Document Type
Other
Publication Date
Spring 2015
Catalog Description
This course will explore legal and illegal drug use in modern society. Issues related to the social, cultural, political, economic impact of drug use will be addressed. The recurrent theme throughout the course will be on prevention. This will include discussions on the best ways to postpone the initiation of substance use and abuse among school aged persons as well as the cessation of use and treatment for abuse among adult populations. Substance use and its abuse effects ALL of us and does NOT discriminate on the basis of age, gender, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity or income.
Recommended Citation
Cromley, Jamie S., "PUBH 3130 - Substance Use and Abuse" (2015). Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi. 19.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/coph-syllabi/19