Drugs , alcohol , and criminal behaviour : A profile of inmates in canadian federal institutions
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Consumption of psychoactive substances has two major effects: intoxication and addiction. These effects are related, re s p e c t i v e l y, to the psycho-pharmacological and economic-compulsive models of the connection between drugs and crime.5 The first model associates drug use and intoxication with a decrease in cognitive functions and a lack of self-control, leading to aggressive impulses, violence and lack of inhibitions. The second model re f e r s to the huge costs that are associated with being addicted to certain drugs. A person addicted to these drugs would need to engage in lucrative criminal activities in order to pay for them.
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