Addiction The Tabers medical dictionary defines drug addiction as a compulsive and maladaptive dependence on a drug that produces adverse psychological‚ physical‚ economic‚ social‚ or legal ramifications(5). In the U.S.‚ the abuse or misuse of prescription drugs has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a growing problem. In 2007‚ for example‚ the CDC reported that more than 27‚500 Americans died of drug overdose‚ an increase of more than 100% in the preceding
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Addiction We are going to talk about addiction and what it means. There are a couple text book definitions to what this means. Addiction in one form or another is common to most people. Addiction in the dictionary says‚ “The quality or state of being addicted.” With that being the case‚ look at what addicted means. Addicted also means to devote or surrender to something habitually or obsessively. Most of the time we hear this word is because we associate it with drugs. When most people think of
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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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What made this boxcar unique was the extreme probability of it being used to transport thousands of the holocaust victims to concertation or extermination camps across Nazi Occupied Europe. It clearly demonstrated the bleak conditions faced by those caught up by the Nazi Party’s
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father’s addiction. I grew up watching my dad treat my family like nothing‚ as if he was in constant control of us and he was the only person that mattered. When my mom broke the news to me that they were getting a divorce‚ I did not understand at the time it was because of my dad’s drug and alcohol addiction. I thought when he passed
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view regarding abuse/addiction is superficial and during this time I think it’s merely a wrong decision. But as I grew and exposed to this through peers‚ school and church teachings I saw that there are a lot of factors to consider why an individual resort to drug and/or alcohol abuse/addiction. Emotional factors: I learned this in-depth during my college life (a couple of years ago) when I was introduced to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs. There is a high risk for addiction for people who have
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EARTH As far as science knows the planet earth is unique in the entire universe. Certainly this is true in our own solar system. Earth is far better suited for life than any other planet‚ yet even here most of the environments are too hot‚ too cold‚ too far underground or too far above ground to support much life. In the many thousands of miles of changing environments from the center of the earth to the edge of its atmosphere‚ there are only a few meters of habitable environment for most life forms
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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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I have many unique aspects that make me the human being I am today. The objects that surround me has profoundly affected my personality and my other qualities. The things that live around me make up the rest of the universe create the environment I live in. One of my preferred aspects must be my high self-esteem. This quality is essential for any person. It can lead you to do positive things and progressive. Gaining my self-esteem was not complex since it just came with my character which I
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Personal Leadership story The success of any organization is dependent on effective leaders who know how to lead people equipped with the right tools and resources. Luneburg & Ornstein‚ (2010) described leadership as a process whereby one individual influences other group members towards the attainment of defined or organizational goals. Therefore leaders should ensure that their roles and responsibilities are geared towards attaining the defined goals with the assistance of their followers. You
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