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Psyc 330 Lecture 4
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- PSYC 330
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- State University Of New York - Binghamton
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Lecture 41986 - controlled substances analogue enforcement act
1988. Chemical diversion and trafficking act prohibiting chemicals and devices for manufacture
1996
Family smoking prevention and tobacco control act 2009
Allow FDA regulation
o The manufacturing , marketing, sale of tobacco products
Does not allow outright ban on tobacco products but a number of actions were mandated from
this
o Candy flavored cigarettes
o Light mild or low tar cigarettes
Added a stronger warning on smokeless tobacco
And graphic depictions on front and back of carton
Limited when and how the tobacco companies could advertise
o No more tv adds, no adds in color , cannot display in stores that allow children
Main focus of law- deturing young individauls smoking before the age of 18
2010 fair sentencing act
Incarcerated individuals for drug related infractions
Individuals who are penalized for having crack cocaine vs powered cocaine
2012 synthetic drug abuse prevention act
Addressing a specific loophole in 1986 synthetic analogue
" if where labeled not for human consumption " it could still be sold.
Aka bath salts
This act prevents that
CHAPTER 3- Drugs and the Nervous System
The brain
Millions of neurons
The astrocytes , give additional support , make the connection
oligodendrocyte (oh li go den droh site) A type of glial cell in the
central nervous system that forms myelin sheaths.
Neurons proliferate
Energy utilization , uses 20% of the energy you consume , its also 20% of
your blood supply
,
Dendrites are everything
dendrite A branched, treelike structure attached to the soma of a
neuron; receives information from the terminal buttons of other neurons.
axon The long, thin, cylindrical structure that conveys information from the
soma of a neuron to its terminal buttons.
Axon hillock
synapse A junction between the terminal button of an axon and the
membrane of another neuron.
The don’t touch close contact and information is transferred through the
synaptic cleft
The myelin sheath is like an isolator around the axon
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