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    Drug abuse is a chronic public health problem‚ affecting all levels of society‚ with potential irreversible consequences. Drug abuse may affect a person’s relationships‚ employment status‚ educational opportunities‚ status in society‚ and general health and wellness. The initial decision to abuse a drug is often voluntary. However‚ as the substance’s active chemicals disrupt central nervous system processes over time‚ the individual’s self-control is challenged and he or she becomes unable to resist

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    drug use to drug abuse

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    Drug Use to Drug Abuse Drug use becomes drug abuse in my opinion when it starts to effect any of the seven dimensions of wellness. The seven dimensions of wellness are emotional‚ intellectual‚ social‚ occupational‚ spiritual‚ environmental‚ and physical. Drugs effect emotional wellness by increasing your stress level creating the fight or flight response in the brain to react more. This can happen while you are under the influence of a drug and your stress level elevates due to worrying

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    Drug addiction and Drug abuse Ramona Collins AIU online Abstract Drug addiction and drug abuse a chronic and habitual use of any chemical substance to alter states of the body and your mind for other than medical warranted reasons. The definition of addiction is a physical dependency and withdrawal have

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    Youth Drug Abuse

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    Youth Drug Abuse Profile Drug addiction is a complex but treatable disease. It is characterized by compulsive drug craving‚ seeking‚ and use that persist even in the face of severe adverse consequences. For many people‚ drug abuse becomes chronic‚ with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. In fact‚ relapse to drug abuse occurs at rates similar to those for other well-characterized‚ chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes‚ hypertension‚ and asthma. As a chronic‚ recurring

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    ALCOHOL and DRUG ABUSE

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    ALCOHOL and DRUG ABUSE What is Alcohol and Drug Abuse? Derek Williams 4/9/2013 ABSTRACT This paper will discuss what alcoholism and drug abuse is‚ what the different types of drug abuse are‚ what the causes of alcoholism and drug abuse are‚ and how it is determined. It will also explain the history of‚ and what are the treatments of alcohol and drug abuse. People abuse substances such as drugs‚ alcohol‚ and tobacco for varied and complicated reasons‚ but it is clear

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    Keisha Ellis Drug Abuse & Drug Addiction SOC 203 Social Problems Instructor Ely May 11‚ 2015 Numerous individuals do not comprehend why individuals get to be dependent on drugs or how drugs can change the mind to cultivate enthusiastic drug abuse. They erroneously view drug misuse and dependence as entirely a social issue and may describe the individuals who take drugs as ethically powerless (Alving‚ Matyas‚ Torres‚ Jalah‚ & Beck‚ 2014). One extremely regular belief is that drugs abusers

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    Prescription Drug Abuse

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    Prescription and Drug Abuse I am introducing an Ethical dilemma of “Prescription and Drug Abuse.” This topic will be very beneficial to me. Since I am in the process of majoring in Pharmaceuticals‚ it will relate to any future encounters of drug abuse in work areas‚ at home‚ or even in the hospital. Prescription abuse is uneasy encounter that needs crucial attention to be controlled as much as possible. Prescription drugs will always have an abuser. There will be people that approach the situation

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    Prevention of Drug Abuse

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    Drug abuse Compulsive‚ excessive‚ and self-damaging use of habit forming drugs or substances‚ leading to addiction ordependence‚ serious physiological injury (such as damageto kidneys‚ liver‚ heart) and/or psychological harm (such asdysfunctional behavior patterns‚ hallucinations‚ memoryloss)‚ or death. Also called substance abuse. Drug 1. Natural or synthetic substance which (when taken into a living body) affects its functioning or structure‚ and is used in the diagnosis‚ mitigation‚ treatment

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    Drug Abuse in Iran

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    Abstract : purpose of this paper is to inform my classmates the rate of substance abuse for Iranian high school students. High school students who are either experienced being prison or awaiting a trial for a crime that they made‚ either with HIV or without it.This research has been done by me‚ Dr. Arash and Kamiar Alaei 5 years ago in Iran. Dr. Kamiar Alaei spent over 3 years in prison and his brother Dr. Arash is still in prison for their phenomenon research on AIDS in Iran. I will discuss about

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    Prescription Drug Abuse

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    Prescription drug abuse and dependence In the United States‚ easy access to prescription drugs such as sedatives and pain medications is posing a major threat‚ especially drug abuse and dependence. The nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs (NMUPD)‚ which is the same as using drugs without a prescription‚ and it is very common among young adults. For instance‚ drugs such as sedatives‚ opioids‚ and stimulants are commonly misused by adolescents simply for the experience or the feeling. The nonmedical

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