Alcohol Alcohol is a Depressant - it slows down your nervous system. Alcohol affects all parts of the body and their cells‚ particularly the BRAIN‚ HEART and LIVER. Short Term effects Alcohol can have the following short term effects: • feeling relaxed and less inhibited • reduced concentration • slurred speech and blurred vision • affected coordination and judgment • aggressive behaviour • the risk of accidents when operating cars or other machinery is increased • Increased
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Many people have been brought up not to do drugs‚ and there are many reasons why. If you would ever go up to one of those kind of persons and asked them why they don’t smoke or drink‚ most likely they would answer " Because I don’t do that" or‚ "Because they mess you up big time" but the one that always seams to be brought up is "Because they kill you!" As this is true‚ those are not the only reasons why. There are always the diseases. You may think that there is not much affect to drinking besides
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Drugs -Tolerance‚Dependence‚Addiction and Treatment. There can be a great deal of confusion surrounding the words addiction‚ physical dependence‚ and tolerance. People will use these words as if they are referring to the exact thing‚ but there is a significant difference between them . Misunderstandings about these terms can not only be confusing for the general public but also many in the medical profession. One of the main culprits blamed for this confusion is the fact that the Diagnostic and
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are various types of drugs. Sometimes we need to take drugs to relief the pain or cure the diseases. Drug has two definitions. Medical definition is substance to treat or prevent some diseases. For sociological definition‚ it is habit-forming chemical affecting brain or physiological functions. The second drug has the more potential to be abused than drug for medical. According to the lecture‚ the professor stated that drug abuse is to use unacceptable drugs and/or normal drugs excessively or incorrect
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Teresa Elimar Aráuz Medal Alcohol‚ Cigarettes and Drugs‚ a Problem for Teenagers Can you imagine how hard it is dealing with a drunk and smoker teen as a parent? One of the worst nightmares as a parent is finding out that our teenager has started smoking or drinking‚ inclusively both at the same time. Many teenagers are tempted to try alcohol and cigarettes or drugs at some stage in their life. This addiction causes: Risk to their health‚ break relations between parents and son/daughter‚ and future
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The topic that I chose to talk about is Group Therapy for those who have been or still our addict. I am going to talk to you about the general information on group therapy‚ what they have to offer and I will also touch on where group therapy is offered. When it comes to alcohol and drug addiction recovery‚ there is no one ’best’ approach to recovering from an addiction and there is no single part of the process which works exactly the same for each person. However‚ group sessions have come to
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Intro to Drug Use in Society Drug Abuse and Addiction are major burdens to society. The costs of drug abuse and addiction to our nation are staggering. Fourteen percent of patients admitted to hospitals have alcohol drug abuse and addiction disorders. Almost 20 percent of all Medicaid hospital costs and nearly 1 dollar of every 4 dollar Medicare spends on inpatient care is associated with substance abuse. 70 percent of individuals in state prisons and jails have used illegal drugs regularly.
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Prescription Drug Abuse Brenda DeRolf 3/5/2012 * Today I will talk about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse‚ some common drugs that cause abuse‚ their effects and some common treatments. Have you ever taken a prescription drug other than prescribed‚ or that wasn’t yours? Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing problem in the U.S. right now. PDA is the intentional use of a medication without a prescription‚ or in a way other than prescribed‚ or for feelings it causes.
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REEARCH PAPER ON DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN KENYA ABSTRACT Drug and Substance abuse is recognized globally as the greatest impediment to sanity of our social fabric‚ the greatest health risk and also it is touted to be one of the biggest derailments to our Economic growth. With all the misgivings associated with this menace‚ the international community; to which Kenya is a member resolved to tackle the issue
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Biology on Drug Abuse and Addiction Phillisha Baggett PS 231 G Bethune-Cookman University Ms. Vance November 3‚ 2012 Abstract This paper will discuss what drug abuse and addiction is. It also will discuss what effects that alcohol‚ marijuana‚ and heroin have on the body. Over the past couple decades drug abuse and addiction is a growing epidemic in the United States. As the years go by more and more people are leaning on drugs to make them forget what’s going on‚ for fun‚ or just
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