any of these revolutionary inventions could lead to severe consequences. It’s not uncommon to see these cases happen throughout the nation‚ but of all the possible problems that could occur‚ the most detrimental situation‚ in my opinion‚ is addiction. Addiction‚ regardless of its kind‚ has become a worldwide epidemic which makes it more challenging to solve. Many recognize it as well‚ which explains the anti-smoking commercials‚ anti-gambling billboards‚ and more.
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Drugs and its effect Drugs are used in everyday life and in the modern world‚ new drugs are being created to beat diseases and illness. However‚ with the amount of drugs available from consumption‚ there tend to be a few users who abuse the use of legal and illegal drugs. Different drugs that were created to combat headaches or pain to ones that are created to enhance performance or happiness for a short period of time. Abuse of drugs can affect a person economically‚ psychologically and physically
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Drug abuse "Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine‚ who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. Do not gaze at wine when it is red‚ when it sparkles in the cup‚ when it goes down smoothly! In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things. You will be like one sleeping on the
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Addiction means to be physical and mentally dependent on a particular substance‚ and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects. According to American Society for Addiction Medicine (2012)‚ “Addiction is a primary‚ chronic disease of brain reward‚ motivation‚ memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological‚ psychological‚ social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief
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Technology addiction is being compared to drug addiction since there are many similar symptoms for both addictions. We‚ the Facebook generation‚ are actually suffering from information withdrawal syndrome. The same way alcoholics experience withdrawal when they stop drinking. I also read on The Telegraph‚ that some children as young as four year old require psychological treatment because of their addiction to smartphones and iPads. According to helpguide.org‚ Internet and computer addiction can cause
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worst‚ they affect the people around them; the people who care about them. There are many facets to drug addiction‚ most of them people just don’t understand. Addicts get sucked into a lifestyle that they don’t necessarily want. They go from day to day trying to get by; doing this by any means necessary. By living such a life an addict affects almost everyone he or she comes in contact with. With the drug problem in this country affecting more and more people‚ there has been a shortage of recovery and
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2012 Drug Recovery Addiction is the uncontrollable habit of using drugs‚ alcohol‚ and gambling and sometimes even behaviors such as eating or exercising. (http://addictions.about.com/od/howaddictionhappens/a/defaddiction.htm). Many people become addicts to help them heal or numb the pain that might have been caused by either mental or physical abuse‚ unemployment‚ family or relationship problems‚ and many more. Throughout this essay I will be talking about the statistics‚ causes‚ steps of
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Drug Abuse Many people in the world have abused drugs at least once in their lifetime and some of those people abuse it every day. Lots of drug abuse often turns into a drug addiction which is much more serious and can even be deadly.Many people do not understand that people who have drug addictions choose to continue their behaviors or that they lack the will to quit. Many people just assume that a person with a drug addiction could just quit anytime they wanted to but that is not the case. Because
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Vulnerability to addiction (risk factors) Personality – vulnerability / risk factor • Lawton - Originally believed that addiction led to personality defects; however some research indicated that defective personality characteristics precede addiction. • Eysenck – developed a psychological resource model‚ he believed that certain personality types lead to addiction. • Suggested that individuals develop habit based on purpose related to personality type e.g. hedonist‚ sensation seeker • Eysenck
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Legalization of Drugs Legalization of drugs has been a very controversial issue in the United States for many years. Drugs being legalized can have both advantages and disadvantages on society. On one hand‚ certain drugs‚ such as aspirin has long been used as a common medicine to many people‚ to cure diseases and help people with their personal problems such as headaches‚ toothaches‚ to name a few. Some people even take the drug daily as a therapy to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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