Global Addiction Medicine

Presented by Benjamin Swart, MD, Addiction Medicine Fellow on June 5, 2024

Objectives:

• List the top two most common and deadly addictions worldwide
• Describe some of the difficulties that arise in assessing addiction cross-culturally and how to identify key markers of addiction
• Explain the basic pharmacology, epidemiology, and addictive properties of addictive substances commonly encountered outside the USA, including khat, betel nut, fenethylline, opioids (buprenorphine, tramadol)

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