HLSC 1F90 Lecture 19: HLSC1F90 Topic 19
2 Mar 2017
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Nuanced view of normalization-attitudes of cannabis non users (hathaway et al 2015) How drugs affect the body section in textbook is not covered in lecture will be on the exam. Representative psychoactive drugs section will not be on the exam but students must know about caffeine and marijuana and other cannabis products. Addiction is defined as: a chronic disease that disrupts brain systems which regulate motivation reward and memory, loss of (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol o(cid:448)er o(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:449)ithdra(cid:449)al if the behaviour/substance is removed. If out of (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol, it har(cid:373)s a perso(cid:374)"s health: all of the above, a and b. Addi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) is a (cid:272)hro(cid:374)i(cid:272) disease that i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es disruptio(cid:374) of the (cid:271)rai(cid:374)"s s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s related to re(cid:449)ard, motivation and memory. It may start as a habit but then become uncontrollable. It causes a pathological use of a substance or pursuit of a behavior in order to relieve/avoid withdrawal. Historically, addiction was only recognized in relationship to drugs.
