IS ADDICTION A DISEASE? Drug agencies in the world have struggled for legitimacy in the field of medicine addiction. Drug abuse has become a common norm in the society today. Drug addiction is a chronic brain disease that causes uncontrollable drug seeking and use despite its negative consequences on the addict. Although the decision to take drugs is voluntary for many individuals‚ the brain changes that over a period of time. It hampers a person’s ability to resist his/her impulses to take drugs;
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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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Heroin According to The National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ heroin is an illegal‚ highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine‚ a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as “black tar heroin”. Although purer heroin is becoming more common‚ most street
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Addiction and Human Life Human addiction can come in many forms and can affect our very way of life. Addiction can be something as small as playing video games excessively or as threatening as taking heroin. The truth behind addiction starts at the source of how we cope with the everyday stress and boredom in our lives. Drug abuse is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use‚ despite harmful consequences to the drug addict and those around them. (WebMD
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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 Effects of Cyber Addiction in Academic Performance Among Selected First Year Students of San Beda College – Alabang A Research Paper Presented to The Faculty of College of Arts and Sciences Major in Psychology Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa NBP Reservation‚ Poblacion‚ Muntinlupa City In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the subject PSY-312B-2 Psychological Research By: Bon‚ Lady Arriane E. Domanais‚ Alvin October 2010 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction
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Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a problem that has been increasing immensely among our society today. Drug addictions can only hinder or restrain us from accomplishing goals or dreams in life. People sometimes feel they are too bright‚ too powerful‚ too much in control to become addictive. Addiction can trap anyone. It can lead to harming ones body‚ causing problems in family structure‚ and contribute to the delinquency in society. The sooner people seek help for drug addiction problems‚ the more
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Effects of Shopping Addiction Shopping is a necessary part of life. We shop for food‚ clothing‚ cars‚ homes‚ or anything that may be a necessity to survive. If shopping is necessary‚ how can it also be an addiction? The answer is the same as with other addictions. According to Wikipedia‚ addiction is the continued use of a mood altering substance or behavior despite adverse dependency consequences or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors. Oniomania‚ which is a Greek word meaning "for
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Drug Addiction: It’s Cause to Human Life I. Introduction All of us are experiencing different kinds of problems. Sometimes we tend to do unrightfully things just to run away from these problems. Because we can’t find of any solution to our problems‚ we are doing things that is against our wills. Some people used drugs to forget their problems. They think these would help them. They think that by using drugs they can escape from the dangers and problems of the world. They never thought of what
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A Study of Internet Addiction: Status and Causes Introduction: A passion adds value to one ’s life‚ an addiction takes away value. When the line between these two is crossed‚ the addict is often the last to know‚ due to their denial. A family and social history will reveal that the subject is being evaluated by close friends as actually suffering a great loss from their activity. While time spent online can be hugely productive‚ compulsive Internet use can interfere
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