Discussion:
Create a 200-300 words each to the below question using material from your book, other resources, and personal opinion.
1. What happens in the brain and body chemistry that makes addiction so hard to overcome?
2. How does society get teenagers to understand the risk of using marijuana due to the dangers of triggering schizophrenia when there is so much media focus on the substance's harmlessness?
3. If drugs were legal, would it be possible for a person to be a drug addict and function in society? Explain your answer.
4. Discuss some major consequences to society that occur because of substance use. Provide examples outside of the textbook that might be specific to your community.