Addiction: A Disease of the Brain Chad Steelmon Dual Enrollment English 101 Mrs. Munger December 14‚ 2012 Abstract Through years past and years presently‚ addictions have grown and changed in style and substance. The leaders in substance addictions transpose every year with the usual frontrunners of alcohol and tobacco. Addictions are truly a disease that is extremely hard to overcome‚ but it can be done. With endurance and acceptability to setbacks‚ an addiction can become
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illegal drugs that many people use today when a good amount of the population are addicted to using drugs‚ including teens‚ especially when these drugs affect the brain‚ just in different ways. The most commonly used illegal drug is a drug known as marijuana. Teens brains become affected because the main ingredient in marijuana changes brain functioning. For example‚ they see brighter colors and get an increased appetite. Marijuana can be very addicting to teens because they don’t see it as a big risk
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Brain Hiccup Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder that is characterized by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior. OCD is an illness that really makes an impact in the lives of the people. This disorder traps its victims in endless cycles of repetitive thoughts and behaviors. This debilitating disorder called OCD exhibit obsessive thoughts linked to compulsive behaviors and causes symptoms that are difficult to treat‚ but medications and cognitive behavioral therapy
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are often undermined in our society. More specifically the roles of the female body have been manipulated and changed to make women feel inferior to men. The essays “The Female Body” by Margaret Atwood and “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Male-Female Roles” by Emily Martin‚ both portray the female body and the use of the female body in a way that is inferior to that of a man’s body. These essays also both use a persuasive approach to persuade the reader to acknowledge
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Brain injuries in football have to be prevented at all cost. The sport is very dangerous on all levels. The proper safety is not in place to protect the players lives.Many lives have been affected negatively and some lives were even lost due to violent nature of the game. As the captain of the football team twenty year old Owen Thomas committed suicide during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania (Schwarz). When his brain was studied after his death it was found that he had a rare case
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Eric Thatch February 24‚ 2011 Kennard ENC 1102 Recycle: Cans‚ Bottles…. and Body Parts? “Morality is contraband in war”‚ as quoted by Mohandas Gandhi‚ showcases how our morality as humans is constantly challenged by war. The act of warfare and killing humans has been a part of mankind’s existence since the invention of the gun itself. As time moved forward‚ and new discovers were made‚ the variety and caliber of these weapons began to develop. With each passing decade and through World Wars
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The Body Farm By; Patricia Cornwell The novel‚ The Body Farm‚ written by Patricia Cornwell‚ follows the life of a forensic pathologist as she investigates the murder of a child. Forensic pathologist‚ Dr. Kay Scarpetta‚ works in conjunction with the FBI Investigative Support Unit‚ to find and preserve evidence that others have missed. During the investigation Dr. Scarpetta finds photographic evidence of a mark on the body that was previously looked over by local investigators. This causes her
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“My body is my own business‚” The Hijab‚ Freedom or Oppression? PDF Print E-mail Thursday‚ 24 April 2008 14:37 "A Canadian-born Muslim woman has taken to wearing the traditional hijab scarf. It tends to make people see her as either a terrorist or a symbol of oppressed womanhood‚ but she finds the experience LIBERATING." Author: Naheed Mustafa Source: The Globe & Mail (Facts & Arguements Page A26) [islaam.ca] Published: June 29th‚ 1993 Wearing the hijab has given me freedom from
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Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder. Like many other illnesses‚ schizophrenia is believed to result from a combination of environmental and genetic factors. All the tools of modern science are being used to search for the causes of this disorder. The term schizophrenia is Greek in origin‚ and in the Greek meant "split mind." This is not an accurate medical term. In Western culture‚ some people have come to believe that schizophrenia refers to a split-personality disorder. These are two very
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Doctor Francis Jenson who wrote the book “The Teenage Brain‚” says “the last place to be connected and fully myelinated‚ is the front of your brain…. and what’s in the front? Your prefrontal cortex and your frontal cortex. These are areas where we have insight‚ and empathy‚ these executive functions such as impulse control‚ and risk-taking behavior."
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