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DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. DRUGS – any substance that is either natural or synthetic that stimulates depresses or irritates specialized cells. It is
any substance that brought about physical, psychological and behavioral change to the person taking it.
2. DRUG ABUSE – it is the use of drug contrary to its use.
3. DRUG ADDICTION – it is the state of chronic or periodic intoxication detrimental to the individual and society at
large produced by repeated drug consumption.
4. DRUG DEPENDENCE – it is the state of psychic or physical dependence or both on dangerous drug arising in a person
following administration or use of that drug in a periodic or continuous basis.
Kinds of Drug Dependence:
Physical Dependence – it is a condition in which the body has adjusted to the presence of a drug
resulting in clear symptoms of withdrawal when its use stops.
Psychological Dependence – it is characterized by emotional and mental preoccupation with the drug
effects and by a persistent craving for it.
5. DESIGNER DRUG – it is the analog drug in which a molecular structure of the certain illegal drug is modified, change
in such a manner as to become 100 times stronger that the drugs they design to imitate and the effect depend upon
the drug they are designed.
6. DRUG EXPERIMENTER – refers to those who wrongfully, illegally and improperly use any drugs for reason of
curiosity, peer pressure or other similar reasons.
7. ABSTINENCE – it is the cessation of use of psychoactive substance previously abuse on or which the users develop
drug dependence.
8. NATURAL DRUG – can be found in animal and plants.
9. OVERDOSE – it is the excessive and inadvertent or deliberate consumption of a much larger dose than that
habitually use by an individual ingestion and resulting in serious toxic reaction or death.
10. PHARMACOLOGY – it is the science of drug preparation, uses and effects.
11. POLY DRUG USE – the use of two or more psychoactive drug and abuse of taking all sorts of drug at the same time.
12. POTENTIATION – the use of any other substance to maximize the effect of the drug.
13. DRUG REHABILITATION – it is the term used for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment of a
person.
14. RELAPSE – the recurrence of using alcohol.
15. SYNTHETIC DRUG – it is the drug that is artificially prepared with the use of chemicals.
16. TOLERANCE – it is the adding concentration of the drug.
17. WITHDRAWAL PERIOD – it is the point of drug dependence up to the point of gradually or totally deprived of drugs.
18. WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME – it is being experienced by the person who undergoes dosage reduction.