An overview of psychoactive drugs: depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and opiates.

An explanation of the effects the psychoactive drugs, depressants and opiates, have on the body.

A description of the factors (biological risks, psychological risks, socio-cultural risks, and environmental risks) that relate to each other in complicated ways that can lead to drug abuse or drug addiction.

Drug abuse prevention by way of the government and the ineffectiveness of programs aimed at stopping drug use in schools such as D.A.R.E. and Just Say No. Discussed are factors in families, schools, and communities that lead to stopping...

An explanation of homeostasis and related to drug dependence and drug overdose.

The routes of drug entry are explored including oral, inhalation, injection, transdermal, and intramuscular.

As a psychological disease, drug addiction is a medical problem with psychological and physiological components. Pharmacological treatments and therapy such as AAA are examined.

Learn the different kinds of drug resistance and ways to treat that resistance. Discussion includes treating patients who have relapsed with the same infection or a new TB infection.

An explanation of the antiviral drugs, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, which can be use to treat and help prevent the flu.

An overview of stimulants and their effects on the body.

An overview of hallucinogens and their effect on the human body when used medically and abused.

After malaria has been confirmed by lab or biochemical diagnosis, treatment must begin immediately. But first the type of Plasmodium causing the infection, whether the patient has severe or non-severe infection, and if the parasite is...

An overview of how to prevent getting malaria including insecticides, repellents, eliminating mosquito breeding areas, malaria prophylactic drugs.

An illustrated explanation of the neurons in the brain and the effects of tolerance and withdrawal.

An physiologically and chemically illustrated presentation of pleasurable stimuli and the reward pathways followed in the brain. Also explained are studies of addiction that seem to take over a rational mind.

An overview of substance induced disorders are examined.

A discussion of how substance use develops into substance abuse as illustrated by the Gateway model and the Continuum model.

Using the models, Common Sense Theory and Swiss Cheese Model, an explanation of why some people with risk factors, but not others develop a substance abuse problem.

Discussed are the four reasons why people start using substances and the psychological models of why people continue to take legal and illegal substances.