What phenomena do they help explain, which drug is each of them most relevant to, and why is the latter model a more powerful explanation for drug abuse?

MODULE 1 DISCUSSION
In the past, the classic model of drug addiction was used to explain why some users took drugs compulsively and abusively. More recently, drug researchers have used the dependence-reinforcement model to explain ongoing, abusive, compulsive drug abuse. How are these two models different, what phenomena do they help explain, which drug is each of them most relevant to, and why is the latter model a more powerful explanation for drug abuse?
MODULE 1 EXERCISE
Assignment Prompts
Why is smoking the fastest, most efficient route of administration in generating drug effects—even faster and more efficient than IV administration? Why is oral administration such a slow means of administering drugs? Do these routes determine how dependency-producing drugs are used by each route? Why or why not?
Sociologists who studied drug use in the 1950s and 1960s emphasized that the neophyte user had to learn to enjoy the effects of drugs before he/she became a regular user. Does this model still hold up as an adequate explanation for understanding drug use today? Or is it obsolete? Or does it need to be supplemented with other factors rather than being replaced? (1 PAGE)
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