Assignment

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.