1. CHAPTER THIRTEEN LESSON FOUR DRUG ADDICTION

2. OBJECTIVES DESCRIBE WHAT DRUG ADDICTION IS, AND EXPLAIN HOW IT HAPPENS. DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE.

3. BELLRINGER EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ADJECTIVES PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL.

4. ESSENTIAL QUESTION WHY IS IT DIFFICULT FOR SOME PEOPLE TO STOP ABUSING DRUGS?

5. DEFINITIONS DRUG ADDICTION IS THE UNCONTROLLABLE USE OF A DRUG. SOMEONE WHO IS ADDICTED TO A DRUG CONTINUES TO TAKE IT EVEN IF THE DRUG IS HARMING HIS OR HER HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS. WITHDRAWAL IS THE NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS THAT RESULT WHEN A DRUG- DEPENDENT PERSON STOPS TAKING A DRUG. PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE IS THE BODY’S CHEMICAL NEED FOR A DRUG. IF A PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE SUDDENLY STOPS TAKING THE DRUG, HE OR SHE WILL QUICKLY GO INTO WITHDRAWAL. A PERSON IN PHYSICAL WITHDRAWAL MAY EXPERIENCE VOMITING, MUSCLE AND JOINT PAIN, FEVER, CHILLS, ANXIETY, AND MANY OTHER SYMPTOMS. PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE IS A PERSON’S EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL NEED FOR A DRUG. A PERSON WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE CRAVES THE DRUG AND FEELS THAT HE OR SHE CAN’T GET ALONG WITHOUT THE DRUG. PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE IS SOMETIMES EVEN HARDER TO OVERCOME THAN PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE.