Chapter 9: Drug use and Addiction

recreational drug

psychoactive substance:

1) consumed voluntarily because of the affects on mood or behavior in a manner that is desirable to the user

2) has the potential to be used in a problematic way that leads to adverse consequences

alcohol temperance movement

promoted abstention from hard liquor in favor of moderate beer or wine consumption

what is “soldier’s disease”?

developed opiate addiction due to widespread use of morphine to treat wounded and ill soldiers during the Civil War

medicalization of addition had two components:

• addiction was now thought of as a disease

• drug addicts should be treated by the medical establishment

the harrison act

regulate the dispensing and use of opiates and cocaine by prohibiting use of opiates and cocaine for nonmedical purposes, taxing the sales of these substances, and enforcing these provisions by requiring pharmacists and physicians