After participating in this module, students should understand the following:
- How the chemical nature of drugs or poisons enable them to be absorbed from the air into the body
- The basic structure of the nervous system
- How drugs or poisons can affect multiple targets in the body at the same time
- The chemical process of hydrolysis
- The difference between reversible and irreversible chemical reactions
- How the brain governs breathing
This module integrates information from the following areas: chemistry, neurobiology, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, history, political science, environmental science