Addiction as a Social Problem SOC 210 Although Addiction to drugs and alcohol can be viewed as a biological and psychological problem‚ it has many sociological implications that suggest it may be caused by cultural structures and society as a whole. Addiction plagues millions of Americans in today’s world. By definition it is the continued repetition of a behavior despite adverse consequences‚ or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors (Lindesmith
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There has been a big percentage of people spending their time on the internet rather than spending time with their family‚ or friends. Internet use has been categorized as an actual disorder‚ and has been termed ’Internet Addiction’ because of its similarity to addictions like smoking‚ drinking‚ and watching too much TV. There are several reasons and causes why people get addicted to the internet; boredom‚ loneliness‚ online TV‚ social networks‚ etc. They could be lonely in the way that they’re
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Running Head: DRUG & ALCOHOL ADDICTION Drug & Alcohol Addiction Even though drug and alcohol addiction is the repeated and excessive use of drugs and alcohol to achieve a certain effect‚ which involves two components: physical and psychological dependency‚ they both can be treated. The cause of substance abuse is examined through several studies which showed drugs and alcohol are used to get relief from untreated mental
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Cellphone Addiction Submitted by: Joko C. Estillero Submitted to: Mrs. Annie Gedo Cruz ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I acknowledge this topic to God who give the strength that I need so that this topic is well interesting to the readers. Also to the cellphone addicted who the main topic for this Research paper. I acknowledge also that be careful to handle this research paper because all of my time that I have is put for this topic. Thank you for all the people who are interested
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Abuse and addiction are common problems with adolescents in almost all parts of the world. These two words have substantial differences which will be discussed in this context. Substance abuse indicates that someone is using something in the wrong way. Substances are abused when people smoke‚ drink or take illegal drugs. Addiction means that an individual has no control over the substances that he or she takes. People get addicted for medicines‚ glue‚ cocaine‚ marijuana or even cigarettes‚ among
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factor behind a lot of problems in the health of many humans. Addiction threatens people’s’ minds in different ways such as controlling their decisions‚ decreasing their productivity‚ and dispersing their attention (Sriwilai‚ 2016). Furthermore‚ social media has caused eating disorders for people especially among teenagers. Addiction and eating disorders have become a tremendous problem that needs to be understood by the society. Addiction to social media represents a serious phenomenon that can lead
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Drug Abuse and Addiction‚ Problems & Solutions in Turkey Drug Abuse and Addiction‚ Problems & Solutions in Turkey Abdullah Furkan Kaya İstanbul Şehir University 30.4.2012 Drug abuse is an addiction‚ which has different substance types and can ruin people’s life or even cause death. People use it for variety of reasons such as getting away from their bothers or getting high. Approximately 200 million people abusing drugs‚ most of them are addicted in the world. This number is
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Assignment on Drug Addiction in Bangladesh [pic] Submitted To Dr. Ariful Bari Chowdhury‚ MBBS‚ MPH (Aus) Lecturer‚ Department of Public Health North South University Submitted by NAME ID Imran Ahmed 1020102030 Shuvo Ahsan Khan 1020085030 Mohammad Sazzadur Rahman 1020104030 Mahmudul Hasan 1020019030
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Addiction and Drug Abuse There are many people that try drugs out for different reason. Some of the reasons many people experiment with drugs is because they want to have fun‚ improvement in athletic abilities‚ ease of depression‚ anxiety‚ and stress‚ because others are doing it or just out of curiosity. Drug use does not necessarily lead to drug abuse and there is not a particular level that using drugs will change from insouciant to challenging. Drug abuse and addiction varies by individual.
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Discuss biological approaches to addiction (9+16 Marks) The genetics of addiction: * People who have an addictive personality are likely to be predisposed to it because of their genes. * Family and twin studies have demonstrated that genes contribute towards the development of alcohol dependence‚ with heritability estimates of between 50 and 60 % for both males and females. McGue‚ 1999 * Fowler et al‚ 2007 – found that in a study of 1‚214 twins genetic influences played a role in the
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