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Lecture Note Handouts
1. Introduction 2. Basic Pharmacology (PPT) 3. Basic Neuroscience (PPT) 5. Tobacco 6. Caffeine 9. Marijuana 10. Hallucinogens 12. Drug Control |
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This course is meant to be an introduction to biological, psychological and sociological issues related to the use of the most popular legal and illegal drugs (such as alcohol, nicotine, stimulants, narcotics, hallucinogens, as well as psychotherapeutic drugs and supplements). More specifically, this course will introduce you to the basic pharmacology and neuroscience of drug effects, the clinical effects of drugs including addiction and therapy, and finally a sociological account of drug use such as describing who uses drugs and why, discussing issues related to crime and legalization within a historical context. This course is meant to provide you with a basic understanding of the issues relating to drug use so that you can make informed decisions about your own behavior. Just say “Know”! Below are links to help you with this course. There is a link to your syllabus (in case you lost it, it’s always a click away). There will be links to homework assignments as well. They will not all be listed here at the beginning of the course, but will be added as they are assigned. Finally, there are links to lecture handouts. These are informal notes of my lectures, which I hand out in order to help you keep track of my lectures. Each handout covers one topic (e.g. Alcohol), which will take many days to go through. Many past students have liked them, and it really helps to print them out and bring them to class. They do not contain everything that will be covered in lecture, so you still have to come to class. See you there!
NOTE: This course is always evolving; therefore, All items for this class are subject to change or being updated at any time, as well as new items may be added. Announcements will be made in class. |
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For many assignments, you may need to research articles or other sources at our library. To aid in your learning, our Library has many different research databases. These databases are collections of publications (e.g. research articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, etc.) that can be accessed, read and downloaded (or printed out) via the internet through the libraries website. If you are on campus, you can access these databases via any computer (e.g. in the computer lab), but if you are off campus, you will need a username and password (the same as used for your shoreline email account). In order to create an email account and get a FREE username and password, click here. This only takes a few minutes, and once you get it, you can access the databases off campus. Once you try to get into a database, you will be prompted for your username and password. There is also a nifty video to help explain off campus access on the libraries website (main page, in the lower right hand corner). |