Lynn Hankes: Addiction – Is It Really a Disease, and If So, So What?

Campus: Vitality Hall: Presentation Room 1

Saturday June 30, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

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Dr. Hankes will define addiction and explore if it meets criteria to qualify as a disease state. He will then compare addiction to other diseases. He will discuss its characteristics and illustrate chemical action in the brain. He will review the clinical ramifications of having a disease including cross tolerance and cross-dependency with other addictive drugs.


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