CAMS-UA 101 Lecture Notes - Drug User, Binge Drinking, Unintended Pregnancy
5 Jun 2014
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10% with substance dependence commit suicide, usually with mood disorder. 9% adolescents need treatment for substance abuse the earlier you stet, the more likely it is to persist into later life. Lgbt youth report more suds than heterosexual youth more kids use drugs in large metropolitan areas. 10-15% percent of movies portray drug use or have drug content films principally devoted to drugs 1-2% 75% of the top 25 movies contain tobacco use. 47% of g rated animated films portray alcohol use, 43% portray tobacco use. 1/3 songs contains explicit references to drug/alcohol use dopamine-- a neurotransmitter that helps to regulate motivation of behaviors necessary for survival drug use increases dopamine in the limbic circuit (nucleus accumbens) Dopamine is a learning signal if d2 density is decreased, users will experience less of a positive reinforcement. If you have lower dopamine d2 density, you tend to find drugs more attractive perhaps an inborn trait.
