CHE 117 Chapter EC: CHE 117 EC NOTES

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHE 117
• Professor: Gary Bonomo

Document Summary

Opiod epidemic and how scientists are trying to attack pain and limit addiction. 24 million americans are addicted to alcohol or other drugs. Brain chemistry plays a big part in addiction. Dopamine: makes us wanna do whatever we just did again. Drug users lower ability to enjoy everyday activities: you need more dopamine to enjoy everyday activities because there are not enough dopamine receptors in the body. Alcohol: inhibits glutamonie; gabba: brain has to produce more adrenaline. Addiction can cause permanent damage to the brain. Medical director of mountain mannered treatment centers. Current epidemic: opioid epidemic last way late 60-70. A product of the dissemination and availability of opiods (oxy, codine, perkaset: over the last decaude there is a need to treat pain. Heroine has been and increasing part of this epidemic: shifted to a mostly mexico supply. The rates of overdose death are excelling: the advent of street supplies of potent opiods.