Opiate Abuse/Addiction Specific Purpose: After hearing my speech the audience will know about opiate abuse and its addiction. Central Idea (Thesis): Opiate‚ and its abuse and addiction. Introduction 1. Attention Getter: Addiction is prevalent in America‚ and one of the biggest culprits of addiction is opiates. Opiates often come in the form of prescription pain medications‚ and normally contain Hydrocodone or Oxycodone such as Vicodin or Percocet. The International Center for Advancement
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Advocacy for Seniors with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Jeri Fletcher BSHS/441 May 23‚ 2013 Deborah Cujino-Deras Advocacy for Seniors with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Advocacy is defined as a person who advocates on the behalf of an individual or a group. The advocate provides the client support at helping the client resolve issues that affects his or hers daily life (Barsky‚ 2007). Advocating for seniors with Alzheimer’s that face issues with their‚ health and overall wellbeing. This disease threatens
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Addiction Treatment Centers in Athens‚ Georgia Athens‚ Georgia is a welcoming city that would make an ideal place to begin recovery. The addiction treatment centers in Athens‚ Georgia‚ and the surrounding area‚ are accredited facilities with a clear focus on helping individuals with substance abuse and addiction issues make a new beginning. The addiction treatment centers in Athens‚ Georgia have varied programs to suit the needs of the patient including day treatment‚ inpatient rehab‚ and outpatient
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Church Discipline…. 2 Church Discipline as an Exercise on Mediation Church discipline is one of the hard issues for the church to handle. It tends to disrupt relationships‚ create division‚ drain energy‚ and divert focus from the mission of the church. This is‚ however‚ the last resort that churches have to maintain the unity of the body against a disruptive member’s conduct‚ and to maintain its purity as the body of Christ. The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene expands even further
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other procedures‚ the most commonly used are mediation and arbitration. An important advantage of ADR is that it saves time and money. Since there are rules and regulations that have to be followed in a trial‚ the procedure is more formal and sometimes people miss the opportunity to tell the story as they want. With ADR the outcome is frequently more positive‚ it prevents ending relations between persons‚ companies and organizations. Mediation is the process in which parties find a solution
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Institute on Drug Abuse‚ heroin is an illegal‚ highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine‚ a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as “black tar heroin”. Although purer heroin is becoming more common‚ most street heroin is”cut” with other drugs or with substances
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ADDICTION TO TECHNOLOGY IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM Addiction to Technology is a Serious Problem Juan A Severino South University ENG2001 S08 Composition III Instructor’s Name: Randell Wolff 09/19/20011 Addiction to Technology is a Serious Problem Is it possible to become "addicted" to technology? Technology permeates every aspect of our lives; and we are surrounded by it. Telephone‚ Cell phone‚ Television‚ computers‚ and the Internet have made our life a little easier‚ a little more
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Addictive or Not Addictive? That Is The Question Marie Winn‚ author of “TV Addiction” states that‚ “television viewing‚ for those vulnerable to addiction‚ is more like drinking or taking drugs- once you start it’s hard to stop” (609). Winn strongly believes that television is so addicting that it can and will ruin people’s lives. The meaning of addiction according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is the compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (such as heroin‚ nicotine‚ alcohol)
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Addiction is a compulsive need. What starts as a deceiving enjoyable experience‚ turns into an uncontrollable destructive craving. This compulsive need is more prevalent than many realize. In 2011‚ there were an estimated 20.6 million United States citizens of ages twelve and older who were abusing substances (Smith). For some it was a choice‚ for others it was inherent. The thought of a twelve year old choosing the path of addiction terrifies the other non-addictive majority of the population. However
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ADDICTION REVISION Biological Models of Addiction MODEL ONE: GENETICS McGue (1999) found that genes contribute to the development of alcohol dependence‚ with heritability estimates from 50-60% for both men and women. Noble et al (1991) found that the A1 variant of the DRD2 (Dopamine Receptor) was present in more than 2/3 of deceased alcoholics. Those with the A1 variant appear to have fewer dopamine receptors; they then turn to drugs and alcohol to increase their dopamine levels – compensating for
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