SOC 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Recreational Drug Use, Fentanyl, Ketamine
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Speed up cns: alert and awake, cocaine, meth, amph, sedatives or depressants, decrease the functioning, relaxation, inhibition, sleep, alcohol, barbiturates, valium, xanax, physical dependence. Leads to coma, unconsciousness, death: narcotics, diminish feeling of pain, opiates, heroin, codeine, oxy, fentanyl, physical addicting, euphoria, hallucinogens, profound sensory altercations, no physical dependence on the drug. It: 28% of high school seniors got drunk in past month, the more deviant and disapproving the drug is, the less usage. Legal drugs used more consistently and continued basis. Led to further criminalization of drinkers: made mockery of the law bc people had illegal operations, repeal in 1930, gave it some legal control. Females 125x and men 45x: those who drank 5 or more drinks on 20+/30 days were more likely to carry weapons to school. Females 26x males: cocaine use more than 10 times more likely to get into fights. Systematic is best: explains territorial issues, all relates to circumstance of crime.
