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Bringing the full power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction Nora D Volkow MD Director National Institute on Drug Abuse Advancing Addiction Science to Address the Opioid Crisis. Terms. Substance dependence. - (Addiction. . older term replaced by substance dependence) more severe, refers to a pattern of repeated self-administration that often results intolerance.. Tolerance. A modern correlation between today’s young people and . A . Streetcar . Named . Desire. . MR. MILLER. Definition of Addiction:. The compulsive . need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; . Presented by: Gloria M. . Miele. , Ph.D.. Training Director . Greater New York Node. Training Outline & Goal. Review of drugs of abuse. Intoxication syndromes of various drug classes. Withdrawal syndromes of various drug classes. Mohsen. . Saadat. , D.O., F.A.C.P. Medical Director. San Joaquin County, Correctional Health Care Facility. Financial Disclosures. None. Three Focus areas. 1. Epidemic of Drug Abuse. 2. Medicat. i. on Abuse by Inmates, Psychotropic . National Drug Intelligence Center . Drug Enforcement Administration. Overview. Greatest Drug Threat Data. Diversion of CPDs . Combating Diversion. Abuse. Deaths. Demographics. 2. October, . 2009. LEA Reporting . Present by: Connie Miles. Pulaski County Health Center . Please turn off all cell phones. Restrooms . Food and Drink . Objectives. The Dynamics of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Drug use is a part of life in the United States. Doctors write countless prescriptions every day. Medicines: legal drugs that help the body fight injury, illness, or disease. Classified as either over-the-counter and prescriptions. Coalitions . should feel free to adapt . the following . slides into their education and outreach activities. Here’s what you’ll . find:. About this presentation. The Teen – Rx Abuse Connection. October 28, 2015. An “epidemic of consequences” -. Drug overdose death rates continue to increase. NCHS Data Brief, December, 2011, . Updated with 2009 and 2010 mortality data. 2. Who is overdosing?. 1 Page benefits and increase access to prevention and treatment services. Finally, increased public concern related to the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic is fostering widespread collaborative effort medication not prescribed for you in a way other than prescribed for example taking too much or to get highWhen abused prescription drugs can be as dangerous as 147street148 drugs with similar e31ects Child abuse happens in all cultural, ethnic, and income groups. . Child . abuse can be . physical. , emotional/verbal, sexual or through neglect. . Abuse . may cause serious injury to . the . child and may even result in death. . inappropriate. and usually . excessive. , . self-administration. of a . psychoactive . drug for . non-medical purposes.. Almost all abused drugs exert . their effects in the CNS . causing. euphoria or alter perception.. Mary Pat Sullivan, Mary . Gilhooly. , Christina Victor, Ken . Gilhooly. , Brunel University. Sarah . Wadd. , University of Bedfordshire and Nick . Ellender. , London Borough of Hillingdon. Society for the Study of Addiction.