Lecture 1: Course introduction
Overview and introductory discussion
Definitions from lectures 1 and 2
Lecture 3: The origin of drugs
Opening discussion: Sasha's view on drugs, laws, power, and social control
Human development and origins
The origins of drug scheduling, enforcement and how drugs are scheduled
Lecture 4: The plumbing of the human body
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
How drugs get into the body
Drug administration methods
The half-life of drugs in the body
Metabolic interactions of drugs
Lecture 5: More body plumbing & the nervous system
Biotransformation continued
Absorption, excretion, and routes
Administration methods and their effects on drugs
The central nervous system
The autonomic nervous system
Nerves, structure, and function
Drug treatment categories
Sasha's drug treatment classifications
Review of drugs and the nervous system
Lecture 7: Memory & state of consciousness
Changes in consciousness without drug intervention
Lecture 8: Research methods
Criminalistics and drug testing
Defining the research question
Human versus animal testing
Sasha's lecture 3 notes, 1987.
