Physiological Change Research Paper
Tristan Lampkin
4th Period
1/23/15
Physiological Change What is a drug addiction? Why don't people just simply quit doing drugs? Well here is a news flash, an addiction to drugs is a disease! Why is it when someone is diagnosed with cancer other people are concerned and feel horrible, however, when someone is diagnosed with an addiction to drugs they are faced with ridicule, and alienation? It seems that it may be this way since cancer has been researched for many years while drug addiction has not. People who abuse drugs are affected by physiological changes that occur in the brain, unfortunately these changes are what leads to addiction and should be treated as the disease it is and not as if it is a choice.
The disease that addictions cause makes many physical changes to the human body but addiction …show more content…
Many uninformed individuals would say if its bad quit; however, this problem isn't that simple. Along with altering the way the user thinks, the disease also alters cells in the body. The Addiction drug causes physical changes to some of the nerve cells in your brain, therefore it causes you to think that the drug is a necessity since your body is getting used to the substance.
Addictions change the way people act. In the first stages of an addiction people can still seem normal, however there is something inferior going on. The Addiction is quietly changing the way the user thinks and functions causing many physical, mental, and emotional problems.
People may already have an addictive personality, which means that they seem to need or get addicted to something easier than others. If this is the case things can get real nasty real quick!
Along with with all of the other changes that come with addictions there is yet one more to go on the list, and that is emotional changes. Emotions are all over the place when a
4th Period
1/23/15
Physiological Change What is a drug addiction? Why don't people just simply quit doing drugs? Well here is a news flash, an addiction to drugs is a disease! Why is it when someone is diagnosed with cancer other people are concerned and feel horrible, however, when someone is diagnosed with an addiction to drugs they are faced with ridicule, and alienation? It seems that it may be this way since cancer has been researched for many years while drug addiction has not. People who abuse drugs are affected by physiological changes that occur in the brain, unfortunately these changes are what leads to addiction and should be treated as the disease it is and not as if it is a choice.
The disease that addictions cause makes many physical changes to the human body but addiction …show more content…
Many uninformed individuals would say if its bad quit; however, this problem isn't that simple. Along with altering the way the user thinks, the disease also alters cells in the body. The Addiction drug causes physical changes to some of the nerve cells in your brain, therefore it causes you to think that the drug is a necessity since your body is getting used to the substance.
Addictions change the way people act. In the first stages of an addiction people can still seem normal, however there is something inferior going on. The Addiction is quietly changing the way the user thinks and functions causing many physical, mental, and emotional problems.
People may already have an addictive personality, which means that they seem to need or get addicted to something easier than others. If this is the case things can get real nasty real quick!
Along with with all of the other changes that come with addictions there is yet one more to go on the list, and that is emotional changes. Emotions are all over the place when a