perfecto

This assignment is relevant to learning more about research in the field of substance use disorders and addiction medicine. You will select a topic relevant to drugs and behavior and write a 5-page paper on this topic. It is required that you have a thesis statement or research question that you support or answer with peer reviewed articles. All references must be included, citing all works used. you will hand in a thesis statement and reasons for your interest in the subject area chosen

For this assignment, you can find peer-reviewed articles on the following websites:

· Google Scholar

· PubMed

· PsychInfo

· PsycArticles

Here are some topics that you can choose from:

· Drugs and the brain

· Medication assisted treatment

· Drugs and crime

· Medications for ADHD

· LSD and violence

· Medical marijuana

· The Gateway Hypothesis

· Designer drugs

· Alcohol withdrawal syndrome

· Smoking cessation techniques

· Intensive outpatient therapy

· Inpatient rehabilitation

· Performance enhancing drugs in sports

· Post-acute withdrawal syndrome

· Medications for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression

· Safety of prescription drugs/FDA approval process

· Inhalant abuse

· Substance abuse prevention

· Drug/alcohol abuse and liver disease

· 12-step programs