Drug addiction is a pathological or abnormal condition which arises due to frequent drug use. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behavior‚ the vulnerability to relapse‚ and the decreased‚ slowed ability to respond to naturally rewarding stimuli. Causes Drugs known to cause addiction include illegal drugs as well as prescription or over-the-counter drugs‚ according to the definition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine
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Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Have you ever had to deal with a person dealing with alcoholism or drug addiction? Alcoholism and drug addiction in a family member can have many effects not only in the person with the problem but‚ other family members as well. My little brother Jose is the one from my family who struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction. He started drinking at a very young age and then slowly started experimenting with drugs. He never stopped to think about
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Drug addiction counseling and treatment have recently become a popular topic of discussion and pop culture. We can simply turn on the TV in many cases and see celebrities as they go through rehab. On another channel‚ we might find family members urging an individual to find treatment in an intervention. While the treatment programs presented on these television programs typically feature a paradisiacal treatment location offering a number of leisure activities‚ this is often misrepresented. Here
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Drug Addiction – A Step towards Death Drug addiction is becoming very common these days as people now days are losing faith on positive thinking and want to get a short and quick relief from pains and sorrows of life. However‚ they do not understand that drugs only show them the road towards death. The same mistake Sheetal did in her life. Sheetal has been a very cheerful girl all in her life and has a smiling and happy face. Her parents were happy‚ as she was one of the bright students in her
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though they may appear to bring profit or pleasure for the time being. The five cardinal sins are gambling‚ stealing‚ murder‚ unchastity‚ and drugs. The history of humanity is replete with examples where people have been ruined by following the path of one or another of them. Whole nations were brought to disgrace because of opium. Why then does a man take to drugs? Some think it adds to pleasure; some other think that it takes away physical weariness. Also they have a doping effect such that at the
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The Disease of Drug Addiction Joanne Frye HSER 340 Abstract Addiction is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive seeking and use of addictive substances despite harmful consequences to the addicted individual and to those around him or her. Introduction Dramatic advances in science over the past 20 years have shown that drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disease that results from the prolonged effects of drugs on the brain. (Leshner‚ 1997) It is considered a
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and Effects of Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a serious illness that affects millions of Americans. If you are one of those millions‚ or if someone you love shows signs of addiction‚ reach out for help before it’s too late. You may be someone who just can’t understand how you got into addiction‚ or you may want to help a friend or family member but you don’t know what to do. Understanding some of the possible causes for abuse‚ which can lead to addiction‚ and the effects of addiction on your body
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The Causes of Drug Addiction What causes a man to risk losing his family or worse his freedom for the ability to get high? What causes a parent to risk not only their own health by smoking but also the health of their children? The answer is addiction. Alan I. Leshner‚ PhD states that the “essence of addiction [is an] uncontrollable‚ compulsive drug seeking and use‚ even in the face of negative health and social consequences.” He goes on to say‚ “This is the crux of how many professional organizations
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Teen Drug Addiction We all heard and read a lot about drug abuse. Although there are many organizations in the whole world trying to fight with this problem‚ the amount of dependent is increasing every year. In my native country‚ in Belarus‚ it became the biggest social problem because it started to affect teenagers. This problem is discussing very often in the schools and colleges. People are trying to figure out the causes of this horror. However‚ the main causes begin at home including: too
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Drug addiction in Pakistan Pakistan is today notorious for many things‚ but in the last 20 years‚ drug production and addiction has increasingly become just one of them. The issue of drug addiction is often overshadowed by the many of the country’s other human development problems‚ such as poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of basic health care. But the fact is‚ drug abuse is rapidly growing in Pakistan and in South Asia in general. While Bangladesh‚ India‚ Nepal and Maldives all suffer from this‚ Pakistan
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