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@KatieHorneshaw This makes me think of alcohol, how that can be meeting the SUD criteria, and the parallels to your thread. It can heavily impact a person's functioning, was sought after intensely per the US prohibition, and it's legal and regulated now. Why not follow the same trajectory?

Same drug, same level of dependence. But if it's prohibited, I suddenly have a "substance use disorder". It works the other way too, folks. Give people a safe supply & most will no longer meet the SUD criteria.

As my psychology tutor reminded me today, Substance Use Disorder criteria are primarily met through measures of "functionality". If your drug use gets in the way of your everyday functioning/prevents you from living a full life, you've earned yourself an SUD diagnosis. But I..

@moirawyton @BCCSU @TheTyee This is new perspective I haven't seen before in the discussion of substance use. Do you think there should be a focus on policy changes for harm reduction services for the fear of losing their children, or a focus on social services to stop the catch-22?

“How are [people] supposed to be sober and healthy without their kids?” Fear + grief over child apprehension increases mothers' + birthing parents' risks of toxic drug poisoning. Researchers @BCCSU say BC needs more parent-centric harm reduction @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2022/04/0…

Here's a picture that highlights the abuse that could happen with prescription drugs

I highly recommend this official Public Health Ontario website on Substance Use Data when talking about substance abuse. publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-An…

Over a million species of wild flora & fauna are threatened with extinction. Thursday's #WorldWildlifeDay is an opportunity to seek solutions for creating more sustainable relationships between humans, nature & wildlife. wildlifeday.org

It's shocking that there is potential substance abuse across the entire MLB. This is supposed to be baseball players at their peak health conditions. It also does not set a good example for any young fans. #EM203Robin #EM203Research

news.ontario.ca/en/release/100… It seems like Ontario is really taking the steps recently to help substance abuse and other health issues with their Roadmap to Wellness program. #EM203Research

Another consideration to substance abuse is the various physical effects it has on the body and the long lasting consequences of it. @em203bleung #em203problems

Hi Catherine, I am passionate about coral reefs, and climate change is damaging them a lot. I think you could focus in on an ecosystem being threatened by climate change and analyze how it works. @em203_czhang #EM203problems

Hi Jenny, a topic I am interested in here would be the outside forces influencing a person's mental health such as parent, peers, or online people. This would lead to the various conditions in your map. @EM203JennyBui #EM203problems

Connecting some topics together, I think an interesting idea would be to mix it a bit and look at school/work causing stress, or school/work taking time out of socializing or exercising. @EM203ESpall #em203problems

Hi Alyssa, one topic I am interested to see relating to your map would be the associated costs with healthy eating. @HaylockAlyssa #em203problems

Hi Frances, I think you could take a holistic approach by doing a study on adults who played high level sports when they were younger and see how their entire daily lives are impacted. @EM203FrancesM #em203problems

Another aspect of this I can see that would apply to other conspiracy theories would be the community and acceptance one feels when they explore those topics. @ZachmannWLU #EM203problems

@EM203SGallow Hi Stevie, yeah it is quite interesting about digital age in education and what the future holds. This week's material really puts into perspective what the future of the digital age could look like.

In the first few weeks of EM 203, I've learned so much about how the internet and the digital age has influenced the way we learn! #EM203Robin

@paigemange111 Hi Paige, learning about all these concepts and theories have been very beneficial indeed. Recently, when I'm learning something new, I think about "hey this is a constructivist approach!" or something like that. It allows me to sort of switch gears if needed and learn better.

I have learned so much within these last three weeks of classes! It has been very educational and exciting! The different concepts, theories, learning styles and more have been very beneficial! I can't wait to learn even more in #EM203Robin !!

@EM203NXiao Hi Nina, I was surprised at that assignment too! I chose to do sudoku. Doing that assignment made me reflect and think about my learning process for other things I learned about recently.

I was pleasantly surprised to have to learn the tango as part of the curriculum for #EM203Robin's online course! Having to reflect on my own learning style hopes me understand how I can learn better.

@EM203JMedeiros Hi Justin, this class is quite interesting. I'm used to interactivity with discussion posts from other online courses, but this twitter element takes it to another level.

It has been a great class so far. I like how interactive it is with the discussion posts and have enjoyed partaking in the tasks assigned. It has helped me learn more about myself and how I learn in my everyday life. #EM203Robin

@EM203ESpall Same here Ethan, I am really looking forward to future topics. The previous topics have been really engaging with me and am excited to see how I can relate to the future topics.

So far, I have been extremely happy to learn new things everyday in EM203. In our first three classes, we have learned about learning in a digital era, constructivism, and the three M's. Going forward, I am excited to touch on more interesting concepts and theories! #EM203Robin

In #EM203Robin , I'm seeing so many parallels from what I've learned in data science. From the different learning methods, there are parallels to machine learning and reinforcement learning. In the multi-tasking lesson, there are parallels to good data visualization principles.