Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Legal Intoxicant, Preterm Birth, Mesolimbic Pathway

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

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80% of the worlds population consumes it daily. Examples: soda (2 to 60mg per ounce, tea (5mg per ounce, coffee (7mg/ounce, latte (>20mg/ounce, espresso (50mg/ounce, energy drinks (10mg to >100 mg/ounce) (cid:862)li(cid:272)it(cid:863) drugs (cid:894)legal drugs(cid:895) nicotine. Complications related to pregnancy - premature birth. Largest preventable cause of death in the world. A decline in the number of people who smoke. Currently 18% of canadians smoke (5. 4 million adults) 21% of adult men smoke: more men than women smoke. About half of canadians smokers tried to quit in the past year. Impacts all ethnic and racial groups & all ses levels (cid:862)li(cid:272)it(cid:863) drugs (cid:894)legal drugs(cid:895) alcohol. Absorbed by the stomach and intestines into the bloodstream. Increases the ntm gaba inhibits brain activity. Impairment fro(cid:373) feeli(cid:374)g (cid:862)tips(cid:455)(cid:863) to e(cid:454)tre(cid:373)e le(cid:448)els of i(cid:374)to(cid:454)i(cid:272)atio(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g dru(cid:374)k(cid:863) Delirium tremens (dts: these are essentially alcoholics and hallucinate.