DRUG ADDICTION
DRUG ADDICTION
Addiction in Philippines
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of addiction in Philippines, and how addiction effects users, and Filipino.
Controlling Idea: Addiction has components that influence the behavior in addicts, there are scientific reasoning, warning signs, and treatment alternatives.
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse about half Filipino have a loved one, a friend, or an acquaintance who is addicted to drugs.
I. The definition of drug abuse is the compulsive use of drugs, to where the user has no effective choice but to continue.
II. A person who becomes enslaved in these addictions, can lose their livelihoods, friends, family, possessions, and their own lives.
A. In the Philippines, in 2003, approximately 2 million people were admitted into treatment.
B. In the city of Manila, during 2003, 1,500 people were admitted into treatment.
C. Addiction is not only a problem for the user, but for the friends, family, and the entire country who contributes tax money that pay for criminals rehabilitation, and the clean up involved with the crimes they committed, to obtain the drugs they need.
III. Why does a user go to outstanding situations to seek these substances?
A. Addiction generally refers to the situation where drug use appears to control the users behavior.
B. Drugs become the number one priority of the user, and the other priorities are neglected.
C. Addiction compared to other behaviors has a intense motivational drive to get the drug.
1. Many factors influence drug addiction, such as personality, characteristics, peer pressure, and psychological stress.
IV. Drug addiction varies from person to person, from drug to drug.
A. Drugs such as cocaine and heroin can addict their users after a few uses, and in rare cases the first hit.
B. Drugs such as codeine and alcohol require more uses to addict their users.
C. A person who is predisposed hereditarily, by the influence of their parents
Addiction in Philippines
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of addiction in Philippines, and how addiction effects users, and Filipino.
Controlling Idea: Addiction has components that influence the behavior in addicts, there are scientific reasoning, warning signs, and treatment alternatives.
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse about half Filipino have a loved one, a friend, or an acquaintance who is addicted to drugs.
I. The definition of drug abuse is the compulsive use of drugs, to where the user has no effective choice but to continue.
II. A person who becomes enslaved in these addictions, can lose their livelihoods, friends, family, possessions, and their own lives.
A. In the Philippines, in 2003, approximately 2 million people were admitted into treatment.
B. In the city of Manila, during 2003, 1,500 people were admitted into treatment.
C. Addiction is not only a problem for the user, but for the friends, family, and the entire country who contributes tax money that pay for criminals rehabilitation, and the clean up involved with the crimes they committed, to obtain the drugs they need.
III. Why does a user go to outstanding situations to seek these substances?
A. Addiction generally refers to the situation where drug use appears to control the users behavior.
B. Drugs become the number one priority of the user, and the other priorities are neglected.
C. Addiction compared to other behaviors has a intense motivational drive to get the drug.
1. Many factors influence drug addiction, such as personality, characteristics, peer pressure, and psychological stress.
IV. Drug addiction varies from person to person, from drug to drug.
A. Drugs such as cocaine and heroin can addict their users after a few uses, and in rare cases the first hit.
B. Drugs such as codeine and alcohol require more uses to addict their users.
C. A person who is predisposed hereditarily, by the influence of their parents