Tolerance

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QUIZ THURSDAY!!!

• Tolerance
• Physical Dependence
• Psychological Dependence
• Addiction
• Withdrawal

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Levels of Dependency

• Definitions
• Tolerance A condition in which the body becomes
  used to the effect of a medicine or drug.
• Physical Dependence - The level of substance
  abuse at which severe physiologic symptoms will
  occur if use of the substance is suddenly
  terminated
• Psychological Dependence- a dependency of the
  mind, and leads to psychological withdrawal
  symptoms if use of the substance is suddenly
  terminated
• Addiction A physiological or psychological
  dependence on a substance.
• Withdrawal- The process that occurs when a person
  stops using a substance upon which he or she has
  a physiological or psychological dependence.

3
Drug Experimentation

• Why do you think people experiment with drugs?

• Why do you think that some young people go from
  experimentation and social use to more serious
  drug dependency, which eventually results in
  addiction, or a physiological dependence on a
  given drug?

4
Cycle of Addiction

• a scientific theory about why experimentation
  with drugs can lead to addiction
• Levels of Dependency
• Tolerance
• Physical Dependence
• Psychological Dependence
• Addiction
• Withdrawal

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Cycle of Addiction

• The class will be broken up into groups. Each
  group will be responsible to create a story about
  the cycle of addiction.
• Why did the person begin.
• What levels of dependency occurred?
• Tolerance
• Physiological Dependency
• Psychological Dependency
• Withdrawal
• How did the drugs affect
• The individual
• Family
• Friends
• Society
• To conclude what outlets could they have used to
  help solve the problem or change the situation.

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Muddiest Point

• Write down one or two concepts from today's class
  that you found unclear.
• We will address these issues at the beginning of
  tomorrows class!