PSY BEH 112D Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Gateway Drug Theory, Binge Drinking, Inhalant
16 Jun 2016
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Trends in lifetime substance study - reports from seniors. Elicit drug use less common but the most around the world in the us. White youth is more likely to use alcohol and drugs. Native americans is the highest amount of substance us. Trends of daily use- not that common among adolescents. 5+ drinks ever 2 weeks- binge drinking- more likely to do it socially. Because there has been a dramatic increase in the cost has gone up. Your body isn"t able to function because of how much you are consuming it. Hard drug users- hard drugs at least once a week -permisiva. Typically, dopamine increase in respond to natural rewards such as food. When cocaine is taken dopamine increases are exaggerated and communication is altered. This will impair further release of dopamine because they think they already have it and the natural dopamine is released.
