Drugs and Society Learning Journal Entry Mod. 5
In this module, chapters 6, 7, and 8, we learned about CNS depressants and alcohol as well as the dangers such substances can cause. The chapter that I felt I related to the most was 7 and 8, or the chapters on alcohol. The reason for this is I have witnessed many people who are close to me, including friends and family, have their lives destroyed by alcohol. I learned about the different types of alcoholics including the functional subtype as well as the chronic sever subtype. This helped make a clearer picture and I was able to related these types to the people around me and was able to better understand their condition and situation. The mini-lecture helped shed light on the depressants, giving statistical information on depression which could explain why some people lean towards substance abuse. In our discussions we talked more upon the topics of depressants and alcohol, as well as other topics such as cocaine, and other drugs. We discussed the dangers of such, as well as mixing o...