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Which of the following is NOT part of the process of demonization? 

A person’s daily routines are built around their illicit substance use. They recently lost their job and have begun shoplifting to support their drug habit. They are highly focused on using drugs, but their money-making routines still impose some structure on their lives and play a role in moderating their drug use. They use more drugs than occasional users, but have not yet entered the point of centering their entire life on drug use. This person is what Sterk (1999) would classify as a ______

A person suffers from chronic physical pain but cannot obtain a prescription for more opiate pain relieves like Oxycontin because they have exceeded their legal quota for the month. They purchase some from a neighbor. This is an example of ______.

During the 1700s and the first half of the 1800s the drugs widely available in the U.S. were alcohol, tobacco, and ______.

What is the main tactic drug users use to manage stigma from non-users?

What do we call it when people change their minds about a behavior and stop thinking of it as deviant? 

From 1920 until 1933 it was illegal to make, sell, or buy ______ in the United States. 

According to the class notes what is the biggest difference between alcohol and illicit drugs? 

A 17-year-old gets an older acquaintance to buy a bottle of vodka for them. They and their high-school friends then drink the vodka at a party. This is an example of ______.

What is the nurse’s legal duty with regard to implementing a physician’s order?