https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4 Adriana Peralta & Suzie Killien en-us 2018-10-22 20:54:20 UTC 2018-10-24 01:57:42 UTC hello@padlet.com suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295700555 Most of Nixon's federal drug budget was reserved for prevention and treatment.]]> 2018-10-22 21:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295700555 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295702358 2018-10-22 21:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295702358 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295702644 2018-10-22 21:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295702644 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295702799 2018-10-22 21:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/295702799 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296223563 Alcoholics Anonymous were the first to label addiction as a disease in 1935]]> 2018-10-23 23:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296223563 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224005 A 'user' becomes an 'addict' once they have used the drug for an extended amount of time causing significant chemical changes to the brain. ]]> 2018-10-23 23:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224005 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224395 According to the ONDCP, half of the 3.6 million people who need treatment in the U.S. cannot find or afford it. ]]> 2018-10-23 23:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224395 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224644 Dr. Gene M. Heyman, a research psychologist at McLean Hospital, Boston, and a lecturer at the Harvard Medical School, believes that "chemical alterations in the brain caused by drug addiction are not infallible proof of the disease model of addiction".]]> 2018-10-23 23:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224644 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224987 Programs that support sobriety and abstinence from drugs include Rational Recovery (RR) program, Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS), and Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART). ]]> 2018-10-23 23:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296224987 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296225387 2018-10-23 23:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296225387 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296225584 Drugs that can help cope with withdrawal symptoms include Naltrexone, Methadone, and Buprenorphine.]]> 2018-10-23 23:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296225584 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296234198 These drugs work by 'blocking the high' that the dominant drug causes, but are still dangerous and not all around safe to have laying around your house ready to have on hand. ]]> 2018-10-24 00:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296234198 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296234758 2018-10-24 00:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296234758 suzanne_killien https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296235105 Researchers are working on finding a vaccine for cocaine, hoping that the vaccine will cause antibodies to break down the cocaine before it gets to the brain preventing the high. However, this could potentially trigger health problems within addicts having weakened immune systems. Also, if an addict feels the urge to use despite having had a "vaccination," overdose becomes more likely.]]> 2018-10-24 00:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296235105 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296252039  Both private and federally funded studies have found that treatment can be rehabilitative against drug abuse]]> 2018-10-24 01:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296252039 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296252287 After a long period of drug use, there is a larger chemical change in the brain and drug use is no longer willingly.After this it could change the way you abuse drugs,as they say "addicted".]]> 2018-10-24 01:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296252287 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296253645 To say addiction is biological or controversial, can not be proven technically but if someone is addicted they are able to gain control to quit if they desire to.]]> 2018-10-24 01:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296253645 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296254271 Buprenorphine gives the calm feeling of methadone, but since it has such a long period affect it could only be prescribed once a day.]]> 2018-10-24 01:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296254271 adriana_peralta https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296255032 Amantadine is a drug to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms which can give a "buzz" feeling, Another thing the may use is "dopamine blockers" but with both of these drugs they do come with other symptoms on their own.]]> 2018-10-24 01:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_peralta/w1tktodlntr4/wish/296255032