legalization of drugs‚ addiction to these substances has caused a huge increase in violent crimes in the home‚ at school‚ and on the street. Many people do not understand why individuals become addicted to drugs or how drugs change the brain to create compulsive drug abuse. They mistakenly view drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem and may characterize those who take drugs as morally weak. One very common belief is that drug abusers should be able to just stop taking drugs if they are
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Fatima Drug Addiction (Abstract) Drug addiction is intake of harmful drugs that prove very lethal to us. It directly affects our brain‚ nerves‚ senses etc. It is like a perfume (scent) that attracts others as having different flavors. People become addicted to this because of many reasons. Lack of attachment‚ bonding and attention to youngsters by their parents causes them to use drug and become addicted to them. Physically drug causes itchiness‚ laziness and dizziness in a person using drug. Drug
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Drug addiction is an important topic that is always being researched because of the various affects it can have on person’s brain and body. According to the Microbiology book‚ you start with an initial need that will get worse as more times you use it. This now becomes an addiction that that causes a person to increase the dosage of the drug to continue the sensation of pleasure (Whishaw and Kolb‚ 2000‚ p.197). Drug addiction is based on the brain system such as the frontal cortex‚ which makes the
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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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