Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 4:30pm to Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 5:45pm
Biology Seminar on
Molecular Basis of Addiction
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 to Thursday, December 1, 2016
Time: 4:30-5:45 pm
Venue: Academic Block A-10
An interactive lecture series solely driven from a medical and neuroscientific point of view by:
Dr. Ali Jawaid, MD, PhD
Medical Doctor/Neuroscientist
Brain Research Institute, Switzerland,
Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience/Biostatistics, SBASSE LUMS
About the seminar
• Around 7 million people in Pakistan are drug addicts, and about 700 die daily due to addiction–related complications
• More than 3 million Pakistanis between the ages of 15 and 64 use heroin, and around 5 million use cannabis
• Around 44 tons of processed heroin is consumed annually in Pakistan, which is two to three times more than US
The seminar will address the following questions
- Why do people become addicts?
- Is it nature or nurture?
- Is there an ‘addiction’ gene?
- Which pathways in the brain compel people to become addicts?
- Which substances have addictive potentials?
- Can addictions be curtailed or cured?
- What we need to be aware of about Nicotine, Cocaine, Heroin, Cannabis, Benzodiazepine and Marijuana addiction.
(Open to all LUMS students)
Acknowledgment: Saad Khalid, BS 2017
