses

of a

mph

etam

ines

?

S-6

7

a) F

alse

b) T

rue

c) F

alse

d) T

rue

e) T

rue

S-6

8

caffe

ine

coca

ine

amph

etam

ines

(any

ord

dr)

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S-7

0T

oler

ance

(ne

ver/

som

etim

es/a

lway

s)de

velo

ps in

the

use

of s

timul

ants

.S

-69

appe

tite

con

trol

;us

ed a

gain

stfa

tigue

and

depr

essi

on (

oreq

uiva

lent

)

S-7

1O

verd

oses

of s

timul

ants

can

res

ult i

n a

drug

psy

chos

is. T

his

lead

s to

wha

t kin

d of

beh

avio

r'S

-70

som

etim

es

S-7

2P

sych

olog

ical

with

draw

al fr

om s

timul

ants

is c

hara

cter

ized

by

a de

ep

S-7

1T

empo

rary

psyc

hosi

s; h

al-

luci

natio

ns;

feel

ings

of

pers

ecut

ion

S-7

3O

n th

e fo

llow

ing

char

t, no

te w

heth

er e

ach

char

acte

ristic

is (

alw

ays,

som

etim

es, n

ever

) de

velo

ped

from

the

chro

nic

mis

use

of n

arco

tics

and

stim

ulan

ts.

NA

RC

OT

ICS

ST

IMU

LAN

TS

a) P

hysi

cal D

epen

denc

e

b) P

sych

olog

ical

Dep

ende

nce

c) T

oler

ance

S-7

2

depr

essi

on

EN

D O

F S

EC

TIO

N. G

O O

N T

O N

EX

T S

EC

TIO

N.

23

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part

IV

depr

essa

nts

D-7

4B

arbi

tura

tes

are

the

mos

t com

mon

of t

he d

rugs

cla

ssifi

ed a

s de

pres

sant

s, o

r se

dativ

es. T

here

are

som

etr

anqu

ilize

rs (

Milt

own,

Equ

ine!

, Val

ium

, and

Lib

rium

, for

exa

mpl

e), g

ener

ally

cal

led

min

or tr

anqu

ilize

rs, t

hat

are

also

incl

uded

in th

is c

ateg

ory.

In m

any

way

s ba

rbitu

rate

s ar

e th

e m

ost d

ange

rous

dru

gs w

e sh

all d

iscu

ss: t

hey

prod

uce

a st

rong

psy

cho.

logi

cal a

nd p

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

y; th

e pr

oces

s of

with

draw

al is

con

side

rabl

y m

ore

seve

re th

an it

is fo

r he

roin

;an

d, th

ey m

ay p

rovi

de th

e ea

sies

t dru

g ro

ute

to d

eath

. In

this

cou

ntry

alo

ne, a

bout

3,0

00 p

eopl

e di

e ea

chye

ar, i

nten

tiona

lly a

nd u

nint

entio

nally

, fro

m b

arbi

tura

te o

verd

ose.

Bar

bitu

rate

s an

d m

inor

tran

quili

zers

are

in th

e ca

tego

ry o

f dru

gs c

alle

d

S-7

3

a) a

lway

s, s

ome

times

b) a

lway

s, a

lway

s

c) a

lway

s, s

ome-

times

D-7

5B

arbi

tura

tes

are

synt

hetic

dru

gs th

at a

ct to

dep

ress

the

cent

ral n

ervo

us s

yste

m, t

hus

indu

cing

sle

ep a

ndre

duci

ng a

nxie

ty a

nd te

nsio

n.

Thi

s is

the

oppo

site

of t

he a

ctio

n of

coc

aine

and

am

phet

amin

es, w

hich

the

cent

ral

nerv

ous

syst

em.

D-7

4

depr

essa

nts

orse

dativ

es

D-7

6B

arbi

tura

tes

have

man

y le

gitim

ate

med

ical

use

s in

add

ition

to th

e w

ell-k

now

n on

e of

indu

cing

sle

ep a

ndre

duci

ng te

nsio

n; b

arbi

tura

tes

are

ofte

n us

ed to

trea

t hig

h bl

ood

pres

sure

and

pep

tic u

lcer

s. S

ome

are

also

used

in th

e tr

eatm

ent o

f epi

leps

y.

For

whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g pu

rpos

es a

re b

arbi

tura

tes

pres

crib

ed?

a) to

indu

ce s

leep

b) to

dep

ress

app

etite

c) to

rel

ieve

pai

n

d) to

trea

t hig

h bl

ood

pres

sure

D-7

5

stim

ulat

e

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D-7

7In

sla

ng te

rmin

olog

y, b

arbi

tura

tes

are

ofte

n re

ferr

ed to

by

the

colo

r of

the

tabl

et. F

or e

xam

ple,

am

ong

quic

kst

artin

g, s

hort

act

ing

barb

itura

tes,

sod

ium

pen

toba

rbita

l (N

embu

tal)

is o

ften

calle

d a

"yel

low

jack

et";

sodi

um s

ecob

arbi

tal (

Sec

onal

) is

som

etim

es k

now

n as

a "

red

devi

l."

Exa

mpl

es o

f slo

w s

tart

ing,

long

er a

ctin

g ba

rbitu

rate

s ar

e ph

enob

arbi

tal (

Lum

ina!

),an

d am

obar

bita

l (A

my-

tal)

calle

d "b

lue

ange

ls."

Bar

bitu

rate

s ar

e ge

nera

lly ta

ken:

a) in

trav

enou

sly

b) in

pill

or

caps

ule

form

c) in

liqu

id fo

rm

D-7

6

a) to

indu

ce s

leep

d) to

trea

t hig

hbl

ood

pres

sure

D-7

8T

o re

view

, cla

ssify

the

follo

win

g dr

ugs

as n

arco

tics,

stim

ulan

ts, o

r de

pres

sant

s:

a) m

orph

ine

b) p

heno

barb

ital

c) a

mph

etam

ine

d) h

eroi

n

e) B

enze

drin

e

f)S

econ

al

D-7

7

b) In

pill

or

caps

ule

form

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D-7

9B

arbi

tura

tes

are

ofte

n m

isus

ed b

ecau

se th

ey a

re e

asily

obt

aina

ble

and

are

ofte

n ta

ken

with

out a

dequ

ate

med

ical

sup

ervi

sion

.

One

def

initi

on o

f mis

use

is s

impl

y ta

king

mor

e th

an is

pre

scrib

ed. W

e ar

e no

t ref

errin

g he

re to

"ove

rdos

e,"

(an

amou

nt ta

ken

that

cou

ld r

esul

t in

the

mis

user

's d

eath

) bu

t to

larg

e do

ses.

Suc

h do

ses

may

res

ult i

n a

stat

e si

mila

r to

alc

ohol

into

xica

tion,

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y st

agge

ring

wal

k, s

lurr

ed s

peec

h, a

nd p

oor

coor

dina

tion.

In a

dditi

on, t

he in

divi

dual

may

be

drow

sy, u

nabl

e to

con

cent

rate

and

may

suf

fer

from

impa

ired

judg

emen

tan

d m

emor

y.

An

indi

vidu

al s

uffe

ring

from

bar

bitu

rate

into

xica

tion

is li

kely

to b

e ac

cide

nt-p

rone

bec

ause

of (

list t

hree

rea

-

sons

):

D-7

8

a) n

arco

tic

b) d

epre

ssan

t

c) s

timul

ant

d) n

arco

tic

e) s

timul

ant

f) d

epre

ssan

t

0-80

Par

adox

ical

ly, s

omeo

ne w

ho h

as ta

ken

mas

sive

dos

es o

f bar

bitu

rate

s m

ay fi

nd th

at h

e is

not

rel

axed

. The

drug

may

hav

e an

ant

agon

istic

effe

ct, m

akin

g th

e-in

divi

dual

mor

e te

nse

and

jitte

ry. A

sim

ilar

feel

ing

of e

xcita

-tio

n of

ten

occu

rs fr

om to

o m

uch

alco

hol.

An

indi

vidu

al w

ho lo

oks

and

acts

dru

nk b

ut d

oes

not h

ave

the

smel

l of a

lcoh

ol o

n hi

s br

eath

may

be

suffe

ring

from

D-7

9po

or c

oord

in-

atio

n, im

-pa

ired

judg

e-m

ent a

nd m

emor

y,dr

owsi

ness

, (or

equi

vale

nt, a

nyor

der)

D-8

1 A

sec

ond

patte

rn o

f mis

use

invo

lves

the

com

bina

tion

of b

arbi

tura

tes

and

alco

hol.

Alc

ohol

is c

hem

ical

ly a

nd p

harm

acol

ogic

ally

. a d

epre

ssan

t. T

here

fore

, alc

ohol

act

s to

inte

nsify

the

seda

tive

effe

ct o

f the

bar

bitu

rate

s. T

he tw

o, a

ctin

g to

geth

er, m

ay c

ause

an

indi

vidu

al to

ent

er a

com

a ev

en w

hen

the

sepa

rate

leve

ls o

f eac

h ar

e w

ithin

the

stan

dard

, non

toxi

c le

vel.

Alc

ohol

(in

crea

ses/

decr

ease

s)th

e ef

fect

s of

bar

bitu

rate

s.

D-8

0

barb

itura

tein

toxi

catio

n

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2C

ombi

ning

bar

bitu

rate

s w

ith o

ther

dep

ress

ant d

rugs

(su

ch a

s na

rcot

ics,

ane

sthe

tics,

or

tran

quili

zers

) w

illre

sult

in th

e sa

me

dang

er a

s w

hen

barb

itura

tes

are

com

bine

d w

ith:

a) a

lcoh

ol

b) a

mph

etam

ines

D-8

1

incr

ease

s

D-8

3 A

third

pat

tern

of b

arbi

tura

te m

isus

e is

som

etim

es c

alle

d "t

he h

ouse

wife

syn

drom

e."

Thi

s is

a c

ycle

of

amph

etam

ine-

barb

itura

te u

sage

. A w

oman

take

s am

phet

amin

es to

sup

pres

s he

r ap

petit

e, a

nd is

ove

rstim

u-la

ted

and

jitte

ry a

t bed

time.

Bar

bitu

rate

s ar

e ta

ken

to in

duce

sle

ep. A

mph

etam

ines

are

res

umed

the

next

mor

ning

bot

h fo

r di

et a

nd to

ove

rcom

e th

e gr

oggi

ness

of t

he d

epre

ssan

t. S

uch

a pa

ttern

can

lead

to th

epr

oble

ms

of b

oth

amph

etam

ine

and

barb

itura

te d

epen

denc

y. O

f cou

rse

this

pat

tern

may

be

equa

lly a

ppli-

cabl

e to

the

husb

and.

The

"ho

usew

ife s

yndr

ome"

is a

pat

tern

of

11D

-84

Rel

ated

to th

e ab

ove

is th

e te

enag

e pi

ll-po

ppin

g pa

rty

whe

re th

e in

divi

dual

may

not

eve

n kn

ow w

hat h

e is

taki

ng"u

ps,"

"do

wns

," o

r bo

thor

how

muc

h he

is ta

king

. Unf

ortu

nate

ly, t

he s

ourc

e of

sup

ply

for

man

yof

. hes

e pa

rtie

s is

not

the

neig

hbor

hood

pus

her,

but

the

hom

e m

edic

ine

cabi

net.

D-8

2

a) a

lcoh

ol

D-8

3

amph

etam

ine-

barb

itura

teus

age

D-8

5T

o re

view

: In

prop

er d

oses

, bar

bitu

rate

s ar

e us

ed to

hel

p an

indi

vidu

alD

-84

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

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28

D-8

6B

arbi

tura

tes

are

also

som

etim

es u

sed

in th

e tr

eatm

ent o

f (na

me

one)

D-8

5sl

eep

orre

lax

D-8

7H

igh

dose

s of

bar

bitu

rate

s m

ay le

ad to

a s

tate

that

res

embl

esD

-86

any

one:

high

blo

odpr

essu

re,

pept

ic u

lcer

,ep

ileps

y

D-8

8 A

n in

divi

dual

who

has

com

bine

d al

coho

l and

bar

bitu

rate

s m

ay g

o in

to a

com

a be

caus

e th

e al

coho

l

the

effe

cts

of th

e ba

rbitu

rate

s.

D-8

7al

coho

lin

toxi

catio

n

D-8

9C

ontin

uing

now

with

som

e of

the

mos

t com

mon

res

ults

of b

arbi

tura

te m

isus

e: B

arbi

tura

te d

epen

denc

e is

char

acte

rized

by

a st

rong

psy

chol

ogic

al a

nd p

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e on

the

drug

. It i

s fu

rthe

r ch

arac

teriz

ed b

yth

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

oler

ance

.

As

an in

divi

dual

bui

lds

tole

ranc

e, h

e w

ill n

eed

(sm

alle

r, th

e sa

me,

larg

er)

drug

to a

chie

ve th

e sa

me

effe

ct.

dose

s of

the

D-8

8in

crea

ses

orin

tens

ifies

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0B

arbi

tura

te d

epen

denc

e is

sim

ilar

to o

piat

e de

pend

ence

in m

any

way

s. A

n im

port

ant d

iffer

ence

is in

the

natu

re o

f the

with

draw

al p

roce

ss.

The

pat

tern

of b

arbi

tura

te w

ithdr

awal

is a

s fo

llow

s:

For

the

first

8 to

12

hour

s th

e in

divi

dual

may

app

ear

fine

beca

use

he is

stil

l und

erth

e dr

ug's

influ

ence

.O

nce

the

drug

wea

rs o

ff, th

ere

are

sign

s of

incr

easi

ng n

ervo

usne

ss, h

eada

che,

anx

iety

, mus

cle

twitc

hing

,D

T's

, wea

knes

s, in

som

nia,

nau

sea,

and

a s

udde

n dr

op in

blo

odpr

essu

re.

The

se e

ffect

s re

ach

thei

r pe

ak in

abo

ut 1

4 ho

urs.

In th

e ne

xt 2

day

s, th

e in

divi

dual

may

exp

erie

nce

hallu

-ci

natio

ns, d

eliri

um, a

nd fi

nally

, con

vuls

ions

that

can

be fa

tal.

Thu

s, th

e m

ost c

ritic

al p

erio

d du

ring

barb

itura

te w

ithdr

awal

is:

a) im

med

iate

ly a

fter

the

final

dos

e

b) a

bout

1 d

ay a

fter

the

final

dos

e

c) a

bout

2 d

ays

afte

r th

e fin

al d

ose

D-8

9la

rger

D-9

1T

here

fore

, with

draw

al fr

om b

arbi

tura

tes

shou

ld b

e un

dert

aken

with

str

ict m

edic

al s

uper

visi

on.

Abr

uptly

dis

-co

ntin

uing

the

drug

s m

ay le

ad to

an

acut

e m

edic

al e

mer

genc

y. H

owev

er, w

ithdr

awal

can

be a

ccom

plis

hed

bysl

owly

rev

ersi

ng th

e pr

oced

ure

by w

hich

the

indi

vidu

al b

uilt

up to

lera

nce

to th

e dr

ug in

the

first

plac

e; th

atis

, by

a gr

adua

l red

uctio

n in

dos

e. H

owev

er, t

he in

divi

dual

mig

ht s

till b

e ps

ycho

logi

cally

dep

ende

nt.

Onc

e th

e in

divi

dual

is n

o lo

nger

phy

sica

lly d

epen

dent

on

the

drug

, he

(is, i

s no

t)cu

red.

D-9

0

c) a

bout

2 d

ays

afte

r th

e fin

aldo

se

D-9

2T

o be

trul

y cu

red,

the

indi

vidu

al m

ust a

lso

over

com

e hi

s st

rong

psy

chol

ogic

al d

epen

denc

eon

the

drug

.D

-91

is n

ot

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D-9

3H

owev

er, t

here

is a

lim

it to

the

leve

l of t

oler

ance

the

body

will

dev

elop

to b

arbi

tura

tes.

Thi

s up

per

limit

varie

s fr

om in

divi

dual

to in

divi

dual

. But

, onc

e th

is li

mit

is p

asse

d, th

e in

divi

dual

will

suf

fer

from

an

over

dose

of b

arbi

tura

tes.

The

effe

cts

of s

uch

an o

verd

ose

are

the

sam

e as

thos

e re

sulti

ng fr

om a

com

bina

tion

of b

arbi

tura

tes

and

alco

hol o

r na

rcot

icst

hat i

s, th

e in

divi

dual

may

go

into

a

D-9

2

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

D-9

4 A

n ov

erdo

se o

f bar

bitu

rate

s ca

n le

ad to

com

a an

d de

ath

thro

ugh

resp

irato

ry a

rres

t.

Suc

h de

aths

can

be

trac

ed e

ither

to a

leve

l of b

arbi

tura

tes

high

er th

an th

e in

divi

dual

's s

yste

m c

an s

up-

port

, or

to a

sub

toxi

c le

vel o

f bar

bitu

rate

s in

com

bina

tion

with

or

CA

D r

D-9

3

com

a

D-9

5 M

any

deat

hs tr

aced

to b

arbi

tura

tes

occu

r be

caus

e, a

s ha

s be

en s

aid,

the

drug

s im

pair

both

the

mem

ory

and

judg

emen

t of t

he u

ser.

Thu

s, th

e in

divi

dual

som

etim

es d

oes

not r

emem

ber

how

man

y pi

lls h

e ha

s al

read

y ta

ken

and

keep

s ta

king

them

unt

il he

goe

s in

to a

com

a.

D-9

4al

coho

l,na

rcot

ics,

tran

quili

zers

,or

ane

sthe

tics

(any

ord

er)

D-9

6M

inor

tran

quili

zers

are

ano

ther

cat

egor

y of

syn

thet

ic d

rugs

that

cal

m, r

elax

, and

dim

inis

h an

xiet

y. T

hey

also

act

to r

elax

mus

cles

and

may

cau

se d

row

sine

ss.

The

y ar

e si

mila

r to

bar

bitu

rate

s in

effe

ct, a

nd, w

hen

take

n in

ther

apeu

tic d

oses

und

er m

edic

al s

uper

vi-

sion

, do

not l

ead

to p

hyS

ical

dep

ende

nce.

D-9

5

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

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7 T

he m

ost c

omm

only

pre

scrib

ed tr

anqu

ilize

rs a

re: M

iltow

n, E

quin

al, L

ibriu

m, a

nd V

aliu

m.

D-9

6

The

se tr

anqu

ilize

rs c

an le

ad to

psy

chol

ogic

al a

nd p

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e w

hen

mis

used

. In

addi

tion,

the

user

dev

elop

s to

lera

nce

if th

ey a

re u

sed

too

ofte

n.

Thu

s, s

ome

tran

quili

zers

can

pro

duce

the

sam

e ty

pe o

f dep

ende

ncy

as

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

D-9

8 O

n th

e fo

llow

ing

char

t, no

te w

heth

er e

ach

char

acte

ristic

is (

alw

ays/

som

etim

es/n

ever

) de

velo

ped

from

the

D-9

7ch

roni

c m

isus

e of

nar

cotic

s, s

timul

ants

, and

dep

ress

ants

.ba

rbitu

rate

sN

AR

CO

TIC

SS

TIM

ULA

NT

SD

EP

RE

SS

AN

TS

or o

piat

es

a) Phy

sica

lC

)C

o

b) Psy

chol

og-

ical

De-

pend

ence

c) Tol

eran

ce

TH

IS IS

TH

E E

ND

OF

TH

E S

EC

TIO

N.

TH

IS IS

A G

OO

D T

IME

TO

TA

KE

A B

RE

AK

.

31

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part

Vha

lluci

noge

nsH

-99

The

cat

egor

y of

dru

gs c

alle

d ha

lluci

noge

ns o

r ps

yche

delic

s in

clud

es s

uch

drug

s as

LS

D, p

eyot

e, m

esca

line,

psilo

cybi

n, S

TP

, DM

T, m

orni

ng g

lory

see

ds, a

nd m

arih

uana

. In

this

cha

pter

we

shal

l dea

l prim

arily

with

LSD

and

mes

calin

e. T

he fo

llow

ing

chap

ter

will

be

devo

ted

to m

arih

uana

.

LSD

and

mes

calin

e ar

e in

the

clas

sific

atio

n of

dru

gs c

alle

d

D-9

8a)

alw

ays,

som

e-tim

es, a

lway

sb)

alw

ays,

alw

ays,

alw

ays

c) a

lway

s, s

ome-

times

, alw

ays

H-1

00 H

allu

cino

gens

(or

psy

ched

elic

s) a

re d

rugs

cap

able

of p

rovo

king

cha

nges

of s

ensa

tion,

thin

king

, sel

f-aw

are-

ness

, and

em

otio

n. T

he e

ffect

s va

ry w

idel

y fr

om in

divi

dual

to in

divi

dual

and

from

one

use

to th

e ne

xt.

The

y ra

nge

from

ple

asan

t im

ages

and

feel

ings

to te

rror

and

dre

ad.

Hal

luci

noge

ns p

rovo

ke c

hang

es in

and

H-9

9

hallu

cino

gens

or p

sych

edel

ics

H-1

01 L

SD

lyse

rgic

aci

d di

ethy

lam

ide

is s

ynth

esiz

ed fr

om e

rgot

, a fu

ngus

that

spo

ils r

ye g

rain

. Alth

ough

it is

prob

ably

the

mos

t wid

ely

know

n ha

lluci

noge

n, it

s le

gal u

se is

res

tric

ted

to m

edic

al r

esea

rch.

LSD

is s

ynth

esiz

ed fr

om

H-1

00se

nsat

ion,

thin

king

,se

lf- a

war

enes

s,an

d em

otio

n(a

ny o

rder

)

H-1

02 L

SD

is a

tast

eles

s, o

dorle

ss, c

olor

less

liqu

id w

hich

can

be

put i

n su

gar

cube

s, c

ooki

es, o

r cr

acke

rs.

The

liqui

d ca

n al

so b

e in

ject

ed, o

r ta

ken

in ta

blet

or

caps

ule

form

.

It is

(po

ssib

le, i

mpo

ssib

le)

to te

ll vi

sibl

y if

a co

okie

has

bee

n im

preg

nate

d w

ith L

SD

.

H-1

01

ergo

t

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03 L

SD

is o

ne o

f the

mos

t pot

ent d

rugs

kno

wn.

A d

ose

of 2

5 m

icro

gram

s (p

g's)

,an

am

ount

alm

ost i

nvis

ible

to th

e na

ked

eye,

will

pro

duce

a m

ild e

ffect

on

mos

t peo

ple.

Dos

es o

f abo

ut 1

00 p

g's

are

cons

ider

ed a

vera

ge.

LSD

is s

o po

tent

that

the

amou

nt e

quiv

alen

t to

two

aspi

rins

will

pro

vide

abo

ut 6

,500

aver

age

dose

s. B

e-ca

use

of th

e hi

gh p

oten

cy o

f LS

D, a

sm

all v

aria

tion

in d

osag

e m

ay p

rodu

ce a

larg

e va

riatio

n in

effe

ct.

H-1

02

impo

ssib

le

H-1

04 T

he a

ctua

l phy

sica

l effe

cts

of L

SD

are

wel

l doc

umen

ted.

It pr

oduc

es c

hang

es in

the

body

by

actin

g on

the

cent

ral a

nd s

ympa

thet

icne

rvou

s sy

stem

s, r

esul

ting

inin

crea

sed

puls

e an

d he

art r

ate,

a r

ise

in b

lood

pre

ssur

e an

d te

mpe

ratu

re, p

upil

dila

tion,

trem

ors,

sw

eaty

palm

s, c

hills

, nau

sea,

lack

of a

ppet

ite, e

tc. I

n or

dina

ry d

oses

, how

ever

, the

se e

ffect

sar

e in

sign

ifica

nt.

At o

rdin

ary

dose

s, L

SD

pro

duce

s m

inor

(ph

ysic

al/p

sych

olog

ical

)ch

ange

s.C

2 f

H-1

03

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

H-1

05 T

he p

sych

olog

ical

effe

cts

of L

SD

are

con

side

rabl

ym

ore

diffi

cult

to d

escr

ibe

and

vary

wid

ely

from

per

son

to p

erso

n. T

he "

prop

er s

et,"

that

is, t

he e

xpec

tatio

ns a

nd a

ttitu

des

of th

eus

er a

nd th

e se

tting

in w

hich

the

drug

is ta

ken,

is o

f fun

dam

enta

l im

port

ance

.

Impo

rtan

t det

erm

inan

ts o

f how

a p

erso

n re

acts

to L

SD

may

be

his

H-1

04

phys

ical

H-1

06 W

hen

take

n or

ally

, sym

ptom

s of

the

influ

ence

of L

SD

app

ear

in 3

0 to

45

min

utes

. If i

njec

ted,

they

appe

ar in

5 to

10

min

utes

. An

aver

age

trip

last

s fr

om 6

-24

hour

s, d

epen

ding

on

the

amou

nt ta

ken.

The

inte

nsity

of t

hetr

ip is

dep

ende

nt o

n th

e am

ount

take

n an

d on

the

psyc

holo

gica

l set

of t

he u

ser.

Wha

t fac

tors

influ

ence

the

inte

nsity

of a

n LS

D tr

ip?

H-1

05ex

pect

atio

nsan

d en

viro

n-m

ent (

oreq

uiva

lent

)

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H-1

07 In

gen

eral

, the

LS

D e

xper

ienc

eco

nsis

ts o

f cha

nges

in p

erce

ptio

ns a

nd th

ough

t.

Per

cept

ual c

hang

es d

escr

ibed

by

user

sin

clud

e di

ffere

nt p

erce

ptio

ns o

f sig

ht, h

earin

g, to

uch,

body

imag

e,

and

time.

Col

ors

may

see

m to

inte

nsify

or

chan

ge; s

hape

s an

d sp

atia

l rel

atio

nshi

ps m

ay s

eem

topu

lsat

e an

d

chan

ge in

dim

ensi

on o

r as

sum

e lif

elik

equ

aliti

es. S

ensi

tivity

to s

ound

incr

ease

s, b

ut th

e so

urce

of th

e so

und

is o

ften

elus

ive.

Cha

nges

in th

ough

t inc

lude

a fr

ee fl

ow o

f ide

asof

all

kind

s so

that

ord

inar

y, tr

ivia

l eve

nts

may

ass

ume

unus

ual i

mpo

rtan

ce.

H-1

06

psyc

holo

gica

lse

t and

dose

H-1

08 U

sers

of L

SD

ref

er to

it a

s a

"con

scio

usne

ss-e

xpan

ding

" dr

ug. T

his

is p

artly

bec

ause

of th

e ef

fect

s w

e ha

ve

just

des

crib

ed. B

ut, i

n ad

ditio

n, it

is b

ecau

seLS

D b

reak

s do

wn

the

defe

nse

mec

hani

sms

of th

ein

divi

dual

that

serv

e to

shu

t som

e th

ings

out

of

his

cons

ciou

snes

s, a

nd w

hich

allo

w h

im to

cho

ose

the

bits

of i

nfor

mat

ion

that

are

allo

wed

to e

nter

.

The

se d

efen

se m

echa

nism

s of

ten

shut

out

of o

urm

inds

thin

gs th

at d

istu

rb u

s. U

nder

the

influ

ence

of L

SD

thes

e ba

rrie

rs a

re r

emov

ed a

nd a

gre

at d

eal o

f inf

orm

atio

nab

out o

nese

lf an

d on

e's

wor

ld is

bro

ught

from

the

subc

onsc

ious

to th

e co

nsci

ous

leve

l.

Thi

s ef

fect

may

lead

use

rs to

feel

that

:

a) th

e w

orld

is le

ss m

eani

ngfu

l

b) th

ey h

ave

gain

ed a

bet

ter

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

them

selv

es a

nd th

e w

orld

aro

und

them

1=1

H-1

09 T

his

kind

of e

xper

ienc

e m

ay b

ebe

nefic

ial t

o an

indi

vidu

al w

ho c

an c

ope

with

the

situ

atio

n. A

n un

stab

le p

er-

son,

psy

chol

ogic

ally

unp

repa

red

to s

eehi

mse

lf w

ithou

t the

se d

efen

ses,

may

dev

elop

aps

ycho

sis

from

the

expe

rienc

e.

The

indi

vidu

al.w

ho h

as h

ad -

a ha

d tr

ip fe

els

alon

e in

the

wor

ld a

nd b

ecom

es fr

ight

ened

. He

som

etim

es is

so

over

whe

lmed

that

he

pani

cs b

ecau

se h

e fe

ars

he w

ill n

ever

"com

e do

wn"

to r

ealit

y.

The

ext

rem

e fr

ight

of s

uch

an e

xper

ienc

e m

aype

rsis

t and

rec

ur fo

r so

me

time

afte

r th

e us

e of

the

drug

.In

addi

tion

the

indi

vidu

al m

ay e

xper

ienc

e "f

lash

back

s,"

whi

ch a

re a

ctua

l rec

urre

nces

of t

he L

SD

exp

erie

nce.

Whi

ch o

f the

oth

er d

rugs

we

have

dis

cuss

ed m

ay le

adto

a d

rug

psyc

hosi

s'

H-1

07

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

H-1

08

b) they

hav

e ga

ined

a be

tter

unde

r-st

andi

ng o

f the

m-

selv

es. a

nd th

ew

orld

aro

und

them

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H-1

10 B

ecau

se o

f the

pos

sibi

lity

of "

frea

king

out

," p

eopl

e w

ho ta

ke L

SD

ofte

n pr

ovid

e th

emse

lves

with

a g

uide

afr

iend

who

is n

ot u

nder

the

influ

ence

of t

he d

rug.

Thi

s gu

ide

atte

mpt

s to

ens

ure

that

no

phys

ical

har

m c

omes

to th

e us

er a

nd w

ill tr

y to

"ta

lk h

im d

own"

if p

anic

set

s in

. In

such

a s

ituat

ion

the

user

's ju

dgem

ent i

s ap

t te

be fa

ulty

and

he

may

do

haza

rdou

s th

ings

.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, h

is fr

iend

will

not

nec

essa

rily

have

the

expe

rtis

e to

con

trol

the

situ

atio

n.

A d

rug

psyc

hosi

s m

ay o

ccur

as

a re

sult

of a

n LS

D tr

ip b

ecau

se a

n un

stab

le in

divi

dual

may

not

be

able

to

cope

with

the

brea

kdow

n of

his

H-1

09

amph

etam

ines

H-1

11 A

n in

divi

dual

on

an L

SD

trip

may

pan

ic.b

ecau

se h

e w

onde

rs if

he

will

be

abIe

toH

-110

norm

al d

efen

sem

echa

nism

s.

H-1

12 It

is p

ossi

ble,

und

er m

edic

al s

uper

visi

on, t

o co

unte

ract

the

effe

cts

of a

bad

trip

with

sed

ativ

es a

nd tr

anqu

il-iz

ers.

How

ever

, ind

iscr

imin

ate

use

of d

rugs

to c

ount

erac

t a b

ad tr

ip m

ay le

ad to

furt

her

phys

ical

and

psy

cho.

logi

cal p

robl

ems.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e us

e of

stim

ulan

ts o

r ot

her

psyc

hede

lic d

rugs

wou

ld te

nd to

incr

ease

the

effe

cts

of L

SD

.

Alth

ough

cer

tain

sed

ativ

e dr

ugs

may

hel

p co

unte

ract

a b

ad tr

ip, t

he u

se o

f stim

ulan

ts w

illit.

H-1

11

"com

e do

wn"

or

retu

rn to

real

ity

H-1

13 It

is p

ossi

ble

to d

evel

op to

lera

nce

to L

SD

if th

e sa

me

dose

is ta

ken

daily

. The

effe

cts

of L

SD

are

so

inte

nse,

how

ever

, tha

t peo

ple

usua

lly h

ave

no d

esire

to ta

ke th

is d

rug

mor

e th

an o

nce

a w

eek.

If o

ne d

id ta

ke L

SD

daily

, by

the

four

th d

ay, p

ract

ical

ly n

o ef

fect

s w

ould

be

notic

ed. B

ut th

is to

lera

nce

is r

ever

sed

quic

kly

usua

lly w

ithin

48

hour

sif t

he d

rug

is d

isco

ntin

ued.

The

refo

re, w

e w

ould

say

that

tole

ranc

e to

LS

D is

(ra

rely

/ofte

n)de

velo

ped.

H-1

12

inte

nsify

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H-1

14 A

mon

g ha

bitu

al u

sers

of L

SD

, tw

ice

a m

onth

usa

ge is

con

side

red

heav

y us

age.

At t

his

rate

, tol

eran

ce (

is/is

not)

likel

y to

dev

elop

.

H-1

15 L

SD

doe

s no

t pro

duce

phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce:

The

refo

re, t

here

are

no

phys

ical

with

draw

al s

ympt

oms

upon

dis

-co

ntin

uanc

e.

How

ever

, "fla

shba

cks"

or r

ecur

renc

es o

f the

dru

gged

sta

tem

ay p

ersi

st fo

r m

onth

s af

ter

the

drug

has

been

dis

cont

inue

d.

Alth

ough

ther

e is

no

evid

ence

of p

hysi

cal w

ithdr

awal

upo

n di

scon

tinua

nce

of L

SD

,m

ay o

ccur

mon

ths

afte

r th

e dr

ug h

as b

een

used

.

Cu

:-11

6 T

o re

view

, the

use

r of

LS

D r

arel

y de

velo

ps to

lera

nce

to th

e dr

ugan

d if

he d

oes,

it is

usu

ally

rev

erse

d in

ave

ry s

hort

tim

e. N

or d

oes

he e

xper

ienc

e ph

ysic

al w

ithdr

awal

sym

ptom

s si

nce

LSD

doe

s no

t lea

d to

phys

ical

dep

ende

nce.

How

ever

, one

may

dev

elop

ade

pend

ence

on

the

effe

cts

of th

e dr

ug.

H-1

17 C

urre

ntly

, sci

entis

ts a

re n

ot in

agr

eem

ent o

n th

e sp

ecifi

c lo

ng te

rm r

isks

of t

akin

g LS

D, a

lthou

gh m

any

harm

ful e

ffect

s ar

e su

spec

ted.

Am

ong

the

issu

es b

eing

deb

ated

are

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f ser

ious

long

term

men

tal i

llnes

s re

sulti

ng fr

om a

bad

trip

, the

pos

sibi

lity

of c

hrom

osom

al d

amag

e, a

nd th

e ef

fect

s of

flas

hbac

ks.

Alth

ough

non

e of

thes

e lo

ng te

rm d

ange

rs h

as b

een

conc

lusi

vely

pro

ven,

the

wou

ld-b

e us

er o

f LS

D s

houl

d be

awar

e th

at th

ey m

ay c

onst

itute

a s

erio

us r

isk.

H-1

13

rare

ly

H-1

14is

not

H-1

15fla

shba

cks

H-1

16ps

ycho

logi

cal

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H-1

18 A

n in

divi

dual

may

pan

ic d

urin

g an

LS

D tr

ip if

:

a) h

e is

or

feel

s al

one

b) h

e ca

nnot

cop

e w

ith th

e ef

fect

s on

the

drug

s on

him

self

c) h

e is

afr

aid

he w

on't

be a

ble

to c

ome

back

to r

ealit

y

d) a

ll of

abo

ve

H-1

17

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

H-1

19 P

eyot

e, th

e so

urce

of m

esca

line,

ano

ther

hal

luci

noge

n, is

lega

lly u

sed

by th

e A

mer

ican

Indi

ans

of th

e N

ativ

eA

mer

ican

Chu

rch

of N

orth

Am

eric

a in

thei

r re

ligio

us c

erem

onie

s. H

owev

er, a

ny o

ther

use

, with

the

exce

ptio

n.

of m

edic

al r

esea

rch,

is il

lega

l.

H-1

18

d) a

ll of

abo

ve

H-1

20 M

esca

line

is d

eriv

ed fr

om th

e M

exic

an p

eyot

e ca

ctus

. It i

s av

aila

ble

an th

e ill

egal

mar

ket i

n a

varie

ty o

f

C.A

.)fo

rms

rang

ing

from

who

le o

r ch

oppe

d ca

ctus

"bu

ttons

" to

cap

sule

s of

pow

der

or v

ials

of l

iqui

d. It

is u

sual

lyP

ryta

ken

oral

ly b

ut m

ay b

e in

ject

ed. M

esca

line

has

a ch

arac

teris

tic b

itter

tast

e so

whe

n ta

ken

oral

ly it

is u

sual

lym

ixed

with

cof

fee,

tea,

milk

, or

oran

ge ju

ice.

Mes

calin

e is

foun

d in

thre

e fo

rms:

,an

d

H-1

19

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

H-1

21 A

lthou

gh m

esca

line

is a

bout

4,0

00 ti

mes

wea

ker

than

LS

D, i

n la

rge

enou

gh d

oses

it w

ill p

rodu

ce a

ppro

xi-

H-1

20m

atel

y th

e sa

me

effe

cts.

Bec

ause

muc

h lo

wer

dos

es c

an b

e ta

ken,

ther

e is

con

side

rabl

y le

ss r

isk

of h

avin

g a

"bad

trip

."ca

ctus

"but

tons

,"T

he e

ffect

s of

mes

calin

e ar

e m

ost s

imila

r to

pow

der,

and

liqui

da)

her

oin

b) "

spee

d"

c) L

SD

d) M

iltow

n

37

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H-1

22 T

o re

view

, peo

ple

ofte

n ta

ke L

SD

bec

ause

they

feel

that

the

chan

ges

in th

eir

perc

eptio

n ca

used

by

the

drug

help

them

gai

n a

bette

r un

ders

tand

ing

of

H-1

21

c) L

SD

H-1

23 T

akin

g LS

D in

com

bina

tion

with

any

oth

er d

rug

is d

ange

rous

, par

ticul

arly

if it

is ta

ken

in c

ombi

natio

n w

ith

stim

ulan

ts o

r ot

her

psyc

hede

lic d

rugs

. The

se d

rugs

(in

crea

se/d

ecre

ase)

the

effe

cts

ofth

e LS

D.

H-1

22th

emse

lves

and

the

wor

ldar

ound

them

(or

equi

vale

nt)

H-1

24 T

he n

atur

e of

dep

ende

ncy

prod

uced

by

the

chro

nic

use

of m

esca

line

is s

imila

r to

LS

D. T

here

is a

pot

entia

lfo

r ps

ycho

logi

cal d

epen

denc

e al

thou

gh th

ere

is n

o ev

iden

ce o

f phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce

deve

lopi

ng. T

oler

ance

may

dev

elop

but

it is

rar

e.

With

res

pect

to th

e ch

roni

c us

e of

mes

calin

e an

d LS

D la

bel t

he fo

llow

ing

stat

emen

ts a

s T

rue

or F

alse

:

a) P

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e is

pro

duce

d

b) P

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce

is p

rodu

ced

c) T

oler

ance

alw

ays

deve

lops

.

H-1

23in

crea

se

TH

IS IS

TH

E E

ND

OF

PA

RT

V.

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VI

mar

ihua

naM

-125

Wha

t is

mar

ihua

na?

Wha

t has

mot

ivat

ed a

n es

timat

ed 1

2 to

20

mill

ion

peop

le in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

to tr

y it?

H-1

24

a) F

alse

b) T

rue

c) F

alse

M-1

26 M

arih

uana

com

es fr

om C

anna

bis

sativ

a, th

e he

mp

plan

t whi

ch g

row

s fr

eely

as

a co

mm

on w

eed

in m

any

cli-

mat

es a

nd m

any

soils

. Pha

rmac

olog

ical

ly it

is u

sual

ly c

lass

ified

as

a m

ild h

allu

cino

gen

but i

t has

als

o be

enre

port

ed to

hav

e se

dativ

e or

hyp

notic

qua

litie

s.

Pha

rmac

olog

ical

ly, m

arih

uana

is c

lass

ified

as

a

M-1

25G

o on

tone

xt fr

ame.

;`..

M-1

27 W

hen

the

culti

vate

d C

anna

bis

sativ

a pl

ant i

s fu

lly r

ipe,

a s

ticky

, gol

den

yello

w r

esin

with

a m

inty

frag

ranc

eco

vers

its

flow

er c

lust

ers

and

top

leav

es. I

t is

this

res

in w

hich

con

tain

s th

e ac

tive

ingr

edie

nts

of m

arih

uana

, as

do th

e le

aves

them

selv

es.

Sci

entis

ts h

ave

rece

ntly

isol

ated

and

syn

thes

ized

one

of t

he a

ctiv

e in

gred

ient

s in

the

resi

n. It

is c

alle

d A

9te

tra

hyd

roca

n n

ab i

nol (

TH

C).

The

act

ive

ingr

edie

nts

of m

arih

uana

are

foun

d in

the

of th

e C

anna

bis

sativ

a pl

ant.

M-1

26

hallu

cino

gen

M-1

28 T

he p

oten

cy o

f the

dru

g de

pend

s on

the

amou

nt o

f TH

C in

the

resi

n. A

s w

ith a

ny d

rug

purc

hase

d ill

egal

ly,

how

ever

, the

buy

er h

as n

o gu

aran

tee

as to

its

actu

al s

tren

gth.

Has

hish

com

es fr

om th

e flo

wer

ing

tops

of t

he m

ost p

oten

t var

ietie

s of

the

Can

nabi

s pl

ant.

It is

from

five

toei

ght t

imes

str

onge

r th

an m

arih

uana

.

Mar

ihua

na w

ill p

rodu

ce a

(le

ss/m

ore)

inte

nse

effe

ct th

an a

sim

ilar

quan

tity

of h

ashi

sh.

M-1

27re

sin

and

leav

es

39

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M-1

29 In

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes,

mar

ihua

na is

gen

eral

ly s

mok

ed in

cig

aret

tes

or p

ipes

.T

he s

mok

e is

dee

ply

inha

led

and

held

in th

e lu

ngs

for

as lo

ng a

s po

ssib

le; o

ne c

igar

ette

or

"join

t" is

ofte

n sh

ared

by s

ever

al p

eopl

e. M

ari-

huan

a ca

n al

so b

e ad

ded

to fo

od.

Mar

ihua

na c

igar

ette

s ar

e ha

nd r

olle

d an

d ar

e sm

alle

r th

an r

egul

ar c

igar

ette

s; th

e en

dsof

the

pape

r ar

eus

ually

eith

er tu

cked

in o

r tw

iste

d. T

obac

co m

ay b

e m

ixed

with

the

drie

d le

aves

to a

ct a

s a

bind

er.

To

slow

com

bust

ion,

the

ciga

rette

is li

cked

bef

ore

light

ing

it. T

he s

mok

e gi

ven

off b

y th

ese

ciga

rette

s ha

s a

char

acte

r-is

tic o

dor

that

res

embl

es th

e sw

eet s

mel

l of b

urni

ng g

rass

or

rope

.

The

sm

oke

from

mar

ihua

na is

dis

tingu

isha

ble

from

the

smok

e of

reg

ular

toba

cco

beca

use

of it

s ch

arac

teris

tic

M-1

28

less

M-1

30 T

he e

ffect

s of

mar

ihua

na v

ary

grea

tly fr

om in

divi

dual

to in

divi

dual

. It i

s es

timat

ed th

at a

larg

e pr

opor

tion

ofus

ers

feel

not

hing

at a

ll, p

artic

ular

ly th

e fir

st ti

me

they

use

the

drug

. For

thos

e w

hoac

know

ledg

e th

e dr

ug's

effe

cts,

feel

ings

ran

ge fr

om d

epre

ssio

n to

exc

item

ent,

from

trus

t to

susp

icio

n, d

epen

ding

on

a va

riety

of

fact

ors.

The

effe

cts

of th

e dr

ug a

re m

edia

ted

by p

sych

olog

ical

and

per

sona

lity

diffe

renc

es a

mon

g in

divi

dual

s an

d by

the

user

's r

elat

ions

hip

to o

ther

s in

the

room

who

mig

ht b

e ex

perie

ncin

g th

e sa

me

sens

atio

ns. T

he e

ffect

s of

the

drug

are

als

o de

pend

ent u

pon

the

stre

ngth

and

the

amou

nt u

sed

and

the

man

ner

in w

hich

it w

as s

mok

edor

inge

sted

.

List

thre

e fa

ctor

s th

at w

ill d

eter

min

e ho

w m

arih

uana

affe

cts

a pa

rtic

ular

indi

vidu

al:

M-1

29

odor

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31 B

elow

are

som

e of

the

mos

t com

mon

rea

ctio

ns to

sm

okin

g m

arih

uana

.

One

gen

eral

ly b

egin

s to

feel

the

drug

's e

ffect

s w

ithin

5 to

10

min

utes

afte

r he

has

beg

unsm

okin

g. E

ffect

sm

ay b

e fe

lt by

inha

ling

from

thre

e to

a d

ozen

tim

es. T

here

may

be

anin

itial

feel

ing

of r

estle

ssne

ss, a

ccom

-pa

nied

by

fear

and

anx

iety

. Thi

s co

mm

on e

xper

ienc

e fo

r th

e fir

st ti

me

user

is o

ften

alle

viat

edif

supp

ortiv

efr

iend

s ar

e pr

esen

t. B

ecau

se th

e dr

ug p

uts

mos

t ind

ivid

uals

in a

hig

hly

sugg

estib

le s

tate

of m

ind,

they

can

usua

lly b

e ta

lked

out

of t

heir

fear

s. It

is u

nusu

al fo

r su

ch p

aran

oid

feel

ings

to r

ecur

with

subs

eque

nt u

sage

unle

ss th

e in

divi

dual

has

dee

p-se

ated

per

sona

lity

prob

lem

s.

Afte

r in

halin

g si

x tim

es o

n a

mar

ihua

na c

igar

ette

, ,on

e is

like

ly to

sta

rt fe

elin

g its

effe

cts:

a) im

med

iate

ly

b) w

ithin

10

min

utes

c) w

ithin

a h

alf h

our

M-1

30

Any

thre

eor

equ

ival

ent:

pers

onal

ity,

stre

ngth

,do

se,

setti

ng

M-1

32 F

eelin

gs o

far

e lik

ely

to o

ccur

the

first

tim

e on

e ex

perie

nces

the

effe

cts

of m

arih

uana

.

M-1

31

b) w

ithin

10

min

ute

M-1

33 T

his

first

per

iod

is fo

llow

ed s

hort

ly b

y a

feel

ing

of e

upho

ria. P

hysi

cally

, the

re is

a fe

elin

g of

light

head

edne

ssan

d, m

enta

lly, a

hei

ghte

ned

perc

eptio

n of

eve

n th

e m

ost s

impl

e an

d fa

mili

ar o

bjec

ts, a

lthou

gh th

e ex

act

natu

re o

f the

per

cept

ion

may

not

be

reca

lled

once

the

drug

's e

ffect

s ha

ve w

orn

off.

Unc

ontr

olle

dla

ught

erof

ten

occu

rs, b

roug

ht o

n fo

r no

app

aren

t rea

son.

Min

or h

allu

cina

tions

or

delu

sion

s m

ay o

ccur

dep

endi

ng o

nth

e po

tenc

y of

the'

drug

.

Psy

chot

ic r

eact

ions

due

to th

e in

fluen

ce o

f mar

ihua

na a

re e

xtre

mel

y ra

real

thou

gh n

ot u

nhea

rd o

feve

nin

fairl

y un

stab

le in

divi

dual

s.

Whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g ar

e ch

arac

teris

tic e

ffect

s of

mar

ihua

na?

a) s

hort

ness

of b

reat

h

b) e

upho

ria

c) h

eart

pal

pita

tions

d) m

inor

hal

luci

natio

ns

M-1

32

fear

and

anxi

ety

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M-1

34 T

he s

ense

of t

ime

and

spac

e fr

eque

ntly

bec

omes

dis

tort

ed. H

ence

, act

iviti

es w

hich

req

uire

goo

d ju

dgem

ent

of ti

me

and

spac

e; s

uch

as d

rivin

g, s

houl

d be

avo

ided

. Tas

ks r

equi

ring

any

amou

nt o

f con

cent

ratio

n, s

uch

asre

adin

g, w

ill a

lso

be d

iffic

ult.

Driv

ing

whi

le u

nder

the

effe

cts

of m

arih

uana

sho

uld

be a

void

ed b

ecau

se th

e dr

ug im

pairs

the

indi

vidu

al's

sens

e of

and

M-1

33

b) e

upho

ria

d) m

inor

hallu

cina

tions

M-1

35 T

he e

ffect

s of

mar

ihua

na la

st fr

om 2

to 4

hou

rs, d

epen

ding

on

the

stre

ngth

and

am

ount

of t

he d

rug

smok

ed.

The

use

r th

en fa

lls in

to a

dre

amle

ss s

leep

and

wak

es w

ithou

t a h

ango

ver.

In g

ener

al, t

he e

ffect

s of

mar

ihua

na a

re (

calm

ing/

ener

gizi

ng)

M-1

34tim

e an

dsp

ace

(eith

eror

der)

M-1

36 M

arih

uana

doe

s no

t inc

ite p

eopl

e to

agg

ress

ive

or v

iole

nt b

ehav

ior.

Usu

ally

it r

esul

ts in

a le

thar

gy n

ot c

on-

duci

ve to

phy

sica

l act

ivity

. The

re is

no

evid

ence

that

mar

ihua

na e

ither

incr

ease

s or

impa

irs s

exua

l des

ire o

rpo

wer

s.

Thu

s, a

ny r

elea

se o

f inh

ibiti

ons

unde

r th

e in

fluen

ce o

f mar

ihua

na te

nds

to b

e (p

hysi

cal/v

erba

l)

M-1

35

calm

ing

M-1

37 T

o re

view

, sen

satio

ns th

at c

hara

cter

ize

use

of m

arih

uana

incl

ude

whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g?

a) fe

elin

g of

incr

ease

d ph

ysic

al s

tren

gth

b) p

oor

judg

men

t and

an

inab

ility

to c

once

ntra

te

c) h

eigh

tene

d pe

rcep

tion

d) in

crea

sed

aler

tnes

s an

d en

ergy

e) s

ense

of e

upho

ria

f)di

stor

ted

sens

e of

spa

ce a

nd ti

me

g) a

ll of

abo

ve

M-1

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verb

al

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M-1

38 In

add

ition

, whe

n un

der

the

influ

ence

of m

arih

uana

, the

indi

vidu

al m

ay e

xper

ienc

e de

lusi

ons

and

M-1

37

b) p

oor

judg

men

tan

d an

inab

ility

to c

once

ntra

te

c) h

eigh

tene

dpe

rcep

tion

e) s

ense

of e

upho

ria

f) d

isto

rted

sen

se o

fsp

ace

and

time

M-1

39 T

he e

ffect

s of

mar

ihua

na:

a) a

re v

irtua

lly th

e sa

me

with

all

user

sC

JIb)

last

for

seve

ral d

ays

c) v

ary

grea

tly fr

om in

divi

dual

to in

divi

dual

d) c

anno

t at a

ll be

def

ined

M-1

38

mild

hallu

cina

tions

M-1

40 T

he e

ffect

s of

sm

oked

mar

ihua

na u

sual

ly la

st a

bout

:

a) 2

to 4

hou

rs

b) 1

0 ho

urs

c) im

poss

ible

to d

eter

min

e

M-1

39

c) v

ary

grea

tly fr

omin

divi

dual

toin

divi

dual

43

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M-1

41 S

cien

tists

bel

ieve

that

mar

ihua

na q

uick

ly e

nter

s th

e bl

oods

trea

m a

nd a

cts

on th

e br

ain

and

the

nerv

ous

syst

em. A

s ye

t, ho

wev

er, t

hey

don'

t kno

w e

xact

ly h

ow it

wor

ks.

The

sho

rt te

rm p

hysi

cal e

ffect

s of

sm

okin

g m

arih

uana

are

: red

deni

ng o

f the

eye

s, in

crea

sed

puls

e ra

te, a

nddr

ynes

s of

the

mou

th a

nd th

roat

.

Mor

e su

bjec

tive

repo

rts

also

incl

ude

a gr

eat t

hirs

t and

hun

ger

and

a gr

eate

r ap

prec

iatio

n fo

r fo

od.

Long

tim

e he

avy

user

s of

mar

ihua

na s

omet

imes

dev

elop

a c

hron

ic b

ronc

hial

cou

gh.

M-1

40

a) 2

to 4

hou

rs

M-1

42 T

here

is n

o ev

iden

ce th

at m

arih

uana

pro

duce

s ph

ysic

al d

epen

denc

e. N

eith

er is

ther

e an

y ev

iden

ce th

at it

will

lead

the

user

to ta

ke o

ther

str

onge

r dr

ugs.

As

with

alm

ost a

ny d

rug,

one

can

dev

elop

a p

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce

on m

arih

uana

. Man

y pe

ople

find

the

expe

rienc

e pl

easu

rabl

e an

d us

e th

e dr

ug p

erio

dica

lly to

rel

ax a

nd a

chie

ve a

mild

hig

h. A

n in

divi

dual

who

uses

the

drug

chr

onic

ally

, how

ever

, may

just

wan

t to

esca

pe n

orm

al li

fe s

tres

ses

or to

trea

t his

per

sona

lity

prob

lem

s. S

uch

peop

le a

re g

ener

ally

cal

led

"pot

head

s."

Chr

onic

use

of m

arih

uana

may

lead

to a

(ph

ysic

al/p

sych

olog

ical

)de

pend

ency

.

M-1

41

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

M-1

43 W

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing

are

true

con

cern

ing

mar

ihua

na?

a) It

is p

hysi

cally

add

ictin

g.

b)It

alm

ost a

lway

s le

ads

to u

se o

f str

onge

r dr

ugs.

c)It

may

lead

to p

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce.

d) A

ll of

abo

ve.

M-1

42ps

ycho

logi

cal

M-1

44 T

o re

view

, mar

ihua

na is

der

ived

from

the

plan

t.M

-143

c)It

may

lead

tops

ycho

logi

cal

depe

nden

ce.

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45 M

arih

uana

's c

omm

on e

ffect

s ar

e a

feel

ing

of a

and

a fe

elin

g of

hei

ghte

ned

M-1

44he

mp

orC

anna

bis

sativ

a

M-1

46 M

arih

uana

use

rs a

re li

kely

to fe

el w

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing:

a) a

ggre

ssiv

e

b) v

iole

nt

c) s

light

ly le

thar

gic

d) h

ungr

y an

d th

irsty

M-1

45di

stor

ted

sens

e of

spac

e an

d tim

epe

rcep

tion

M-1

47 If

, as

has

been

sai

d, th

ere

are

no p

rove

n ha

rmfu

l effe

cts

in th

e oc

casi

onal

use

of m

arih

uana

, wha

t, th

en, i

sth

e da

nger

?

1) It

is s

till n

ot k

now

n fo

r su

re w

hat a

ll th

e lo

ng te

rm e

ffect

s of

usi

ng m

arih

uana

are.

Nor

is it

kno

wn

wha

tch

ange

s th

e oc

casi

onal

use

r in

to th

e ch

roni

c us

er.

2) C

hron

ic u

se o

f mar

ihua

na, e

spec

ially

by

teen

ager

s, c

an b

e ha

rmfu

l if i

t is

used

toes

cape

rea

lity:

the

indi

vidu

al o

ften

does

not

lear

n th

ene

cess

ary

skill

s fo

r liv

ing.

3) M

arih

uana

is c

lass

ified

as

an il

lega

l dru

g an

d (a

s of

the

publ

icat

ion

of th

is te

xt)

the

use,

sal

e, a

nd p

osse

s-si

on o

f mar

ihua

na is

a fe

lony

in m

ost S

tate

s. T

he lo

ng te

rmim

plic

atio

ns o

f fel

onio

us a

rres

t are

obv

ious

.

M-1

46

c) s

light

ly le

thar

gic

d) h

ungr

y an

dth

irsty

TH

IS IS

TH

E E

ND

OF

PA

RT

VI.

PA

RT

VII

IS A

RE

VIE

W O

F A

LL T

HE

MA

TE

RIA

L T

HA

T H

AS

BE

EN

CO

VE

RE

D. Y

OU

MA

Y W

ISH

TO

TA

KE

A B

RE

AK

OR

LO

OK

OV

ER

TH

E T

EX

T B

EF

OR

E Y

OU

BE

GIN

TH

E R

EV

IEW

.

45

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part

VII

revi

ewR

-148

At t

he b

egin

ning

of t

his

cour

se th

e di

fficu

lty o

f def

inin

g th

e te

rm d

rug

abus

e w

asdi

scus

sed.

Now

that

you

are

near

the

end

of th

e pr

ogra

m, p

leas

e sp

end

a fe

wm

inut

es c

onsi

derin

g w

hat f

acto

rs d

eter

min

e w

heth

er o

rno

t a d

rug

is b

eing

abu

sed.

You

sho

uld

now

be

able

to w

rite

your

ow

n de

finiti

on o

f dru

g ab

use.

Dru

g ab

use

is

M-1

47

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

R-1

49 T

he r

est o

f thi

s se

ctio

n w

ill r

evie

w th

e m

ater

ial c

over

ed in

Par

ts IV

I. R

efer

bac

k to

the

orig

inal

sec

tions

if yo

u

have

diff

icul

ty.

Cla

ssify

the

follo

win

g dr

ugs

as n

arco

tics,

stim

ulan

ts, o

r de

pres

sant

s:

a) m

orph

ine

b) B

enze

drin

e

c) a

mph

etam

ine

d) b

arbi

tura

te

e) h

eroi

n

f) S

econ

al

R-1

48

Go

on to

next

fram

e.

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arco

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dep

ress

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R-1

51 O

piat

e de

pend

ence

is c

hara

cter

ized

by

whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g?

a) h

eart

dis

ease

b) d

evel

opm

ent o

f tol

eran

ce to

dru

g's

effe

cts

c) h

allu

cina

tions

d) d

esire

for

the

drug

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ffect

s

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awal

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ptom

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isco

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uanc

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mph

etam

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(st

imul

ate/

depr

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the

cent

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ervo

us s

yste

m.

R-1

51

b) d

evel

opm

ent o

fto

lera

nce

todr

ug's

affe

cts

d) d

esire

for

the

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ffect

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ontin

uanc

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gs

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or w

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he fo

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med

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pro

blem

s ar

e am

phet

amin

es p

resc

ribed

?

a) o

besi

ty

b) te

nsio

n

c) fa

tigue

d) p

ain

R-1

52st

imul

ate

R-1

54 W

ith r

egar

d to

stim

ulan

ts, l

abel

eac

h of

the

follo

win

g st

atem

ents

as

Tru

e or

Fal

se:

a) C

hron

ic lo

w d

ose

use

of s

timul

ants

lead

s to

phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce

b) T

oler

ance

may

dev

elop

whe

n la

rge

dose

s of

am

phet

amin

es a

re ta

ken

c) C

hron

ic u

se o

f stim

ulan

ts m

ay le

ad to

psy

chol

ogic

al d

epen

denc

e

d) A

dee

p de

pres

sion

may

follo

w th

e di

scon

tinua

nce

of s

timul

ants

R-1

55 F

or w

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing

are

barb

itura

tes

pres

crib

ed?

a) to

indu

ce s

leep

b) to

dep

ress

app

etite

c) to

rel

ieve

pai

n

d) to

trea

t hig

h bl

ood

pres

sure

R-1

53

a) o

besi

ty

c) fa

tigue

R-1

54

a) F

alse

b) T

rue

c) T

rue

d) T

rue

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56 A

lcoh

ol (

incr

ease

s/de

crea

ses)

the

effe

cts

of b

arbi

tura

tes.

R-1

55a)

to in

duce

sle

epd)

to tr

eat h

igh

bloo

d pr

essu

re

R -

157

With

res

pect

to b

arbi

tura

tes,

labe

l the

follo

win

g st

atem

ents

as

Tru

e or

Fal

se:

a) C

hron

ic u

se le

ads

to p

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e

b) T

oler

ance

rar

ely

deve

lops

c) W

ithdr

awal

sym

ptom

s ar

e m

ild

d) O

verd

osag

e ca

n ca

use

deat

h

R-1

56in

crea

ses

R-1

58 W

ithdr

awal

from

bar

bitu

rate

s is

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y w

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing

sym

ptom

s?

a) p

rolo

nged

sle

ep

b) in

som

nia

c) h

allu

cina

tions

and

del

irium

d) le

thar

gy

R-1

57a)

Tru

e

b) F

alse

c) F

alse

d) T

rue

49

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R-1

59 W

ith r

espe

ct to

con

tinue

d us

e of

LS

D, l

abel

the

follo

win

g st

atem

ents

as

Tru

e or

Fal

se:

a) P

hysi

cal d

epen

denc

e m

ay d

evel

op.

b) P

sych

olog

ical

dep

ende

nce

may

dev

elop

c) T

oler

ance

may

dev

elop

.

d) P

hysi

cal w

ithdr

awal

sym

ptom

s m

ay d

evel

op u

pon

disc

ontin

uanc

e

R-1

58

b) in

som

nia

c) h

allu

cina

tions

and

delir

ium

R-1

60 L

SD

(br

eaks

dow

n/in

tens

ifies

)no

rmal

def

ense

mec

hani

sms.

R-1

59

a) F

alse

b) T

rue

c) T

rue

d) F

alse

R-1

61 A

lthou

gh th

e lo

ng te

rm c

ompl

icat

ions

of L

SD

hav

eno

t bee

n co

nfirm

ed, w

hich

of t

he fo

llow

ing

cons

titut

es a

serio

us r

isk?

a) s

ever

e ph

ysic

al d

epen

denc

e

b) r

ecur

rent

hal

luci

natio

ns d

ays,

wee

ks, a

nd m

onth

s af

ter

inge

stio

n

c) k

idne

y m

alfu

nctio

n

R-1

60

brea

ks d

own

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R-1

62 T

he e

ffect

s of

mar

ihua

na:

a) a

re v

irtua

lly th

e sa

me

with

all

user

s

b) la

st fo

r se

vera

l day

s

c) v

ary

grea

tly fr

om in

divi

dual

to in

divi

dual

d) c

anno

t at a

ll be

def

ined

R-1

61

b) r

ecur

rent

hallu

cina

tions

days

, wee

ks,

and

mon

ths

afte

rin

gest

ion

R-1

63 W

ith r

espe

ct to

mar

ihua

na, l

abel

the

follo

win

g st

atem

ents

Tru

e or

Fal

se:

a)It

lead

s to

phy

sica

l dep

ende

nce

b) It

alm

ost a

lway

s le

ads

to u

se o

f str

onge

r dr

ugs

c) T

oler

ance

to th

e dr

ug q

uick

ly d

evel

ops

R-1

62

c) v

ary

grea

tlyfr

omin

divi

dual

toin

divi

dual

TH

IS IS

TH

E E

ND

OF

TH

E R

EV

IEW

SE

CT

ION

.

51

R-1

63

a) F

alse

b) F

alse

c) F

alse

U. S

. GO

VE

RN

ME

NT

PR

INT

LN

G O

FFIC

E :

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RT

ME

NT

OF

HE

ALT

H, E

DU

CA

TIO

N, A

ND

WE

LFA

RE

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ervices and Mental H

ealth Adm

inistration

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ental Health

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aryland20852

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