BPK 140 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Health Canada, Methamphetamine, Constipation

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 140
• Professor: Diana Bedoya

Document Summary

In 2004, an estimated 3. 1 million people, 13 percent of the population, reported they had used illicit drugs in the past year. Many people have experience with the use of illicit drugs. Alcohol is the number-one drug of abuse on college and university campuses. Highlights prevalence of alcohol use on university campuses. Different drugs affect driving ability in different ways. Twelve step programs such as aa (alcoholics anonymous) actively recruit members by going to clubs and bars where drug and alcohol dependent people are easily found. The desire to stop must come from the individual, who contacts a local aa group. Relapses seldom or never occur during the clinical course for substance abuse disorders. Usually there is a pattern of multiple relapses over the course of a lifetime. Biological dependence is partly explainable but reflects a form of disease state.