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    Drug Addiction

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    Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or medication. Many people confuse it with drug dependency‚ which is when a person needs a drug to function normally. The difference between drug addiction and drug dependence is drug dependence is when a person needs a drug to function normally‚ like some blood pressure medications can cause a physical dependence‚ but the person is not addicted to the drug. A person can have a physical dependence‚ but not be addicted. Many scientist

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    Technological Addiction

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    Articles The Internet’s Effect on Relationships: Detrimental or Beneficial The ’Net indeed plays a convincing role as a surrogate reality for those who become addicted to it. Not only can its users use electronic mail (e-mail)‚ a method of instantly contacting anyone across the world who has an e-mail address‚ but users can also play interactive multiplayer games from text-based to graphical with other users‚ browse the World Wide Web to get information on anything they wish‚ download software

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    Computer Addiction

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    Computer addiction is a mental illness which causes the excessive use of computers to the extent that it interferes with daily life. Excessive use may explain problems in social interaction‚ mood‚ personality‚ work ethic‚ relationships‚ thought processes‚ or sleep deprivation. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not include a diagnosis for such a disease. The term ′computer addiction′ originated long before the Internet. Some people develop bad habits in their computer

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    Sex Addiction

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    Sex Addiction By Victor Banks COM/156 Amy Qualls May 12‚ 2013 Thesis Addictions can come in many forms‚ but I will be focusing on sexual addiction. There are many ways to help people fight addiction such as counseling‚ or rehabilitation. Body 1 Everyday in America‚ more people become addicted to sex. According to

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    Phobias and Addiction

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    Audriana Rogers Phobias and Addiction Paper Psy 300 Instructor: Shane Williamson July 8th 2013 We have to ask ourselves what does phobia or addiction has to do with classical and operant conditioning. In this paper I will explain why how phobias can be developed through classical conditioning and operant conditioning as well as: O Explore how addictions can be developed through operant conditioning. O Distinguish between classical and operant conditioning. O Explain what extinction means

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    Addiction In Adolescents

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    Addiction is a compulsive need. What starts as a deceiving enjoyable experience‚ turns into an uncontrollable destructive craving. This compulsive need is more prevalent than many realize. In 2011‚ there were an estimated 20.6 million United States citizens of ages twelve and older who were abusing substances (Smith). For some it was a choice‚ for others it was inherent. The thought of a twelve year old choosing the path of addiction terrifies the other non-addictive majority of the population. However

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    Heroin Addiction

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    cut with strychnine or other poisons. Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents‚ they are at risk of overdose or death. Heroin also poses special problems because of the transmission of HIV and other diseases that can occur from sharing needles or other injection equipment. According to the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health‚ which may actually underestimate illicit opiate (heroin) use‚ an estimated 3.7 million people had used heroin at

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    Drug addiction

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    Drug Addiction Drug is a substance that causes addiction‚ and it’s prohibits to treaded or grown or manufactured it only for some purposes prescribed by law. Drug addiction is one of the major problems In society. The effects of this disease are really serious. Many people get used to have drugs. Therefore‚ they get easily addicted to it and that is the problem also ’my survey showed that only 60 % of the class who ever used drugs. There are three main effects of drug

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    The Spirit Molecule

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    body. Alexander Shulgin‚ world renowned biochemist is quoted asking “...but the important question is‚ what isn’t DMT in?”. Its described well by Dr. Rick Strassman‚ the only scientist given permission to study it in the last 40 years as; “The Spirit Molecule”. Many believe this substance‚ which flows through every human’s veins may be a link between the mundane world and spiritual world. DMT use‚ albeit nothing like the pure substance that is used today has been traced back to 8th century

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    New research‚ to a growing body of literature suggests there is a substantial genetic influence on susceptibility to nicotine addiction (Satti‚ 2011). In the past few years‚ researchers around the world have zeroed in on various genetic regions believed to be involved in one’s vulnerability to addiction. For example‚ one person may reach for a cigarette soon after waking‚ smokes a pack a day‚ and cannot seem to quit. Another smokes a few cigarettes now and then but never feels driven by the need

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