Informative Speech – Topical Orientation General purpose: Addiction to prescription drugs Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse‚ some common drugs that cause abuse‚ and their effects and some common treatments. Pattern: People living in today’s society must be aware about the dangers that prescription Drugs can cause them‚ as well as the people around them. Introduction: * Attention : Is it possible
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neurotransmitters in formation of drug addiction. As we can see from the video assigned to us this week‚ dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in the brain’s response to the presence of drug abuse. Dopamine is responsible for movement‚ regulation of heart rate‚ motivation and how a person perceives an experience either being painful or pleasurable. Pain causes for dopamine levels to drop whereas pleasurable responses increase dopamine levels. All drugs that become addictive and make a person
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issue of drug addiction has been scorching the nation for years. It is a serious issue that users and even friends of users may be aware of but do not take seriously. Thousands of people die every year from drug addiction and some don’t even get a chance to get help. In a society where many teenagers are carelessly smoking marijuana by choice and then moving on to more “hardcore” drugs‚ the brewing questions become: Because it was their choice to start‚ should we care about their addiction? Should
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Arousal‚ Behavior‚ Stress‚ and Affect Worksheet 1. Physiological needs deal with what the body needs‚ such as hunger‚ water‚ sleep‚ temperature‚ rest‚ sunlight‚ and homeostasis. Psychological deals with matters of the mind‚ such as emotions‚ feeling good‚ normalcy‚ confidence‚ happiness—things that help you feel normal or level. If you have positive experiences‚ physiological arousal will result‚ which is called eustress. Whereas one may feel a sense of psychological equilibrium if tension and drive
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Drug Addiction in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Drug addiction is a disease in which the brain believes it is in need of a substance when it actually may be harmful. This disease is chronic so even if one is able to quit‚ they may relapse and take the drug again. When drugs are taken for the first time it creates a release of dopa-mine or other pleasure creating chemicals. These chemicals are released due to the direct effect on the nerve cells‚ these nerve cells transmit information directly to the
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Mary Debruyckere September 10‚ 2012 English 090-08H Nancy Stohlman Expository Writing-Final Draft How I Overcame My Drug Addiction I’d like to begin by stating a simple fact about overcoming drug addiction. When you’re struggling with drug addiction‚ sobriety can seem like an impossible goal. The road to recovery doesn’t have an Atlas to follow. What works for one person‚ may not be feasible for another. I’d like to think of my process as
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The Cause of Addiction COM/156 Each year‚ there are more deaths and disabilities in the U.S. from substance abuse than from any other cause. In the United States alone‚ it is reported that roughly 18 million Americans have alcohol problems; 5 to 6 million have drug problems‚ and more than 9 million children live with a parent addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs. Drug addiction continues to be a growing concern‚ prompting medical and scientific research on a global scale into the possible
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Genetic explanations for the Initiation of addictions Heritability of addictions such as alcoholism and gambling can be studied through family and twin studies. The presumptions of twin and family studies are that if family members share similar behaviours‚ then the degree to which the behaviours are caused by genetic factors can be examined. There are two types of twins‚ identical and non-identical. Identical twins are monozygotic (MZ) as they came from the same egg‚ and therefore share an identical
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brother’s music and drug addiction both individually and as intertwined entities. The reason why Sonny turned to music was as a form of escape‚ as seen when he confesses to his brother‚ “I don’t want to stay in Harlem no more‚ I really don’t” (Baldwin 136)‚ which shows that Sonny believed that music was his exit ticket from the neighborhood. This is later reiterated when Sonny again tells his brother‚ “the reason I wanted to get away from Harlem so bad was to get away from drugs” (Baldwin 144). Unfortunately
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Drug addiction or drug dependence is an increasing epidemic worldwide. It is most common in more developed countries but that in no way means that it is not a growing and serious problem in our country Belize. What makes this problem even more critical is the fact that it is mostly a problem for our youths. In fact studies have indicated that drug addiction‚ especially of alcohol and tobacco is occurring at an increasingly younger age‚ while the number of deaths resulting directly from drug misuse
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