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    Intro to Drug Use in Society Drug Abuse and Addiction are major burdens to society. The costs of drug abuse and addiction to our nation are staggering. Fourteen percent of patients admitted to hospitals have alcohol drug abuse and addiction disorders. Almost 20 percent of all Medicaid hospital costs and nearly 1 dollar of every 4 dollar Medicare spends on inpatient care is associated with substance abuse. 70 percent of individuals in state prisons and jails have used illegal drugs regularly.

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    Dave Mooring July 8‚ 2013 Drugs & Society Individual Short Paper Assignment From the list of selected books‚ the one that stuck out to me the greatest was Ronnie Steele’s‚ “My Own Worst Enemy: A Memoir of Addiction.” This book observes the parallels between addiction and self-image. This book takes the reader into the mind of Ronnie Steele and analyzed how he not only coped with his addiction but how the addiction made him who he was. The reason why I enjoyed this book over many other

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    Brave New World; drugs. Now some people would say I’m crazy for saying this‚ that there is no way that people of 2017 are that deep into drugs for me to be comparing us to citizens of the brave new world‚ but those types of people are ones whose minds are not open to new ideas. Now‚ when I said drugs‚ there is no reason to just jump to the hardest Class A drug one can think of‚ but rather‚ think of ones that go really unnoticed in everyday society. Painkillers. Prescription drugs. A study done in

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    Elizabeth Nordstrom Speech Communications: Section 49 Persuasive Speech Outline Why Every College Student Should Exercise INTRODUCTION 1. Hello everyone‚ my name is Liz Nordstrom and today I have come to speak with you all about how important it is to not only be physically active‚ but to take care of your body by also eating healthy. There are many benefits that come from working out for a short period of time each day. A lot of these benefits are physical and mental‚ however there are many that

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    The Spread of Drug Addiction a reflection by John Mark P. Burila BSEd 3-C major in Physical Science “Drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to society; however‚ staggering as these numbers are‚ they provide a limited perspective of the devastating consequences of this disease‚” Numerous incidents have been reported in television and social Medias about drug users and dealers who are caught in the acts‚ especially in those squatters area or what they call “drug dens”. Not only those person

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    William Armstead Sociology 1301 11/23/13 Addiction: Food vs. Drugs Millions of people suffer from an addiction of some sort. A person can actually suffer from addictions to all sorts of things. It’s sad to say the first thing that comes to the minds of pretty much everyone when they hear the word addiction‚ is drugs. Controversy is at an uproar over whether or not food is addictive. As a matter of fact‚ food is the last thing on a person’s mind when addiction comes about. Though it’s hard to believe

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    Empirical Evidence The study of addiction has included alcoholism and drug addiction for a long time. The recent obesity epidemic has brought food addiction as a serious concern even though it is still a controversial issue. It is difficult to accept the idea of food being an addiction. Addiction has been defined as” a primary‚ chronic disease involving brain reward‚ motivation‚ memory and related circuitry.”(Whitepaper) There are numerous studies and research that support the fact that over

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    Prescription Drug Use and Abuse It was supposed to be a short course of treatment with tranquilizers after the death of her infant son 15 years ago. But Lynn Ray‚ 46‚ of Germantown‚ Md.‚ says her abuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and other prescription drugs led to a long struggle with addiction that nearly ruined her life. Tranquilizers‚ which slow down the central nervous system and cause drowsiness‚ numbed Ray’s agony‚ helped her sleep‚ and untied the relentless knot in her stomach. Soon

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    reasons why people turn to drugs and become addicted. In my opinion drug addiction stems from two sources your environment and how you see yourself. Being raised in a drug environment you have accessibility and peer pressure‚ loneliness causes low self-esteem and depression‚ basic immaturity causes boredom and experimentation. These are all factors of why people become drug addicts. If you were raised in a drug environment then it is only normal to fall into line and do drugs because it’s the natural

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    English 10 Drug Addiction and To Kill a Mockingbird According to Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is a clear representation of any civilization. Drug addiction wasn’t clearly represented in To Kill a Mockingbird. The incident with Mrs. Dubose doesn’t represent the struggles of modern day drug addicts. Drug addiction today is more severe than it is in represented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Today people who choose to abuse harmful drugs are more likely to get addicted than those who use morphine

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