CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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The awareness of addictions is growing at an alarming rate in the United States. Many health care professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. But within the mental health care profession‚ many are divided as to the arising issue and cause of addiction. Deaths caused by drug overdoses have risen drastically over the pass decade. Many health care and drug treatment professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. Within the mental
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these understandings on addiction to social care practice. The word “addict” originates from Roman law where an individual is compelled to his or her creditor place of payment of debt (Ross et al‚ 2010). As Dunnington states that addiction is defined a number of different ways. Addiction is defined as a “brain disease” personifies by “compulsive use of drugs” this definition comes from the Institute of Medicine (2011). The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as a “chronic‚ relapsing
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people who would say addiction is not a disease but a choice. Those people are looking at it in an object manner without even scrapping the surface of the true issue. Daniel Akst‚ a writer from New York’s Hudson Valley‚ wrote that‚ “Addiction is voluntary rather than compulsory” (Akst). While indeed the first act of engaging in drug use is voluntary the spiraling downward effect is caused by addiction taking over a person’s brain. Mr. Netherton implies in this statement‚ "Addiction is a crutch word that
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The Amazing World of Laughter & It’s super Healing Power A Book Review Presented to PROFESSOR ESPIE CHINEL APARIS Managing Director UM Fitness & Wellness Centre In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in PE 2 Code #: 7275 1st term‚ 2nd semester School Year: 2012-2013 Permit #: 2485LL BY: ROGIE P. JACINTO January 19‚ 2013 Introduction: Laughing is important to all people because Laughing makes stress release and you feels happy‚ relaxes and feels good. Laughing
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In this piece of work‚ I will write case studies‚ about two clients that have issues with addiction. From my knowledge of local treatment and recovery services‚ I will describe the treatment pathway I would recommend in each case. I will explain my rationale and I will consider the role of the range of professionals and other workers from statutory‚ non-statutory and voluntary organisations. I will describe the role and remit of at least one service that I identify. John is a 34 year old IV
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Local Literature An article from The Philippine Star dated August 7‚ 2012 by Louella D. Desiderio entitled “Businesses urged to use Internet to push products”. It shows that businesses are advised to use the Internet for promoting their products and services as more consumers are going online to research before making purchases. Companies should consider using online advertisements for the products and services they offer as more and more people are using the Internet to research goods they plan
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teens and Internet addiction Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a theorized disorder originally made as a satirical hoax by Ivan Goldberg‚ M.D.‚ in 1995. He took pathological gambling as diagnosed by the DSM-IV as his model for the spoofed description. Although IAD was meant to be a hoax‚ it is promoted as a real condition by some supporters. Supporters often divide IAD into subtypes by activity‚ such as pornography‚ overwhelming and immoderate gaming‚ inappropriate involvement in online social
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Date: 2013.11.26 Internet addiction Internet addiction is a growing problem for the whole world: estimates show that from 5 to 10 % of world population have this problem. Internet addiction is defined as any online-related‚ compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family‚ friends‚ loved ones‚ and one’s work environment (Johnson‚ 2009). Internet addiction has been called Internet dependency and Internet compulsivity
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Local Literature “Inventory System for Best Choice Rice Dealer” by Bisagas‚ Arivada‚ and Tanteo (October 2009). The process of counting the sacks of rice is done manually‚ which corresponds to difficulty in tallying the number of available stocks and sold items. The Manual generation of inventory reports such as daily‚ weekly‚ quarterly and annual inventory list of records remains as one of their key problem since the establishment of the business. The transaction processing system for Best Choice
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