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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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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Cellular Phone Use While Driving: Risks and Benefits Karen S. Lissy‚ M.P.H. Joshua T. Cohen‚ Ph.D. Mary Y. Park‚ M.S. John D. Graham‚ Ph.D. Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Harvard School of Public Health Boston‚ Massachusetts Phase 1 Report July 2000 Executive Summary This report assesses the risks and benefits associated with cellular phone use while driving. The interest of policymakers in this issue has been heightened by the recent decisions of selected foreign countries and
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Dhwani Vekaria Katherine Voyles BCUSP 135A AUG 21‚ 2014 Cellphones have Changed Society: Etiquettes and fueling of English language Alexander Graham Bell introduced telephone to a less developed society. Cellular phones or what we call cell phones are without a doubt‚ one of the most booming developments in the history of telecommunication inventions. The numbers of mobile users are continually growing each day. It has been the most favored means of communication for the people. Thus‚ in
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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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don’t they turn their phones off? Phones are disruptive don’t get me wrong‚ they can be used for work but if i’m in class trying to take a test or learn i’d rather not hear your phone. Most kids don’t put their phones up. Phones shouldn’t be allowed in school and here is why. First and foremost phones are disruptive. If a student has his phones on him he’s more likely to look at it and cause a problem. In other words phones are bad to have in class.For example Tyrus has his phones out during a test
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Mobile phones have changed how we negotiate our relationships with family‚ spouses and close friends. Increased levels of mobile phone subscriptions are linked with improvements in education‚ gender equality and political participation‚ particularly in developing countries. They are also associated with higher economic growth. These are among the findings of a research report by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research‚ which explores the ways in which mobile technologies influence economics
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that their health is suffering due to their addiction to exercising and is in need of medical attention‚ right? Well this battle‚ as well as others‚ is one that many individuals are faced with in their day to day lives and without seeking medical attention their addiction will continue to thrive. Addiction is a disease that should be medically treated not a habit that is chastised due to personal choices.
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Effects of Cell Phone Advertising for the last 20 years This paper sets out to explore the correlation between cell phone advertising and the effects it has had on our society. I will provide evidence that advertising has transformed our social norms in regards to cell phone usage. First topic of discussion will be on the history of the cell phone‚ discussing the advances they have made in the last 20 years. Next will be the discussion of advertising as a separate entity‚ and then confer advertising
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How cell phones affect people’s everyday lives Cell phones have become a daily necessity in everyone’s lives. As computers were once the stationary device used to find research or for work use‚ they are now used more for games and other things. You can essentially do anything that you want‚ and buy anything you want on the computer. Cell phones have now become a mobile computer at the palm of your hands. Most humans are unable to function without having their cell phones on them. People that
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