Drug Use and Society

Chapter 5 Notes

Opioid: a chemical, which can reduce pain and produce euphoria. Can be natural, derived from the opium poppy, or synthetic

Opiate: A natural opioid

Narcotic: refer to drugs that “relieve pain and dulls the senses”

Substance use disorder (SUD): Refers to both addiction and drug dependence according to the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Drug Addiction: a treatable, chronic, relapsing disease, involving the brain, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences.

Drug dependence: a physical and/or psychological dependence. It involves repeated use of a drug leading to tolerance. Withdrawal symptoms occur if the drug is stopped.

Withdrawal: the natural process of the body adjusting to the lack of the substance in the body

Tolerance: occurs when a higher dose is needed to achieve the same response; it is a natural consequence of physical habituation to a substance.

Opioid use disorder (OUD): dependence on and/or addition to an opioid. OUD inclused opioid abuse, opioid dependence, and opioid addiction.