All presentations are in non-technical language.
This seminar focuses on the effects of alcohol on the brain and body, from the cellular to the behavioral level. How existing and future therapies work in relation to the neurochemical causes of alcoholism will be explained. This seminar covers all drug addictions other than alcohol. Included are nicotine, opiates, cocaine and amphetamines, marijuana, benzodiazepines, inhalants, and others. How these drugs work on the cellular level in the brain, what their chronic effects are, and how to treat people addicted to these drugs will be covered.