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Question
1. Discuss the difference between potency and toxicity. What factors determine a drug's potency?
2. Why is it important for people to be aware of drug interactions?
3. Discuss the importance of time as a factor in the body's response to a drug.
4. Discuss how drug effects can be modified by factors such as age, gender, and pregnancy. Why is it important for those with diseases to be especially careful when taking drugs?
5. Discuss how vaccines against nicotine help to treat someone with nicotine addiction.
6. Explain the value of drug testing when treating drug addiction.
7. Discuss psychological dependence. How does it develop? What are its effects? How does psychological dependence on such things as tobacco and caffeine-containing beverages differ from dependence on other substances?
8. What is your mental set? What factors in your life contribute to your view of drugs?
9. What factors do you think most influence the risk of drug abuse for an individual? Many are mentioned in the text. Can you think of any others?