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| Term | Definition |
| Dendrite | The specialized branches that extend from a neuron's cell body and function to receive messages from other neurons. |
| Denial | Unconsciously refusing to admit that someone is addicted. Denial occurs among addicts themselves and among those who are close to them. |
| Depressants | Drugs that relieve anxiety and produce sleep. Depressants include barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and alcohol. |
| Designer drug | An illegally manufactured chemical whose molecular structure is altered slightly from a parent compound to enhance specific effects. Examples include DMT, DMA, DOM, MDA and MDMA (ecstasy) |
| Dopamine | A brain chemical, classified as a neurotransmitter,found in regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, motivation, and pleasure. |
| Drug | Any substance, other than food, that changes the function or structure of the body or mind when ingested. Drugs essentially are poisons. The degree they are taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant. A greater amount acts as a sedative. A larger amount acts as a poison and can kill one dead. This is true of any drug. Each has a different amount at which it gives those results. |
| Drug abuse | The use of illegal drugs or the inappropriate use of legal drugs. The repeated use of drugs to produce pleasure, to alleviate stress, or to alter or avoid reality - or all three. |
| Drug-free treatment | A approach to helping addicts recover from addiction without the use of medication. |
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