PSYC 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: First Nations, Hypermetabolism, Genetic Predisposition

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3403
• Professor: John Weekes

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*note// do not need to know names and dates for exams. Beliefs or judgments about: right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable. Imply that drug users are bad or sinful people. Ie legalize marijuana: freud did cocaine, snuff. Substance abuse is a crime: the former officials of gov determined that it was a public health issue but then pre(cid:448)ious go(cid:448) (cid:373)o(cid:448)ed fro(cid:373) pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) health to justi(cid:272)e syste(cid:373). Fentalyn problem is a public health issue (vancouver: (cid:862)war o(cid:374) drugs(cid:863) ro(cid:374)ald reaga(cid:374) Has heavily influenced us drug policy: harsh sentences for very small amount of possession, prison pop sky rocketed in usa, criminalized people who are not criminals and only crime was drugs. Treatment: (cid:862)(cid:271)ad(cid:863) people (cid:449)ho should (cid:271)e pu(cid:374)ished no real focus on treating, intervening, helping. Offers no real help to the person. No evidence that punishment reduces or eliminates problematic use. Lack evidence of effectiveness (reduce or eliminate problematic use) U (cid:862)(cid:449)ar o(cid:374) drugs(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)zero tolera(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863)