GEOG203 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Abjection, Cultural Geography, David Foster Wallace
9 Aug 2018
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Opium and orientalism: (cid:862)wa(cid:396) o(cid:374) d(cid:396)ugs(cid:863)- britain had opium grown in india and imported to china, where it was illegal, colonialism, distant settlement, england was the colonizer and india was colonized. Pharmaceuticals and pain: consumption, act of purchasing and using commodities. Hurt or heal: purdue marketing or pushing, minimized risk of addiction, created database of doctors and targeted highest prescribing doctors, van zee concluded, fda should review all informational materials on new drugs before giving to the public. Iatrogenic addiction: relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment. 2/19/18: opioid overdoses usually kill people by inhibiting respiration: breathing slows and starts to sound labored, then stops altogether, concept: addiction, addiction is a chronic disorder with biological, psychological, social and environmental factors influencing its development and maintenance. Develop a dependence both physical and psychological: about half the risk for addiction is genetic.
