The Disease of Drug Addiction Joanne Frye HSER 340 Abstract Addiction is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive seeking and use of addictive substances despite harmful consequences to the addicted individual and to those around him or her. Introduction Dramatic advances in science over the past 20 years have shown that drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disease that results from the prolonged effects of drugs on the brain. (Leshner‚ 1997) It is considered a
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and Effects of Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a serious illness that affects millions of Americans. If you are one of those millions‚ or if someone you love shows signs of addiction‚ reach out for help before it’s too late. You may be someone who just can’t understand how you got into addiction‚ or you may want to help a friend or family member but you don’t know what to do. Understanding some of the possible causes for abuse‚ which can lead to addiction‚ and the effects of addiction on your body
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The Causes of Drug Addiction What causes a man to risk losing his family or worse his freedom for the ability to get high? What causes a parent to risk not only their own health by smoking but also the health of their children? The answer is addiction. Alan I. Leshner‚ PhD states that the “essence of addiction [is an] uncontrollable‚ compulsive drug seeking and use‚ even in the face of negative health and social consequences.” He goes on to say‚ “This is the crux of how many professional organizations
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Drug addiction in Pakistan Pakistan is today notorious for many things‚ but in the last 20 years‚ drug production and addiction has increasingly become just one of them. The issue of drug addiction is often overshadowed by the many of the country’s other human development problems‚ such as poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of basic health care. But the fact is‚ drug abuse is rapidly growing in Pakistan and in South Asia in general. While Bangladesh‚ India‚ Nepal and Maldives all suffer from this‚ Pakistan
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Drug abuse is becoming prevalence in Nigerian societies. This justifies the intensive media campaign against the menace. The commonly abused drugs are aspirin‚ cannabis‚ heroine‚ amphetamine‚ cocaine‚ indian-hemp‚ alcohol‚ tobacco etc. Social studies as a dynamic and problem solving discipline has drug education as one of the emerging areas of study. Drug education intends to expose the learners to uses‚ abuse and contraindication of drugs. Social studies being an integrated discipline which
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I believe that I am an addict‚ I made a lot of bad decisions in my life. But the worst was my decision to start using drugs. From the day that I started using to now I have loved it. And at times I would do just about anything to get it‚ I have done just about everything except sell my body. I stole from the people I love to get what I needed. Using drugs went from only on the weekends‚ to a couple times a week‚ to everyday. The worst part is‚ is I didn’t see that it was consuming so much of
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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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(Illegal)Drug Addiction A Research Paper Presented to: Maestro John In Partial Fulfilment Of the requirements In English IV Presented by: Marjorie Duran Table of Contents III. Introduction * What are the causes of drugs * Reasons why people are using Drugs * Reasons why people can’t stop using drugs IV-V. Facts and Topic Concept * Impact on demand (2000-2012) * Facts about using drugs VI. Survey content and data VII. Survey Questions and answers
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Persuasive Essay The use of illicit drugs within the community is causing an alarming detrimental effect to the people within the community‚ both the drug users and their friends and family. Stated within this essay is an insight into some of the issues which occur a s a result of individuals becoming addicted to the use of illegal substances. Cannabis and methamphetamine are the top two mainly used drugs in the Australian population. Methamphetamine being estimated to have been used by 9.1%
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FORWARDING CERTIFICATE Ms Bandana Grover has been permitted to write a project on “Alcoholism and Drug Addiction” for B.A. LL.B. (Hons) Internal Evaluation of Amity Law School‚ Sector – 125‚ Noida‚ AUUP. Date: 10th October 2011 Ms. Mokshdha Bhushan Lecturer Amity Law School AUUP Noida - 201301 Introduction Alcoholism and Drug Addiction may be conceptualized as crime without victim that is‚ addict himself is the victim who becomes a prey of its misuse. This
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