PBHL 1105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Psychological Dependence, Reinforcement, Substance Dependence

• School: Temple University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PBHL 1105
• Professor: Dr Dingman

Document Summary

Chapter 2 drug use as a social problem: The us government spends more than 12 billion each year trying to control their sale and use, and 1. 5 million arrests are made each year for violating controlled substance laws. Problems related using drug use as deviant behavior jail and expenses from treatment. All drugs can be toxic if misused or abused. Behavioral toxicity- when someone is too messed up and goes and does normal behaviors like work or drive a car messed up. Acute- the short term effects of a single dose. Physiological- overdose of heroin or alcohol can lead to death. Chronic- the long term effects from repeated use. Physiological heart disease, lung cancer liver damage etc. Dawn does not keep track of alcohol only alcohol in combination. Tolerance- refers to a phenomenon with many drugs in which repeated exposure to the same dose of the drug resulted in a lesser effect.