3.4 key question (biological)

Question 1

what’s the key question for biological?

Answer 1

what are implications for society if addiction is treated with drug therapy?

Question 2

why should we help drug addicts?

Answer 2

• sharing needles can lead to HIV
• stop babies being born w addictions
• to weaken gangs
• families are broken up because of it

Question 3

what is methadone and how does it work?

Answer 3

• acts as a replacement to heroin and activates same receptors in reward pathways
• does this much slower than heroin
• reduces withdrawal symptoms as binding to receptors still occurs

Question 4

what’s an arguement for drug treatment?

Answer 4

• could be affective as methadone doses can be reduced more easily
• allows addicts to break dependence on opioids more affectively
• therefore, addict will feel less withdrawals and be able to live and work normally, with less cravings. allows them to stop committing crimes

Question 5

what’s an argument against drug treatment?

Answer 5

• reduction of methadone means user will still experience withdrawal symptoms like vomiting
• this deters users from continuing the program and combatting side effects costs more
• therefore, drug therapy may not be effective enough as participants can relapse due to withdrawal factors + it makes the NHS lose money