What is drug addiction? -Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized by compulsive‚ at times uncontrollable‚ drug craving‚ seeking‚ and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. -Drug seeking becomes compulsive‚ in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and‚ thus‚ on behavior. For many people‚ drug addiction becomes chronic‚ with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. Drug addiction is a chronic
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Here are some facts about a growing problem of computer addiction. Tom Wood was always irritable‚ tired and not interested in anything but his "bloody computer"‚ his father Ray Wood said. It was not until Mr Wood smashed Tom’s keyboard into 100 pieces that the 16-year-old schoolboy realised he had an obsessive dependency - computer addiction. But recent stories of children hiding with laptops under their doonas to avoid the wrath of their parents indicate that the modern day problem is
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Dear Mr. Howard Stringer I am writing in regards to the rapidly growing group of online addicted gamers. I have been influenced to write to you after reading a recent article titled ‘What online addiction is doing to our children’ by Anmar Frangoul. The article shared my own opinion that opinion that Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing game (MMORPG’s) should be monitored for activity have restrictions for the amount of time played per week to lessen the effects
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Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel Fashion Designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was born in Saumur‚ Southern France. She began by designing hats‚ first in Paris in 1908‚ and later in Deauville. Her fashion boutiques (one in Paris and one in Deauville) opened simultaneously in 1914. She opened an haute couture salon in Biarritz in 1916‚ and in 1920 moved to Paris in the present quarters on rue Cambon. Ready-to-wear fashions were not introduced until 1978‚ after Coco’s death. Chanel is a member of
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Fashion and Identity It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible‚ not the invisible. * Oscar Wilde I wear my own kind of dress‚ something that I love‚ but in doing so‚ I am displaying my style to all those around me‚ and in this I will respond to your exhibit‚ even as you will respond to mine. That the clothes we wear make a statement is itself a statement that in this age of heightened reserve‚ fashion has become a cliché. But
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1930s Fashion I. What affected the fashion world in the 1930s? A. The great depression made a big impact on the fashion world for women. 1. This caused the fashionable women to disappear. 2. Made women limit themselves in fashion a) Reused clothes instead of buying new clothes b) Tried mending and patching before deciding on whether or not to buy new clothes c) Many more women were seen sewing their own clothes II. What were some clothing items that were worn by women
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"Fashion is one of the greatest forces in present-day life. It pervades every field and reaches every class.… It has always been a factor in human life but never more forceful‚ never more influential and never wider in scope than in the last decade‚ and it gives every indication of growing still more important." So with everything in mind‚ we can really agree with him when he said that it was more than an expression of individual taste; it was instead a statement of group membership‚ of involvement
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Marijuana addiction Marijuana is one of the most commonly abused illegal drug. Marijuana is a dry‚ mix of the flowers‚ stems and leaves of the hemp plant cannabis sativa. It has a pungent and distinctive smell normally sweet and sour odor. It is commonly smoked as a cigarette reffered to asa joint or in a pipe. Behavioral changes and symptoms of marijuana addiction include: 1. Distorted perceptions 2. Impaired coordination 3. Difficulty in thinking and problem solving 4. Ongoing problems with learning
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Gambling Addiction 1. Introduction Gambling is created for purposes of leisure such as horse racing‚ poker and cards. However‚ when the gamblers are mentally inability to control their behaviour in engaging gambling activities‚ it becomes a problem. Terms like pathological gambling‚ problem gambling‚ or gambling addictions are used to describe such condition. American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) characterises it as a disorder of impulse control. Features
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1930s fashion At the beginning of the 1930s more than 15 million americans were unemployed.(“The Great Depression”) The fashion in the thirties was a completely different story. They showed themselves to be fancy and elegant.The 1930s was a time we struggled and had a significant social change. The 1930s was a somewhat “depressing” era of time. In 1929 the stock market crashed which led to the Great Depression in the 1930s. Many Americans went into debt and by the time 1931 arrived nearly
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