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Apr 24, 2024
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Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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CPED 207 - The Addicted Brain: Understanding America’s Drug Crisis (4 Cr.) (GCR Biological and Physical Science area)
The opioid crisis is one of the deadliest drug epidemics in U.S. history. “Opiods” include illegal recreational drugs (such as heroin), but also powerful pain relievers often prescribed for patients with chronic medical conditions. In this course, we will dive into the neurobiology of opiod drugs, the effects they have on the brain, and how this contributes to the development of an addiction. We will also examine the many intersecting factors (education, class, race, cultural background, genetic predisposition, psychological health, and others) that influence who becomes addicted to opiods, and what help they receive. Students will then conduct collaborative investigations of a drug of their choice in a specific local or national setting (for example, methamphetamine abuse in the rural Midwest, or Ritalin abuse by urban teens), working to understand the factors influencing the abuse of this drug from social and biological perspectives. Restricted to first-year through junior students, and others with instructor permission. Students are limited to one CPE course per semester. Offered Spring 2019 and every other Spring semester. Starkey.
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