Controversies in Pharmacology: Volume III

This third volume is a class lesson planner and collection of student essays, the product of a unique undergraduate course at the University of Arizona, a highly regarded research-intensive institution in Tucson. In this class, students demonstrated an understanding of topics reflecting society's deepest conundrums founded in pharmacology and basic science which affect all of us directly or tangentially via decisions made by health and medical policy leaders. This book "curates" those topics and offers thoughtful persuasive essays written by undergraduate students who share their ideas about controversies in pharmacology that confound and complicate our human existence. Topics were chosen for cultural and sociological relevance, importance to young persons, and value to students in the prime "season" of formulating lasting opinions to life's problems and potential solutions. Controversies covered by the students were as follows: -Lethal Injection -Placebo and Nocebo Effects-The Journey of Ru-486-There's a Drug for That -Conscience Clauses in Medicine-The US Opioid Problem-Scheduling Drugs-Black and Gray Market Drug Purchasing-Addiction: A Fiction?-Supplements and Homeopathy-Compassionate/Expanded Drug Use-Drug Advertising, Sales, and Prescribing-Medicating Others for Our Benefit-Cognitive Enhancement