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Any substance that modifies body funcions, such as the nervous system
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Drug
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Substances that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions
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Psychoactive drugs or psychoactive substances
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New categories of hybrid drugs
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Designer drugs
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Drugs that result from altered chemical structures of already illicit drugs. These drugs are produced for profit and mimic effects of controlled substances.
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Structural analogs
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Type of drug user: novel users
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Expirimenters
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Type of drug user: often addicted users
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Compulsive users
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Type of drug user: users who vacillate between the need to seek pleasure and the need to relieve serious psychological problems
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Floaters or "chippers"
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The principal federal agency responsible for directing drug abuse-related research
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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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The principle federal agency responsible for enforcing drug abuse regulations
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
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One of the major divisions of the nervous system, composed of the brain and the spinal cord
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Central Nervous System (CNS)
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Explanations of addiction in terms of genetic brain dysfunction and biochemical patterns
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Genetic and biophyiological theories
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Chemical messengers relesed by neurons (nerve cells) for communication with other cells
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Neurotransmitters
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How drug substances alter and affect the brain's mental functions
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Psychoactive effects
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The brain transmitter believed to mediate the rewarding aspects of most drugs of abuse
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Dopamine
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Repeating certain patterns of behavior until they become established or habitual
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Habituation
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