Cannabis Indica

Substance intoxication
Specialty	Psychiatry, narcology, addiction medicine

Substance intoxication is a transient condition of altered consciousness and behavior associated with recent use of a substance.^[1] It is often maladaptive and impairing, but reversible.^[2] If the symptoms are severe, the term "substance intoxication delirium" may be used.^[3]

Substance intoxication may often accompany a substance use disorder (SUD); if persistent substance-related problems exist, SUD is the preferred diagnosis.^[4]

Slang terms include: getting high (generic), being stoned, cooked, or blazed (usually in reference to cannabis),^[5] and many more specific slang terms for particular intoxicants. Alcohol intoxication is graded in intensity from buzzed, to tipsy (all the way up to drunk, hammered, smashed, wasted, destroyed, shitfaced and a number of other terms).

Classification[edit]

Examples (and ICD-10 code) include:

F10.0 alcohol intoxication (drunk)
F11.0 opioid intoxication
F12.0 cannabinoid intoxication (high)
F13.0 sedative and hypnotic intoxication (see benzodiazepine overdose and barbiturate overdose)
F14.0 cocaine intoxication
F15.0 caffeine intoxication
F16.0 hallucinogen intoxication (See for example Lysergic acid diethylamide effects)
F17.0 tobacco intoxication (See for example Nicotine poisoning)

Contact high[edit]

The term contact high is sometimes used to describe intoxication without direct administration, either by second-hand smoke (as with cannabis), or by placebo in the presence of others who are intoxicated.

References[edit]

^ Michael B. First; Allan Tasman (2 October 2009). Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-0-470-74520-5. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
^ Michael B. First; Allen Frances; Harold Alan Pincus (2004). DSM-IV-TR guidebook. American Psychiatric Pub. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-1-58562-068-5. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
^ William H. Reid; Michael G. Wise (26 August 1995). DSM-IV training guide. Psychology Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-87630-768-7. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
^ "Acute intoxication". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
^ Johnson BD, BardhiF, Sifaneck SJ, Dunlap E (2005). "Marijuana Argot As Subculture Threads". The British Journal of Criminology. 46 (1): 46–77. doi:10.1093/bjc/azi053.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)