Drugs: Addiction and Quitting Leigh Jenner Psychology 355 April 4‚ 2011 Stephen Northam Everyone knows they should get or stay healthy. For most people getting healthy means eating a little less‚ exercising a little more‚ or abstaining from smoking and drinking. However‚ for those who have a problem with drugs—as well as alcohol—getting healthy is literally a matter of life and death. The problem with drugs and alcohol is that there are more factors than just a nice feeling. There are‚ in more
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Current Topics in Health 26 November 2012 Drug Addiction a Disease? Drug addiction‚ a new major phenomenon in our society today. The dependence‚ compulsive craving of a drug which becomes priority over all other issues in one’s life. We recognize that this issue of drugs and addiction is a growing problem now affecting most in this world. The physical characteristics of addiction would trembling‚ sweating‚ loss of appetite‚ and seizures. Psychological characteristics are harder
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definition of the term addiction refers to habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance beyond one ’s voluntary control. Terms such as "workaholic‚" "sex addict‚" and "computer junkie" arose to describe behaviors that have features in common with alcoholism and other substance addictions. Substance addiction is a multi-pronged system in which lifestyle has a role but the biology of a person ’s body is a major factor. These substances‚ which are called psychoactive drugs‚ are what people
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Executive Summary Now a day’s drug addiction has become a great problem in all over the world. Third world countries like Bangladesh are greatly sufferer from this problem. It’s just like cancer. As a part of the society different Universities are facing this problem. Our university ‘University of Asia Pacific’‚ specifically our department ‘Department of Business Administration’ is facing greatly by this problem. Recently it has become the top concern issue for the disciplinary committee. Considering
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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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Drug addiction is not a recent problem in Bangladesh. But it has been rising. In recent years Drug Addiction has significantly increased in Bangladesh. This agent of human devastation has spread its tentacles worldwide and also in our country. Every intelligent and humane person in the world society and international organizations such as the UN and WHO are alarmed by the present rate of addiction. Nowadays nearly ten per cent of outpatients in our hospitals are cases of drug addiction involving
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legalization of drugs‚ addiction to these substances has caused a huge increase in violent crimes in the home‚ at school‚ and on the street. Many people do not understand why individuals become addicted to drugs or how drugs change the brain to create compulsive drug abuse. They mistakenly view drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem and may characterize those who take drugs as morally weak. One very common belief is that drug abusers should be able to just stop taking drugs if they are
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Fatima Drug Addiction (Abstract) Drug addiction is intake of harmful drugs that prove very lethal to us. It directly affects our brain‚ nerves‚ senses etc. It is like a perfume (scent) that attracts others as having different flavors. People become addicted to this because of many reasons. Lack of attachment‚ bonding and attention to youngsters by their parents causes them to use drug and become addicted to them. Physically drug causes itchiness‚ laziness and dizziness in a person using drug. Drug
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Drug addiction is an important topic that is always being researched because of the various affects it can have on person’s brain and body. According to the Microbiology book‚ you start with an initial need that will get worse as more times you use it. This now becomes an addiction that that causes a person to increase the dosage of the drug to continue the sensation of pleasure (Whishaw and Kolb‚ 2000‚ p.197). Drug addiction is based on the brain system such as the frontal cortex‚ which makes the
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Drug addiction is a pathological or abnormal condition which arises due to frequent drug use. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behavior‚ the vulnerability to relapse‚ and the decreased‚ slowed ability to respond to naturally rewarding stimuli. Causes Drugs known to cause addiction include illegal drugs as well as prescription or over-the-counter drugs‚ according to the definition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine
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