The Science of Drug Abuse in Schools and Colleges

Co-Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration

Contact Hours: 6.0

ACPE No: 014-999-09-048-L04-P

Activity Type: Knowledge Based

Release Date: October 20, 2009
Expiration Date: October 20, 2012

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity the participant should be able to:
1. Describe the neurobiological basis of psychoactive chemical use,
abuse, addiction, dependence in the young adult brain.
2. Recognize that although prescription drugs are legal, they are just
as dangerous as illicit or street drugs.
3. Discuss the prescription drugs currently being abused at the
highest rates in the United States, and abuse data;.
4. Explain the importance of prescription drugs use only under the
care of a DEA licensed health care providers.
5. Differentiate betw een the presentations for methamphetamine,
marijuana, and prescription pain medications.
6. Identify the behaviors associated w ith alcohol, prescription drugs,
and street drugs.
7. Outline the various addiction treatment modalities for young
adults.

Faculty:

Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D., Associate Director of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Greffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

Lucinda L. Miner, Ph.D., Office of Science Policy and Communications, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

Michelle D. Walker, Ph.D., Pharmacologist, United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration

Merrill Norton, Pharm.D.,D.Ph., NCAC II,CCS, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy

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