Dependencies midterm paper Is Addiction a Symptom Or a Primary Disease? The problem with the question of whether addiction is a disease or not is that it requires us to try to fit a loosely defined term into a vaguely defined category. Critics of the addictive disease model‚ also called the medical model‚ say that labeling drug addiction as a disease detracts addicts from assuming responsibility and taking control of their lives. Yet the very nature of addiction is similar to many other diseases
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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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brain does‚ represents an action with a feeling‚ and for many people these feelings become an addiction. Compulsive gambling is a serious affliction that affects many people. While it may seem perverse to consider this a serious disease‚ realize that the consequences of compulsive gambling can dwarf that of any other addiction. For these people‚ once they start they just cannot stop‚ and like any addiction they build up a tolerance and experience symptoms of withdrawal when trying to abstain from gambling
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desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories‚ from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Introduction The researcher’s method for choosing the addiction group to participate in was based on the convenience and access to the addiction group. The researcher recently began an internship at the Weingart Center Association. This Weingart Center Association has numerous programs that are centered on the homeless population. One such program
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Drugs and Addiction Carl Jung‚ a Swiss psychiatrist once said: “Every form of addiction is bad‚ no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol‚ morphine or idealism.” I agree with what he said. It’s true; addiction is not only bad‚ it can be dangerous! Do you know how many people who take drugs die each year? According to WHO (World Health Organization)‚ 2‚000 Americans die each year from using heroin‚ in England‚ 5‚000. 2‚500 Americans die each year from using cocaine. Alcohol kills 80‚000 Americans
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Substance Abuse Chapter 5-6 Exercise Family Roles of Addiction I have never thought of myself as someone who had to deal with the struggles of addiction‚ I never had a problem with drugs or alcohol so the whole topic of substance abuse wasn’t really important to me. After reading more into the chapters of my book I now know that even if you are not the addict that doesn’t mean you are not caught up in the problems that addiction brings. Addiction is a disease that affects the family as a whole and
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Current Topics in Health 26 November 2012 Drug Addiction a Disease? Drug addiction‚ a new major phenomenon in our society today. The dependence‚ compulsive craving of a drug which becomes priority over all other issues in one’s life. We recognize that this issue of drugs and addiction is a growing problem now affecting most in this world. The physical characteristics of addiction would trembling‚ sweating‚ loss of appetite‚ and seizures. Psychological characteristics are harder
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Marijuana is the most extensively used illicit drug in the world‚ which is a controlled substance‚ and it is illegal to produce‚ use‚ and distribute in most countries. Despite this‚ marijuana has been legalised in some areas of Australia (Joffe & Yancy‚ 2004). Consequently‚ the debate about legalising marijuana has been discussed over decades. Legalising marijuana not only has benefits but also drawbacks. Some believe that the drawbacks of marijuana outweigh the benefits‚ while others oppose this
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growing concern now are the addiction of gambling and the involvement of teens and college students in this addiction. So why‚ knowing that the odds are slim to none‚ is gambling becoming a problem for future adult generations? Throughout this paper I will discuss two similar articles discussing gambling addiction and the younger generations of those who are beginning to develop such addictions. Research has found that pathological gambling (gambling addiction/gambling that interferes with
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Should Not Legalize Marijuana By: Kristy Robertson One of the most outrageous reasons to have it become legal is that it is all natural and put here by God. Many advocates for legalizing marijuana believe that this is a good reason. There are lots of toxins and chemicals that are put here naturally‚ does that mean Americans should start smoking those as well? There are many reasons why marijuana should not be legalized in the United States. The nation should fight to reduce marijuana use to improve the
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