Your Cousin Has Confided in You That She Thinks She

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Essay

Your cousin has confided in you that she thinks she might have a drug problem.She explains that lately she can only think about getting high and seems to need much more of the drug in order to achieve that high.She is having difficulty in school and has been reprimanded at her job for being late.She has tried to cut back on her use of the drug,but she got sick every time she tried to quit.Identify and define the criteria of a substance use disorder that apply to this individual.

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Definitions:

pH

Measure of the number of hydrogen ions in a water-based fluid.

Surface Tension

The elastic tendency of a fluid's surface that allows it to resist an external force, due to intermolecular forces.

Solvent

Liquid in which other substances dissolve.

Cohesion

The force that holds molecules of the same substance together, such as water molecules in a drop of water.