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Module - Drug Addiction

Answer the following questions and complete the charts for each of the following drugs:

Codeine, Marijuana, and Methamphetamine. Be sure to keep track of the sources for each piece of information, and that you evaluate the quality of the source and the accuracy of the information based on the source's credibility.

Codeine
What is the chemical name of the drug?
What other names are associated with it?
What kind of chemical is the drug? (mineral, amino acid, etc.)
Is it similar to a neurotransmitter?
How does the drug appear to act in the nervous system?
What locations in the nervous system are affected by the drug?
Does it act as an antagonist or agonist?
How much of the drug is necessary for its effects to be perceived?
How much of the drug would be a toxic dose?
What happens to a person who gets too much of this drug?
How is the drug typically administered?
Does its form of administration make overdose more or less likely?
Could a different form of administration make the drug safer?
Would it then lose its effectiveness?
Does the drug have any known potential side effects?
Where in the body is the drug acting to create these side effects?

Marijuana
What is the chemical name of the drug?
What other names are associated with it?
What kind of chemical is the drug? (mineral, amino acid, etc.)
Is it similar to a neurotransmitter?
How does the drug appear to act in the nervous system?
What locations in the nervous system are affected by the drug?
Does it act as an antagonist or agonist?
How much of the drug is necessary for its effects to be perceived?
How much of the drug would be a toxic dose?
What happens to a person who gets too much of this drug?
How is the drug typically administered?
Does its form of administration make overdose more or less likely?
Could a different form of administration make the drug safer?
Would it then lose its effectiveness?
Does the drug have any known potential side effects?
Where in the body is the drug acting to create these side effects?

Methamphetamine
What is the chemical name of the drug?
What other names are associated with it?
What kind of chemical is the drug? (mineral, amino acid, etc.)
Is it similar to a neurotransmitter?
How does the drug appear to act in the nervous system?
What locations in the nervous system are affected by the drug?
Does it act as an antagonist or agonist?
How much of the drug is necessary for its effects to be perceived?
How much of the drug would be a toxic dose?
What happens to a person who gets too much of this drug?
How is the drug typically administered?
Does its form of administration make overdose more or less likely?
Could a different form of administration make the drug safer?
Would it then lose its effectiveness?
Does the drug have any known potential side effects?
Where in the body is the drug acting to create these side effects?

Attachment:- Drug Addiction.rar