the greater the health risks. what is a drug?- A drug is any chemical you take that affects how your body works. for example Alcohol‚ caffeine‚ aspirin and nicotine are all drugs. A drug must be able to pass from your body into your brain. Once inside your brain‚ drugs can change the messages your brain cells are sending to each other‚ and to the rest of your body. They do this by interfering with your brain’s own chemical signals: neurotransmitters that transfer signals across synapses. how
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doctors no longer need to review long essays about other physicians’ thoughts because of medical alerts and reminders. The computers have some “built-in” intelligence capabilities‚ such as recognizing abnormal lab results‚ or potential life-threatening drug interactions. (Koeller‚ 2002) In a nutshell‚ the EHR is by far‚ more efficient‚ cost saving than hard-copy way of recording patients’ data. Though a lot more has to be done for the successful implementation of the EHR‚ the advantages are way better
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Negative effects and impact of drugs on a user and their family Negative effects and impact of drugs on a user and their family Drugs‚ such as heroin‚ cocaine‚ and prescription pain relievers encompass negative effects on users and his or her family members physically and mentally‚ however there are various treatment options for the drug or drugs abused. In 2003‚ 7.1% of Americans aged 12 or older were classified as current substance abusers. Statistically significant increases in the use
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Prescription Drug Abuse Today I am going to talk to you about prescription drugs abuse. Many of us know people that take prescribed medication on a daily basis and I don’t know about you guys but I have seen people that have become addicted in which it’s sometimes painful to watch. No one decides to get addicted to prescription pain pills‚ sometimes a person’s body becomes immune the amount and that’s why they need more and more to help control the pain. What is prescription drug abuse? According
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http://ezproxy1.apus.edu/ebrary/apus/unauthorized http://site.ebrary.com/lib/apus/docDetail.action?docID=10452570 SPHE319 E-Book Information You have the following viewing options for the following course textbook: Mottram-Drugs in Sport‚ 5th Ed For example: 1) You can use the URL link(s)* below; 2) Or‚ select the URL link(s)* from the Web Resources module in the navigation menu of your classroom‚ if available. 3) Or‚ use the links in the
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cardiovascular system‚ can experience frightening feelings of paranoia and suspicion Withdrawal: since user is instantly dependent‚ they take more cocaine to overcome crash. Crash lasts longer than high. Tolerance: user can increase tolerance in this drug Amphetamines: Uses: recreational‚ to speed up body functions and stimulate neural activity. Effects: restlessness‚ high blood pressure‚ insomnia‚ agitation‚ loss of appetite‚ and a state of hyper-alertness. Has very stimulating effects Withdrawal:
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Contextual Conditioning of Drug Tolerance and Drug Addiction Research on the contextual conditioning of drug tolerance shows it is an important factor in understanding drug addiction in humans. Context is a way of noting that the likelihood of a behavior or response depends on certain conditions. Contextual conditioning is said to occur when a person becomes conditioned not only to the drug but also to the environmental circumstances or cues in which the drug is taken. Studies have shown that tolerance
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is not responsible for his actions? There is a point of view that drug addicts should “learn their lesson” like other criminals. That could potentially prevent them from committing other crimes. However‚ this might not‚ in fact‚ be the case‚ as‚ according to Langan and Levin (1994)‚ 25 per cent of drug offenders released from prison were back in prison within three years of their release. That indicates that some proportion of drug offenders do not “learn their lesson”. On the other hand‚ same could
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Drugs and Driving Injuries‚ especially from motor vehicle collisions‚ are the leading cause of death for individuals under age 44. The presence of alcohol is the factor most frequently associated with fatalities in vehicles‚ drownings‚ falls‚ and fire (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 1987). In the first report to Congress on traffic safety and alcohol (U.S. Department of Transportation‚ 1968)‚ it was concluded that more than 50 percent of fatal traffic collisions and 33 percent of
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Drug Addiction is a Disease Sabrina Hinds Axia College of University of Phoenix Drug Addiction is a Disease Drug addiction is a disease because addictive personalities do not have control over their addictions. To prove this claim‚ the reader will learn about how addictive personalities become addicted; how dopamine contributes to the addict’s addiction; how society treats addictive personalities; and how drug-addiction is a mental illness just like any other mental illness. This paper
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