Name: Azure Gouge Topic: Addiction to Drugs: Phentermine Central Idea: Phentermine is a stimulant that is similar to amphetamine that affects the central nervous system; it is usually subscribed to treat obesity. Introduction I. How far would you go to be skinny? Would you risk life altering changes just to have the perfect body? Would you risk hurting your friends and family just to be skinny? Would it really be worth it to you? II. I want to discuss the
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The Addiction to Prescription Drugs Sharon O ’Dell COM156 November 30‚ 2012 Lugene Rosen The Addiction to Prescription Drugs The “war on drugs” has been raging for years‚ but now it has a new adversary. It can be found in almost every home‚ sitting on a counter‚ or tucked away in a medicine cabinet. It can help a student focus better‚ help a person ease chronic pain‚ or help a person cope with daily stress or anxiety. This new adversary is prescription medication. With this being said
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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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Addiction and Drug Abuse There are many people that try drugs out for different reason. Some of the reasons many people experiment with drugs is because they want to have fun‚ improvement in athletic abilities‚ ease of depression‚ anxiety‚ and stress‚ because others are doing it or just out of curiosity. Drug use does not necessarily lead to drug abuse and there is not a particular level that using drugs will change from insouciant to challenging. Drug abuse and addiction varies by individual.
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Zerpa 1 Cesar Zerpa. Professor Pacifico Pre-degree III 3 May 2013 Plastic Surgery Addiction Every year society is bombed with thousands of images of beautiful models and celebrities. This “reality” affect the sub-conscientious of many people with low self-steam and fill the mind of men and women with insecurities about their body images. Plastic surgery appears as an easy solution to this matter‚ but actually‚ cosmetic surgery can be just the tip of the iceberg of a more complex issue
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Drug Addiction and Crime: How Does Poverty Contribute to the Two? Poverty‚ crime‚ and addiction are social elements that create social problems. According to Reiman‚ “poverty is a source of crime” (27). Poverty in America is a major problem. In the United States‚ one out of every five children grows up in poverty (Reiman‚ 86). Many factors contribute to poverty. Some examples of these factors include: financial aspects of addiction‚ exclusion‚ images of crime‚ subcultures of
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summarized into one word: addiction. Guilty pleasures like video games‚ television‚ and candy are tolerable when done in moderation. The problem with video gaming is that unless controlled or limited by a third party‚ it’s both chemically and mentally addictive. Studies have scientifically shown that excitement from playing video games causes the human brain to release an addictive chemical. Psychologically‚ video game addiction is explained through what is called ’the God effect.’ This simply means that
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Homeless Outline I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Imagine all the events that occurred in your life today. You woke up from your warm bed‚ took a shower‚ got dressed‚ went to either school‚ work‚ or both. Then you came home‚ had dinner‚ and went to sleep. These are all basic needs‚ basic needs that many people in the United States today don ’t have. Most people would agree that a day like this is fairly ordinary. Shelter‚ clothes‚ food‚ education‚ and family are all things that we usually take
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Does Cell Phone Addiction Exist? Miriam Smith Towson University Abstract As of 2012‚ almost everybody owns some form of technological device. These devices are accessible to all types of people‚ there is no discrimination. It has become more popular over the years through the expansion of smartphones. Cameras‚ music‚ social networking apps and practically anything you can imagine have become accessible at anytime‚ anywhere. With one tap‚ you can update your status‚ send a tweet‚ and send a picture
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difficult to make a gambler stop gambling?” Well‚ it all goes down to the causes behind it. Thus‚ today I’ll be talking to you about the three main causes of gambling addiction. But first of all‚ what is gambling addiction? Gambling addiction is a progressive condition similar to alcohol and drug addictions. People with gambling addiction have difficulty controlling their gambling and their gambling behaviour will increase over time. Thus‚ the first point I would like to talk about is relieving stress
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