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Barry Zevin MD Tom Waddell Health Center San Francisco Department of Public Health Homeless Programs Board Certified Internal Medicine Board Certified Addiction Medicine BarryZevinsfdphorg Disclosures And Disclaimer. Types of Addiction. Tobacco. Alcohol. Drugs. *Natural high. Alcohol and Your Body. Types of Alcoholic Beverages. Fermentation. Ethanol, Methanol, etc…. Alcohol in Your Body. Central Nervous System(CNS)- consists of the brain, and spinal cord. “Please sir, may I have some more”. What is Addiction?. Addiction is the continued use of a mood altering substance or behavior despite adverse consequences, or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors.. Mrs. . Basmah. . kattan. , MPH . Outline. Terms and definitions. Gateway drugs . Types of drugs . Categories of drugs . Addiction (activity) . How Addiction . Happens. Factors That Influence Drug . Action. Developed by:. Sachin. J. . Karnik. , Ph.D., . LCSW, CADC, NCGC-II, CPS. Director of Prevention &. Clinical Services. Delaware Council on Gambling Problems, Inc.. E-Mail: sachin.karnik@dcgp.org. Presented by Peter Ninemire, LMSW, LCAC. Counseling Inc . @ . The Caring Center. pj9mire@counselinginc.net. Phone: (316)295-4800. “Tolerance is the greatest result of education" Helen Keller. .. . Issues Raised at UNGASS and Satellite Meetings: How should ISAM respond?. Norman Wetterau . MD. ,. . DFASAM, . FAAFP. Associate Professor FM, University of Rochester. Representative to UNGASS from ISAM. Art Zwerling, DNP, CRNA, DAAPM. AANA PAAC. a.to.z@comcast.net. . April 2013. Grateful Acknowledgements. Diana Quinlan, CRNA, MA. Heather Hamza, CRNA, MS. Greg Ramplemann, CRNA. Linda Stone, CRNA, MSN. Defined as continued involvement with a substance or activity despite its ongoing negative consequences.. When the individual eventually needs to consume the addictive substance or enact the behavior to feel normal.. WHAT IS TOLERANCE?. When a person’s body is altered to be able to consume a large amount of alcohol/drugs. Tolerance is one of the two prime symptoms of physical dependence on a drug, the other being withdrawal. What is Drug?. . A DRUG is a substance which may have medicinal, . intoxica. -ting, performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into human body or the body of another animal and is not considered a food or exclusively a food.. What is Drug?. . A DRUG is a substance which may have medicinal, . intoxica. -ting, performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into human body or the body of another animal and is not considered a food or exclusively a food.. “We . envision a society where people who are addicted to alcohol or other drugs, people in recovery from addiction, and people at-risk for addiction are valued and treated with dignity; and where stigma, accompanying attitudes, discrimination and other barriers to recovery are eliminated. We envision a society where addiction is recognized as a public health issue – a treatable disease for which individuals should seek and receive treatment; and where treatment is recognized as a specialized field of expertise” . Drug misuse-using for wrong reasons. Drug abuse-drug misuse is interfering with job, school, family, etc.. Addiction-can not stop using without withdrawal. Withdrawal-physical or psychological symptoms a person has when stopping a drug. Foundation is . a . state-approved psychiatric institution and . . rehabilitation. . center for alcohol and. . drug addicts.. We . Care . Wellness . is . a . holistic wellness center that focuses on healing the .