KINESIOL 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Zygosity, Blood Alcohol Content, Twin Study

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Philip seymour hoffman dies of drug overdose at 46. Other high profile drug addicts have died from drug overdose. Amy winehouse meth destroyed her body and mind. Whitney houston drug addiction killed her at 48. What does it mean to be an addict? (4 c"s) Loss of control in amount or frequency of use. Drugs have a powerful impact on your behaviour. Drugs are health-compromising: look at all biological, psychological, and social factors affecting one"s susceptibility to addiction n. It"s a mental illness and should be treated like a disease. Others think of drug addiction as a choice of the person and should choose to stop like they chose to be addicted. Children of alcoholics are four times more likely to become alcoholics. 4x more likely to become an alcoholic if your parents are. Could be due to factors of bad environment, or bad genes, or both. Recall the maternal care behaviours program adult stress responses in rats.

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