PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cannabis Sativa, Delirium Tremens, Gateway Drug Theory
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When a person tries to stop using, it can lead to serious consequences. Feeling anxious, depressed, weak, restless, and unable to sleep. He or she may have muscle tremors, especially of the fingers, face, eyelids, lips, and tongue, and pulse, blood pressure, and temperature may be elevated. Delirium tremens (dts): the level of alcohol in the blood drops suddenly, like when someone who is a severe alcohol drinker stops drinking. Comorbid with borderline and antisocial personality disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders. In 2015, 19. 1% of people between ages 18-25 that met the criteria for alcohol use disorder also had at least one other psychological disorder. Marijuana consists of the dried and crushed leaves and flowering tops of the hemp plant cannabis sativa. Criteria for cannabis use is the same for the substance use disorder. Prevalence higher for men (10. 9%) than women (6. 1%) Legal, in general, in a growing number of states.
