Try to look up answers from the textbook provided. There is no annotated bibliography needed, written in MLA format.
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1. If alcohol reduces anxiety and is a sedative, why isn’t it prescribed by doctors for insomnia and anxiety disorders?
2. Is alcohol a natural or synthetic drug?
3. Why did distilled alcohol drinks seem to cause more problem from when they were first introduced until today?
4. What is “butt chugging” and why is it dangerous from a pharmacological perspective?
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1. Why are caffeine and tobacco legal, while cocaine isn’t?
2. If tobacco is so harmful, why don’t we just make it illegal?
3. What type of drug are “bath salts” and what are its effects? What herbal stimulant do they resemble?
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1. What is the difference between dementia and mental effects of normal aging? Do all people get dementia eventually?
2. Which herbal medicines act on acetylcholine? How does each one effect acetylcholine (mechanism of action)? Why is acetylcholine so important in dementia and memory in general?
3. If a cure were found for Alzheimer’s disease and all other forms of dementia, what would society look like? What are some of the ways things would change (maybe for better and for worse).
4. Many movies cover the topic of cognitive enhancement (e.g. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Limitless, etc.) In what way are these movies accurate? In what ways are they inaccurate or miss important points?
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