PSYB65H3 Lecture 7: PSYB65 Lecture 7-11
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Over-the-counter drugs: can get it from the drug store anywhere in canada without a prescription. Illicit drugs (not-produced commercially, or produced commercially but not for their psychoactive effect: marijuana, lsd, airplane glue. For most drugs, if taken repeatedly, there s a reduced behavioral effect. For depressants, the postsynaptic neurons by adapting to increase its receptors to bring the level of activation back to normal: opposite effects from stimulants. When the individual stop taking the drugs when they are in tolerance, they will show withdrawal symptoms: physiological or behavioral output changes. not life threatening: when on depressant and you withdraw it, the brain will still have increased receptors from the tolerance, therefore it will overstimulate the activation. might get risk of seizures (therefore need to replace it with a lower type of depressant) The behavioral effect of withdrawal are exactly the opposite of the behavioral effect of the drug itself. 2 types of addiction: psychological addiction and physical addiction.
