DRUGS, HEALTH AND SOCIETY

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of the epidemiology and toxicology of substance abuse and its relevance to personal and public health. Students will be introduced to the different categories of drugs: licit and illicit, over-the-counter, prescription and illegal “recreational drugs.” Drugs and their relationship to a person’s health and well being will be discussed. The motivation to use, misuse and abuse of drugs, substance abuse and dependency, family concerns, identification of drugs, law enforcement and addiction intervention methods, and current options for recovery will be covered. C-ID PH