Teenage Drug Addiction and Depression Com/220 Ryan Y. Johnson April 18‚ 2010 The teenage years are often filled with doubt‚ vagueness‚ uncertainty and confusion due to much life Changing obstacles. More and more teens are turning to drugs to deal with their troubles and numb their pain. Teenage drug abuse is on a rising high. The drug choice by teens is pain relievers‚ prescription drugs‚ tranquilizers‚ and stimulants. Often teens also use sedative drugs to get high. Teenagers turn away
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old age. Cigarette smoke is the leading cause of emphysema. When inhaling tobacco smoke‚ it temporarily paralyzes the microscopic hairs that line bronchial air ways. These hairs sweep irritants and germs out of a person’s airways‚ but when smoke interferes with this sweeping movement‚ from the paralysis‚ irritants remain in a person’s bronchial tubes Emphysema is a progressive disease of the lungs that can cause shortness of breath. The physical shapes of the lungs are
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decisions outside of track. Not anything to do with your grades‚ but your choices to chew tobacco. This is terrible for your health in so many different ways. Tobacco can cause many different types of cancer‚ tooth decay or gum recession‚ and ultimately death. I’m not writing to tell you to quit. I’m writing to show you the side effects of chewing tobacco. If you continue to chew tobacco your chances of getting cancer are doubled. Cancers like Oral Cancer‚ Esophagus Cancer‚ Throat Cancer and many‚ many
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Prescription Drug Abuse Millions of people throughout the world are taking drugs on a daily basis. If you were to ask someone why they take prescription drugs‚ most people would be taking them for the right reason. However‚ it’s estimated that twenty percent of people in the United States alone have used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons.1 Prescription drug abuse is a serious and growing problem that often goes unnoticed. Abusing these drugs can often lead to addiction and even death
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ALCOHOL and DRUG ABUSE What is Alcohol and Drug Abuse? Derek Williams 4/9/2013 ABSTRACT This paper will discuss what alcoholism and drug abuse is‚ what the different types of drug abuse are‚ what the causes of alcoholism and drug abuse are‚ and how it is determined. It will also explain the history of‚ and what are the treatments of alcohol and drug abuse. People abuse substances such as drugs‚ alcohol‚ and tobacco for varied and complicated reasons‚ but it is clear
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general dictionary defines corruption as debased by errors or alterations; synonymous with acculturation ‚ contamination‚ vitiated‚ polluted. Obviously all negative images. In dealing with corruption and its effect on a country’s economy or political system the World Bank defines the term as the abuse of public office for private gain ( World Bank Report‚ September 1997). In recent years global concerns for corruption have intensified. Public office is abused for private gain whenever an official extorts
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married. However‚ the divorce rates tend to continually increase nowadays‚ thus it might be argued that divorces can be taken place easier than the past. There are three main causes of divorce: changing woman’s roles‚ stress in modern living and lack of communication‚ which are highlighted below. The first significant cause of recent rise in the rates of divorce is that women have completely changed roles. In the past‚ men earned the money to afford the expense of family‚ whereas women only worked
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Prescription drug abuse and dependence In the United States‚ easy access to prescription drugs such as sedatives and pain medications is posing a major threat‚ especially drug abuse and dependence. The nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs (NMUPD)‚ which is the same as using drugs without a prescription‚ and it is very common among young adults. For instance‚ drugs such as sedatives‚ opioids‚ and stimulants are commonly misused by adolescents simply for the experience or the feeling. The nonmedical
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Drug abuse Compulsive‚ excessive‚ and self-damaging use of habit forming drugs or substances‚ leading to addiction ordependence‚ serious physiological injury (such as damageto kidneys‚ liver‚ heart) and/or psychological harm (such asdysfunctional behavior patterns‚ hallucinations‚ memoryloss)‚ or death. Also called substance abuse. Drug 1. Natural or synthetic substance which (when taken into a living body) affects its functioning or structure‚ and is used in the diagnosis‚ mitigation‚ treatment
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The audience I will be addressing is parents‚ caregivers and school educators about the dangers of prescription drugs and how we can better educate teenagers and young adults on the dangers of abusing them. There are many ways that we can teach and educate our teenagers and young adults‚ but it’s important that families‚ schools and communities are involved. The rate of prescription drug overdose among teenagers and young adults have sky rocketed over the past several years. This has become a growing
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