recognizing substance abuse as a serious health problem and diverting nonviolent offenders with drug problems into treatment and other community-based programs
psychoactive drugs
chemical that influences a person's mood, perception, mode of thinking and behaviour
controlled substance
any psychoactive drug or chemical substance whose availability is restricted, as designated by state or federal law
The Controlled Substances Act (CSA)
places all substances of potential abuse into one of five schedules based on medical use, potential for abuse, and dependence potential
tolerance
state of progressively decreased responsiveness to a drug
dependence
physiological distress and physical pain a person suffers if he/he goes without the drug for any length of time